i’m not sure how to square these findings with the fact that i’ve long said that in a parallel universe very close to our own i live alone in cabin in the middle of nowhere writing manifestos: “The effect of population density on life satisfaction was therefore more than twice as large for low-IQ individuals than for high-IQ individuals,” they found. And “more intelligent individuals were actually less satisfied with life if they socialized with their friends more frequently.”
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new sustainability research results sound a lot like that new yorker cartoon
updated research shows four of nine planetary boundaries have been crossed. the culprit? a flawed economic system and vast consumption: “It’s clear the economic system is driving us towards an unsustainable future and people of my daughter’s generation will find it increasingly hard to survive. History has shown that civilisations have risen, stuck to their core values and then collapsed because they didn’t change. That’s where we are today.”. so scientists are starting to sound a lot like that new yorker cartoon. see also, if everyone lived like an american how many earths would we need?
for creative problem-solving, why young kids can outwit college students
“We were trying to see if very young children could figure out cause and effect,”…“What we discovered, to our surprise, was not only were 4-year-olds amazingly good at doing this, but they were actually better at it than grown-ups were,” Gopnik says…Exploratory learning comes naturally to young children, says Gopnik. Adults, on the other hand, jump on the first, most obvious solution and doggedly stick to it, even if it’s not working.” Mind/Shift
new research: exercise changes our dna and counteracts genetic risk for alzheimer’s
new separate but related research indicates exercise epigenetically alters expression of genes involved in energy metabolism, insulin response and inflammation within muscles and appears to alter to the brain’s metabolism to counter elevated genetic risk for dementia.
HIV Is Evolving to Be Weaker Than Your Immune System
“…it does appear as though the virus is evolving in that direction—and more quickly than would be expected naturally, thanks to antiretroviral therapies.” motherboard
plants talk to each other using an internet of fungus
“The fungal internet exemplifies one of the great lessons of ecology: seemingly separate organisms are often connected, and may depend on each other. “Ecologists have known for some time that organisms are more interconnected and interdependent,” says Boddy. The wood wide web seems to be a crucial part of how these connections form.” BBC
Online Brain Exercises Are Probably Useless
“In healthy older adults, computer-based brain exercises have limited benefits, and then only when supervised by a trainer once to three times a week.” psmag