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Politician of the first rank?

Boris is	1 vote - 20 %
Boris isn't	3 votes - 60 %
Ken is	5 votes - 100 %
Ken isn't	0 votes - 0 %
Brian is	0 votes - 0 %
Brian isn't	4 votes - 80 %

5 Total Votes

Potestatem obscuri lateris nescis | 15 comments (15 topical, 0 hidden) | Trackback

Caveat emptor... by ana (4.00 / 1) #1 Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 02:26:12 PM EST

there are multiple typos in the list of convenient Latin phrases. I, too, have trouble touch-typing in Latin.

"And this ... is a piece of Synergy." --Kellnerin

ADHD by ucblockhead (4.00 / 3) #2 Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 03:40:19 PM EST

I've long been convinced that most ADHD is the result of bad parenting and a fair bit of the rest is misdiagnoses.

My brother was long misdiagnosed with ADHD...turns out he is severely bipolar. It is one of those conditions that gets blamed for everything, though it seems to be giving way to autism as the whipping boy for why Johnny won't do what he's told. (To the detriment of the kids who've actually got it.)
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I was diagnosed adhd back in the early 70's by wiredog (4.00 / 1) #7 Fri Apr 18, 2008 at 07:38:59 AM EST

Before it was trendy, when they called it 'hyperactive'. Looking at report cards sent home by the first grade teacher (at a private school) something needed to be done.

I was on the meds for about 5 years, by which time I'd developed the habits needed to function appropriately so my took me off the meds.

I still can't sit still for more than a few minutes...

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I don't doubt it exists by ucblockhead (4.00 / 1) #8 Fri Apr 18, 2008 at 10:10:27 AM EST

But I've heard lots of examples similar to the article.
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: It's over-diagnosed and over-treated by wiredog (4.00 / 1) #9 Fri Apr 18, 2008 at 10:17:13 AM EST

Note that my parents took me off of the meds once I'd built up the necessary habits to function in school. These days, once someone is on the meds they tend to stay on them forever. You see people in their 20's who can't remember a time when they weren't on meds. A bit scary, actually.

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The News Media by Alan Crowe (4.00 / 2) #3 Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 05:00:48 PM EST

The news media sell your eyeballs to advertisers and pay you for this with worry candy.

I'm not sure about news vs olds by garlic (4.00 / 1) #4 Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 06:02:56 PM EST

I think people like hearing what they expect, but I think they also like hearing the opposite of expectations.

Influencing research by Merekat (4.00 / 1) #5 Fri Apr 18, 2008 at 03:33:20 AM EST

That's a bit trickier to draw a direct line between research that gets good press, and research that gets done. Getting funding is the biggie for most research and while some of that might be influenced by how much press the research will bring to the university or whereever, accessing buzzword-protected pots of EU or other sponsored money is also important. So while the broad principle of looking for 'olds' does apply, the definition by the purse string holders as what counts for that is not necessarily consistent.

Very interesting stuff by nebbish (4.00 / 1) #6 Fri Apr 18, 2008 at 06:39:31 AM EST

Increased LTP and dopamine could explain why I love violent horror films so much, and why I feel so compelled to write about them afterwards :)

Also interesting about the children of the Dutch "hunger winter" - I remember reading something similar about Glasgow, that the high rate of diabetes and obesity among certain parts of the working class population is partly due to genetic changes caused by extreme poverty and hunger in the past.

I'll consider getting that audiobook. However my concentration wavers a lot when I listen to stuff, I'd probably be better off with something in book form.

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Nice blog concept by TheophileEscargot (2.00 / 0) #10 Sat Apr 19, 2008 at 04:16:13 AM EST

I might try sticking it on Metafilter at some point, if you don't mind the sarcasm of random Internet strangers.

You might find this course a bit of a struggle early on, since he makes reference to diagrams quite a lot in the early lectures. I find the history ones work best.
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Please do! by nebbish (4.00 / 1) #13 Mon Apr 21, 2008 at 04:44:06 AM EST

Could do with some traffic, the stats so far aren't very impressive.

Yeah, I'm going to try something similar in book form instead. Don't know what yet. Might be the right time to join the library...

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Up by R Mutt (4.00 / 1) #14 Mon Apr 21, 2008 at 05:44:18 AM EST

Now.

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: Cheers mate! by nebbish (4.00 / 1) #15 Mon Apr 21, 2008 at 06:25:17 AM EST

Should crack on with some new posts I suppose!
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I read by iGrrrl (4.00 / 1) #11 Sat Apr 19, 2008 at 10:17:00 AM EST

...starts off with how the brain works...

at which point I was going to laugh uproariously and say that no one knows how the brain works. Then I saw it was Sapolsky who has a bigger clue and a smaller ego than most of the people who say they can explain the mind. He's pretty damn brilliant.

As for ADHD... yeah. It's most difficult because there are real cases, but there's a fascinating correlation between amount of time in front of a TV and chance of ADHD diagnosis later.

"I don't have time for martial law, I have to get to the gym!" zarathus

: And also, a Beard of Justice by TheophileEscargot (2.00 / 0) #12 Sat Apr 19, 2008 at 10:32:53 AM EST

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