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Are they doing the exercises outside?Maybe they are measuring the effects of normalized vitamin D3 levels...

I smell a great purge in healthy articles.Myself im going to stick to my guns and common sense http://www.unz.com/jthompson/diet-is-iq-test/


You used 'vitamin D3 levels' and 'just use common sense' in the same post. You have no way of knowing if vitamin D3 makes any difference at all without delving into scientific literature and statistics.



I'm not saying you are wrong; I personally believe vitamin D3 is important, too. (I'm also not a medical professional)

I'm just saying that the importance of vitamin D3 is not something that can be figured out by common sense; it's the sort of thing that requires a double-blind study.


The importance of vitamin D3 can also be seen in the Somalia diaspora in Nordic regions. The veiled Somali women, with their dark skin, burka clothing and home-dwelling habits, have very low vitamin D levels, leading to health issues in themselves and leading to autism spectrum disorders in their offspring.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4396835/ https://www.somalispot.com/threads/new-research-somali-immig... https://www.vitamindcouncil.org/new-research-somali-immigran... https://www.gnc.gu.se/digitalAssets/1349/1349916_s----f-seve...


Yes, I understand that there is some scientific evidence that D3 is important. I'm not contesting that evidence.

My point is that scientific evidence and "common sense" are very different sorts of things; in common use, "common sense" means something that is observable without education or technical training.

In general, I think "common sense" is less useful that the knowledge you can gain through dedicated work of educated scientists and statisticians.


yes,and now skip all the bs and grab yourself a real tool http://twysf.users.sourceforge.net/#A6 with a real manual http://twysf.users.sourceforge.net/ccide_man.shtml .combine this with m4 and generate efficient working code for luajit and c.and as a bonus you learn m4,a macro processor that can take output from cli programs and insert it inside your source code.much more pragmatic than lisp


These thoughts are also influencing my life for the past 20 years.I have done the following:

-understand myself better.see book "please understand me II", David Keirsey.check a copy on gen.lib.rus.ec

-improve my perception processes."Conceptual Blockbusting: A Guide to Better Ideas", James L. Adams.you can check a copy for any book on prev website

-start to observe and enjoy the details in even the most "mundane" things(like a rock) around me.the "diskworld" series,terry pratchet

-any time i feel like going i begin starving&dehydration myself.in 1 month you go.see "the great starvation experiment",todd tucker


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