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Smarter Children Through Food Supplements
An anonymous reader writes "Baby rats (mmm...baby rats) fed a little extra choline in utero popped out with brain cells dramatically bigger and faster than pups who didn't receive the supplement. Duke University researchers say the implications are profound for humans and the future of learning."
Oh, by the way......all of what I said above and.......First post.
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No, seriously, this does raise interesting issues such as how such a wonder supplement would be rationed to a population; how its absence would hold back the third world even further, and whether the first generation of hyper-intelligent kids would face discrimination at all levels of society.
Ph-nglui mglw'nafh Gates M'dna wgah'nagl fhtagn.
It's that stuff you put in your swimming pool. I guess if you want smart kids, you should go swimming a lot.
why couldn't they have figured this out 22 years ago?
now if you'll excuse me i have to go fail my calculus final.
A bunch of Super intelligent, yet hyperactive and ruthless 9 year olds, with ultra fast reflexes and photographic memory, but total lack of self-control and morals, begins their master plan of taking over the world.
Too bad their diabolical plan is easily foiled by a single dude with a strobe light. (If you read what this did the rat's brain, the rats are probably all epileptic)
I for one welcome our autistic and epileptic overlords.
A bunch of Super intelligent, yet hyperactive and ruthless 9 year olds, with ultra fast reflexes and photographic memory, but total lack of self-control and morals, begins their master plan of taking over the world.
This is different from reality how?
SB
It's old. The more humans I meet, the more I like my cats. At least they are honest.
Q: who are you?
A: you are a mutant.You aren't going to age
You have super-sensory perceptions.
Society has stepped all over you with painfull treatments to force you to fake normalcy.
You have an enhanced memory.
Huge organizations oppose your existence and are trying to give you cancer.
But the real question is what year did you graduate from Professor Xavier's Shool for Gifted Youngsters? Class of 2000? 1999? Or are you old school?
i can just see it now, viagra flavoured choline supplements that not only keep you hard, but improve your memory!
You tried your best, & you failed miserably,
The lesson is:
Never Try
> From what I see, humans that eat lots of fish (at least before fish got PCBs, mercury etc etc) do very well. Better than those that eat mainly fruit (or grain).
Well, seeing what a complete fish diet did to Gollum, Im not so sure that fish eating is so good for you.
I feel the same way about motor oil. That's why I only drink it occasionally
Oh, by the way......all of what I said above and.......First post. :-)
Well, somebody's been taking his choline supplements today....