Glutamate is one of the substances mentioned, and Glutamate Restriction Diets are (just) starting to be used to stop epilepsy.
Unfortunately most seizures aren't noticed - they happen during sleep, are very often partial (don't usually affect movement), temporal lobe seizures, and you won't likely know they're there. Most people with epilepsy are never diagnosed, for that reason. However, you may notice verbal difficulties or substantial memory problems the next day - which won't help with exams.
Good luck kids, don't forget to write - if your motor skills survive. Remember, brain damage is really just in your head.
How about a few classifications for software licenses, determined by law, and the requirement that each license identify where it fits in that scheme of things right up front. The highest classifications would specify no spyware (and admit penalties for violation). Then I could tell at a glance what I was agreeing to, on all sorts of fronts, including privacy.
Sort of the equivalent of film classification, or games classification. Licenses are now simply too long to read as a practical matter. Classification would largely solve that and is a proven solution.
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Glutamate is one of the substances mentioned, and Glutamate Restriction Diets are (just) starting to be used to stop epilepsy.
Unfortunately most seizures aren't noticed - they happen during sleep, are very often partial (don't usually affect movement), temporal lobe seizures, and you won't likely know they're there. Most people with epilepsy are never diagnosed, for that reason. However, you may notice verbal difficulties or substantial memory problems the next day - which won't help with exams.
Good luck kids, don't forget to write - if your motor skills survive. Remember, brain damage is really just in your head.
How about a few classifications for software licenses, determined by law, and the requirement that each license identify where it fits in that scheme of things right up front. The highest classifications would specify no spyware (and admit penalties for violation). Then I could tell at a glance what I was agreeing to, on all sorts of fronts, including privacy.
Sort of the equivalent of film classification, or games classification. Licenses are now simply too long to read as a practical matter. Classification would largely solve that and is a proven solution.