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mschweini t1_j86h9oa wrote
Reply to comment by turbozed in What are some of the mechanisms behind why long term physical inactivity and social isolation leads to chronic health diseases? by [deleted]
I haven't read the book, but I thought the connection between ulcers and stress is now considered outdated, and that the current theory lays most of the blame for ulcers on helicobacter infection?
mschweini t1_j81g23l wrote
Reply to comment by wonkozsane042 in Can the Radiation from a Sample of Depleted Uranium Sterilize? by Natolx
> but most will survive and produces a new generation
Might be fun to feed those bacteria on purpose, and see how well they mutate and evolute towards radiation-hardiness!
mschweini t1_j5uig2d wrote
Reply to Ask Anything Wednesday - Economics, Political Science, Linguistics, Anthropology by AutoModerator
This might be a silly question, but how does an Economy actually work, in the deepest sense?
I.e. it can't really be a closed system - we can't all just be service workers scrubbing each other's backs. So there must be fundamental inputs into the economy. I can only think of mining, agriculture and energy production which inject "value" into the overall economic system from nothing, and the COMPLETE rest of an economic system is just dedicated to transform these three raw ingredients into "quality-of-life".
Am I missing something? Or are there other fundamental inputs into the overall economic system?
mschweini t1_j93iz8i wrote
Reply to comment by Nyrin in Was reading something related to Rock Salt mining. In places like the Himalayas where rock salt mining is done in cold temperatures, a lot of miners report burns. Why is it so that salt burns in a colder surroundings? Would it be the same reason why the salt ice challenge was so dangerous? by vvdmoneymuttornot
Since sweat is also salt water - do our bodies somehow do against this effect when sweating in cold climate?