October 2022

How meth saves lives and why it’s rational to ignore every (drug) policy

Aimo Koivunen and his story Try to put yourself in the shoes of a Finnish soldier navigating the harsh Lapland wilderness on a freezing winter’s day. It’s about 10 a.m., your unit has been on the move almost continuously for more than two days, skiing in knee-deep snow. Everyone is already completely exhausted, the temperature

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Dehydrated oxygen-hacking bacteria and blue-light-blocking glasses

One and a half billion years ago, more or less the whole Earth was covered by a single warm ocean. The air outside the ocean was filled with oxygen, a violent poison that uncompromisingly killed most living organisms that were exposed to it. But a few species of bacteria hacked this killing system and learned

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Medicine under the guise of dietary narrative: 4 — methionine and glycine

Humans have a natural tendency throughout their history (from the Stone Age to exponential technologies) to oversimplify complex environments, and as a result they do not evaluate all risks in the best way (or some at all). The reasons for their actions are very complex, and I don’t want to go into all their forms

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Medicine under the guise of dietary narrative: 3 — Salt (potassium/sodium)

Humans have a natural tendency throughout their history (from the Stone Age to exponential technologies) to oversimplify complex environments, and as a result they do not evaluate all risks in the best way (or some at all). The reasons for their actions are very complex, and I don’t want to go into all their forms

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Medicine under the guise of dietary narrative: 2 — omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids

Humans have a natural tendency throughout their history (from the Stone Age to exponential technologies) to oversimplify complex environments, and as a result they do not evaluate all risks in the best way (or some at all). The reasons for their actions are very complex, and I don’t want to go into all their forms

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Medicine under the guise of dietary narrative: 1 — Cholesterol

Humans have a natural tendency throughout their history (from the Stone Age to exponential technologies) to oversimplify complex environments, and as a result they do not evaluate all risks in the best way (or some at all). The reasons for their actions are very complex, and I don’t want to go into all their forms

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