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Joined 12 years ago
Joined 12 years ago
This study implies that it's not really true: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1516648113#sec-5
I still struggle with motivational problems (ADHDish issues), but I think I've been lucky. I have friends that will probably never achieve anything meaningful in life and that is despite having had access to the best education available (private schools), parents that were MORE than okay, welp being privileged you know... Now some of them cannot stand normalcy (i.e.: working).
There is a world of difference between starting weed when you're 25 and smoking a little bit VS getting HIGH almost everyday from 13-15 onwards.
When we were young we convinced ourselves that weed was not dangerous at all...fools.
I'm about to be a dad, I'll make sure my kids know what's up.
I've been reading Stoic philosophers for some time now and it has helped me a lot. Christianity seems to take a lot from them and adds a mythical spin.
I think the biggest issue with religion stems from the fact that many people fail to understand religious texts are not factual they are metaphorical. Unfortunately, throughout history (and still today) this misunderstanding has been used and led to an incalculable number of heinous crimes.
Note: the regulation targets “basic” milk, not pimped out milk with omega-3, 19g proteins, without lactose etc.