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Old 08-05-2005, 10:24 AM   #1
Troubleshooter
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Further Pussificatory rhetoric...

I mean how stupid to people have to be to think that discouraging health is a good idea in comparison to worrying about people's feeling?

Just fuck people...

http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,...tml?tw=rss.TOP

Brain Workouts May Tone Memory

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She also said she was concerned that too much emphasis on the benefits of mental fitness could stigmatize Alzheimer's patients.

"If mental exercise is widely believed to prevent (Alzheimer's disease), then individuals who do become demented may be blamed for their disease on the grounds of not having exercised their brains enough," she said.

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