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Turtles don't do very much...

One of the primary causes of aging in the erosion of the telomeres into functional genes. Every time DNA is copied, a little bit at the very end is lost in the region called the telomere. Telomerase in the enzyme that repairs these, but eventually its levels decline and parts of functional genes get cut off. If we could increase the telemerase levels, we could easily extend life by a few decades; it's been done in rats resulting in 3x the normal life span. Granted this is not forever, but its a step towards it.

Wave-particle duality has nothing to do with the speed of propagation not being c.

Seems like it would be easier to just collect a soil sample...

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Don't use epoxy, epoxy can't bind plastic worth a diddly.

I thought tomato, then while I scrolled I contemplated the merits of why its classified as a vegetable instead of a fruit since it has seeds.

We're 3rd now, behind "AV Science Forum" (audio visual) (which uses its massive traffic to influence the rankings), and "Alaska Science Forum"... who knows how that got so high.

it should definately replace prohibition, since we all know it'll never work. the 20s taught us that.

as far as education goes, people who want to try them are going to try them... we need education to focus on harm reducation, not scare-tactics based on the worse-case scenario that virtually never happens.

Were you trying to solder on robotic appendages or brain enhacing chips?

When measuring a group quantitatively with an IQ test, 100 is the definition of average, but a real group of people will virtually never meet that average. The average of everyone in the world will work out to be pretty close to 100... but with a select group of people, it can be higher. Like the average IQ in an upper level science course is probably around 120. The 107 average is still within one standard deviation (15 points, 85-115) from the mean.

Yeah, a riot breaks over everything the government does here.

There would still be riots.

=Jon blike is jealous of my lack of the h

He's refferring to the inevitable riots and massive loss of revenue for the government if cigarettes were made illegal.

If I said, "There is a highly addictive substance on our streets. One drop of it in its pure form would kill a person, and its most common method of delivery causes serious health problems and is responsible for thousands of deaths. Should we do something about it?" What would be your answer to that question if you didn't already know I was talking about nicotine?

My case is that there should be no differentiation and the same policies should apply. What do you think the nicotine culture would turn into if suddenly nicotine products weren't available at every store in the world?

Inaccurate portrayals of heroin addicts and taking the minority of actual cases is indeed an "effective deterrant" aka "propaganda" But we all know that diseases linked to smoking kill 500,000 people (that's 1370 per DAY and 57PER HOUR), per year in the United States... which is more than drug deaths, murder, car crashes, medical malpractice, and other medical illnesses COMBINED. Everyone knows that, but continues to smoke year after year.

Dudde and MrL must have low IQs :jk: :jk: :jk: :jk: :jk: :jk: :jk: :jk: :jk: :jk: :jk: :jk: :jk: :jk: :jk: :jk: :jk: :jk: :jk: :jk: :jk: :jk: :jk: :jk: :jk: :jk: :jk: :jk: :jk: :jk: :jk: :jk: :jk: :jk: :jk: Just so you know I'm KIDDING.

Yes, yes I am.

I also believe taking a couple pills and waking up normally beats the hell out of getting drunk, not being able to drive, possibly vomitting, and having a hangover.

It should be a freedom.

Energy is physical but not chemical, the space-time continuum itself is physical but not chemical.

Doesn't matter if I have taken a formal course or not. Furthermore as it happens the professor who teaches the course is in complete agreement with the legalization philosophy (we had a floor program on the topic last year that he was a guest speaker at)