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Younger generations are growing horns in the back of their head
- ozten 7y agoSuper interesting finding, but horrible clickbait title. 2cm bone growth != a horn. It is pretty cool how plastic our skeletal systems are. Use it or lose it, but use it in a novel fashion and it will adapt.
- applecrazy 7y agoYeah, the title is quite alarmist. But the point is valid: excessive use of a device in a certain posture will cause physical changes that cannot be reversed.
- ozten 7y agoI think this adaptability is a feature, not a bug. I don't see any downside to this adaptation.
- vokep 7y agoIt could be interpreted as the bible being literally true and cell phones are the "mark of the beast" turning us all to the devils ways. There's a wealth of information online where people have come up with biblical interpretations that result in the current state of the world being the predictable situation before it all ends. Of course, given the statistical accuracy of doomsday predictions so far, I wouldn't worry too much. :) That said, maybe they are on to something as far as phones or social media being satanic. shrug
- hsnewman 7y agoYeah, bony growth <> horn.
- applecrazy 7y agoNot saying it is a horn (I acknowledge this in the first sentence), just saying that maybe us adapting to our bad posture is not a good thing.
- opportune 7y agoWow, I just felt the back of my head and pretty sure I have this. It's a small bump where the skull rounds out and gives way to softer tissue. Not sure why it would be a negative thing though if it's just an adaptation to our posture
- JadeNB 7y agoAt least according to the article, it's something usually seen in older people with "long-term poor posture and significant stress loads"; the intended implication—doubtless at least somewhat alarmist—seems to be that regular smartphone useage does as much damage to young people in a short time as was previously only done in a lifetime.
- opportune 7y agoI don't see how it is "damaging" though. Weird, yes, but it's so small it seems neither unsightly nor likely to cause harm
- JadeNB 7y agoI don't know anything about the research, and suspect the article is being alarmist, but I'm a little bit confused by our dialogue—first you asked why it was a negative thing, and now you're asking why it is a "damaging" thing, with "damaging" in quotes, even though neither the article nor I uses that word. I don't think that the article means to suggest that the bone growths themselves are causing damage, but rather that they are indicating damage (though, again, I have no expertise to evaluate that claim, and haven't even followed up on any links in the article).
- opportune 7y agoIt was a response to your post "seems to be that regular smartphone useage does as much damage to young people in a short time as was previously only done in a lifetime."
- bkmeneguello 7y ago"Australopithecus scientists are saying young's habit of bipedalism is alarming and could have serious implications"
- dfeojm-zlib 7y ago"Old scientists and/or yellow journalists don't like kids usage of technology, conjures up clickbait, alarmist FUD to judge their lifestyle and/or manifest insecurities."
- dang 7y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20173830 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20173830