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Question: Wikipedia article on rectal breathing Answer: Rectal breathing is a technique for controlling the volume of air inhaled into the lungs by increasing
by harveywi 4y ago
Question: Wikipedia article on rectal breathing
Answer: Rectal breathing is a technique for controlling the volume of air inhaled into the lungs by increasing the amount of air held in the rectum, thereby reducing the amount of air in the lungs. The technique is sometimes used by those suffering from asthma or allergies, who have difficulty inhaling deeply. It can also be used to reduce hyperventilation, as in anxiety attacks.
Rectal breathing is an ancient technique. It was described by the ancient Greek physician Galen in the second century CE, who wrote: "It is the best thing for a person who is affected by an asthma attack to make a fist and put his hand over his mouth and nose and then breathe through his rectum."
Rectal breathing is also sometimes used by competitive breath-hold divers, who can hold their breath for over 12 minutes. In order to reduce the amount of air in the lungs, and thus reduce the work of breathing, they hold a large volume of air in their rectum.
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- alexb_ 4y agoYou know, you don't have to post everything on the internet.
- kragen 4y agocondolences to traubenfuchs, i hope you find relief
- thorncorona 4y agoFYI this is a GPT3 bot.
- klohto 4y ago“Rectal breathing is the best thing since sliced bread” — Archimedes
- aaronbrethorst 4y agoQuestion: Wikipedia article on rectal spiders. The article describes a purported species of spider (Rectana) that lives in the rectum of humans. Rectana are described as being between 1.5 and 2.5 mm in length, with black bodies and white legs. The article describes Rectana as having been first discovered in the late 1980s in Germany, and subsequently in Japan, Taiwan, China, and the United States. It is stated that the spiders are found in the rectums of 30% of people. Rectana are said to live in the rectum for up to 20 years, and to cause the victim to experience "abdominal pain, nausea, constipation, and vomiting".
- harveywi 4y agoAlso known as the Tennessee barking spider.
- darkmarmot 4y agoQuestion: How many spiders live in the human rectum? Answer: 1
- joe_the_user 4y agoHere's a thought I had. There may be a level of data and training at which large language model tend to resort more, not less, often to plausible bullshit. Someone was gushing about how smart gpt-4 looked in this post, for example. https://twitter.com/Scobleizer/status/1560843951287898112 https://twitter.com/Scobleizer/status/1560843951287898112 The more areas of study you have, the more complicated the relationship or non-relationship is. But the difficulty of and knowledge needed for bullshitting on them doesn't increase as much.
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