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Alzheimer's is an entirely different beast than normal mental atrophy and there are plenty of stories of otherwise intelligent people ending up with it. I'm no
by pibaker 2mo ago
Alzheimer's is an entirely different beast than normal mental atrophy and there are plenty of stories of otherwise intelligent people ending up with it.
I'm not saying you shouldn't try using your brain more but this is just like saying Stephen Hawking should have tried exercising more.
- Tadpole9181 2mo agoWould this not be closer to saying Arnold Schwarzenegger should have tried exercising more?
- anon48293 2mo agoBoth Stephen Hawking and Arnold Schwarzenegger would have benefitted from exercising more, if controlled for age /s
- harrall 2mo agoThe article doesn’t say taxi drivers are immune to Alzheimer’s. It specifically talks about having more cognitive reserve, which means having “more brain” to atrophy. Essentially Alzheimer’s makes their hyper-developed hippocampus become that of an average’s person because they started off higher up. Being intelligent doesn’t mean you still learn new things as you age. Using your brain doesn’t do anything, it’s using your brain in novel ways. That companion is also bunk. Two entirely different diseases.