Thursday, April 10, 2008

Do fourteeners make you dumb?

Scientists have long seen signs of brain damage among certain climbers on Mount Everest and other high peaks, and now a National Institutes of Health researcher says that even tackling Colorado's fourteeners could lead to irreversible brain damage.R. Douglas Fields, a senior investigator in neuroscience at the NIH, writes about his concerns in the latest issue of Scientific American Mind.

Read more at Newwest.net

10 comments:

Teleken said...

In the words of Judge Smails-
"The world needs ditch diggers too."

Anonymous said...

Ah, if there's a bad Bushwood Country Club joke, I haven't heard it...

Anonymous said...

Ya probably. But so does beer. And I'm not giving that up.

Anonymous said...

TCR could try posting the study on their web page as a way of limiting the number of people who want to enter that race...whatever it's called, I can't remember...

Anonymous said...

It may not be the 14,000+ feet that makes one less intelligent, but rather the doughnuts served at that altitude that does the trick.

Anonymous said...

It iz spelled "crueller".

Zut Alors!

Anonymous said...

Your both wrong:

French Cruller

https://www.dunkindonuts.com/aboutus/nutrition/Product.aspx?Category=Donuts&id=DD-552

Anonymous said...

"You're", rather.

Dave Philipps said...

I love that dunkindonuts.com has been used to settle a dispute.

Anonymous said...

It is the wikipedia for all pastry related arguments.