The reason average life expectancy has more than doubled in a century or two is that infant mortality has been reduced, bringing the average up.

There is not so much difference in survival expectancy once on is an adult.

I agree; that's why I posted. I berated that guy righteously, and some others, too. I called him every name in the book. If I were him (and presumably innocent) I'd want to sue someone. I'm just glad I didn't CC: my remarks to others....

Yeah, me, too. I found one "offer" from linkdin that looked like it was sent by a guy whose craigslist ad for a cheap Mercedes I had responded to; I sent him a flame email calling him out for it.

Now, I look like the a**hole....

Thanks, linkdin. NOT.

This flies in the face of current theory, which says infants flush "excess" synapses and children continue to do so on a lesser scale for years. See

Huttenlocher P. Neural Plasticity: The Effects of the Environment on the Development of the Cerebral Cortex. Harvard University Press; 2002.

Or any decent Google search will support this.

Unless a lchemical ink can be shown in the chemistry resultant from the anaesthesia which might cause the synapses to morph, it will be very hard to "prove" this hypothesis.

Correlation does not prove causation.

OK: Here's both barrels.

It used to take five years or more to develop a new model auto, back in the twenties through 60s. This lag time caused bad decisions like the introduction of 12- and 16-cylinder cars in the middle of the Great Depression and Edsels, planned in 1952-3 and introduced in 1958, after the target market had lost their jobs in a deep recession.

These printers doubtless help reduce the time and make carmakers more nimble.

That's the real story, and it is neither in TFA nor the summary.

Call me a cynic....

When the information so clearlyy calls for it.

At its Dearborn Heights, Mich. facility, 14 different industrial 3D printers turn out 20,000 parts a year.

H'mm ... that's approx 6 parts per machine per working day.

Not much of a story here, just PR.

I am old enough to remember the "horsepower wars" of the '50s and 60s in the US. Inflation was rampant then as now.

So, what's new? It's not as if the governments know what they're doing, or their informational data is correct and unpoliticized....

Your cite of the "recent" study fits with my memory from the old school. There are several kinds (at least two) of memory: long- and short-term; one is chemical, the other electrical. Each reference to the protein carrying the memory rewrites it to include the information from the new conscious understanding and context, thus changing the protein when it is recreated. I am surprised that this method of decoding/recoding has not been looked into.

Thank you. I am in error, For some reason I thought the book, which I have found, was published by Oxford University Press, and she is listed as "Principal Emeritus of the Faculty of Astrological Studies." Now I find the book was published not by Oxford Press but by Fowler's.

My mistake.

According to the late (I presume) Dean of Astrology at Oxford Univrsity (UK), Margaret Hone, no gravitational or magnetic waves are involved. An undiscovered astrological wave is the cause, according to her textbook.

Yes, I am serious. Her textbook was published in 1955 IIRC. (I have it somewhere, but am too lazy to look for it.)

The joint statement indicates that a likely contributing factor to the increase in earthquakes is wastewater disposal by injection into deep geologic formations. The water injection can increase underground pressures, lubricate faults and cause earthquakes – a process known as injection-induced seismicity. Much of this wastewater is a byproduct of oil and gas production and is routinely disposed of by injection into wells specifically designed and approved for this purpose. The recent earthquake rate changes are not due to typical, random fluctuations in natural seismicity rates.

'Nuff said.

It was shown quite some time ago that adults "read" by recognizing the shapes of words, not their spelling. If this is true then it would explain the problems described in TFA.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W...
http://www.dummies.com/how-to/...

What you said is true; that's why I doubt SCOTUS will hear it. It lets them dodge a sensitive political issue without being embarrassed since only the law is in dispute according to TFA. This argument is the legal equivalent, to my understanding, of giving up one's 5th-amendment rights because one has given some information already without invoking the article.

I am -- and the court seemed -- appalled at the idea that "secret laws" can apply in a constitutional republic.

I doubt SCOTUS will touch this, as they tend to kick the can down the road on big issues like this, which, of course, will let it stand.

...for procrastinators.