Ugh. Why do they keep trying to reduce God's incredible creation to "chemicals in brains"
Posted on 04/09/2011 6:26:54 PM PDT by decimon
Long before the age of gene therapy and miracle medical treatments, the secrets of long life were being gathered and revealed in a unique study of 1,500 children born about 1910. By studying these people throughout their lives, successive generations of researchers collected nearly 10 million pieces of observable data and have been able to produce solid insights into human longevity.
"Most people who live to an old age do so not because they have beaten cancer, heart disease, diabetes, or lung disease; rather, the long-lived have mostly avoided serious ailments altogether," according to Howard S. Friedman and Leslie R. Martin, in their recent book, "The Longevity Project."
"The best childhood personality predictor of longevity was conscientiousness--the qualities of a prudent, persistent, well organized person," according to the two professors (he at the University of California--Riverside, and she at La Sierra University). "Conscientiousness . . . also turned out to be the best personality predictor of long life when measured in adulthood."
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2. "Conscientious individuals are less prone to a whole host of diseases, not just those caused by dangerous habits," they found. "It appears likely that conscientious and unconscientious people have different levels of certain chemicals in their brains."
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I always thought the key was to choose one’s parents and grandparents wisely.
I don’t know how well I would score.
But two co-workers were a grumbling to each other. I’m their supervisor.
I asked them what was up.
One said, “We think you are an undercover Bishop”.
Beat me...
Dream as if you will live forever. Live as if you will die today
Did the article mess up on the scoring for question 8? (I gotta know, this is killing me).
You mean— it’s NOT cigars and whiskey?
I think the article did mess up on question #8.
If you imbibe conscientiously.
...cause they brought you into this world and they can take you out.
90 years and “collected nearly 10 million pieces of observable data “ and this is all they could come up with?
‘wonder that kind of ‘chemicals’ THEIR brains are soaked with... and how much grant monies were spent over all those years.
Gobbledygook.
She walked up and said, "You look so old and happy. Whats your secret to a long happy life?"
"Well," replied the old man, "I smoke a carton of cigarettes and drink a case of hard whiskey every day, and eat nothing but bacon and ice cream."
"Amazing!" Said the lady. "And how old are you?"
"Oh," said the old man, "I'm 26."
This nickname came about because of the strict morals of the people of the state.
A Dictionary of Americanisms on Historical Principles, edited by Mitford M. Mathews (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1951) defines "Land of Steady Habits" as "1. Connecticut, applied in allusion to the strict morals of its inhabitants," (page 954).
Connecticut is a small socialiststate to be sure but it has been one of the most vigorously independent and productive since Dutch explorer Adriaen Block discovered the Connecticut River in 1614. Geographically, it is the third smallest state, even though its original charter, granted in 1662, extended the land grant west to the Pacific Ocean. And its contributions to the world are great. Three towns in Connecticut developed the first written constitution, "The Fundamental Orders" where it was declared that "the foundation of authority is in the free consent of the people,".
The Charter Oak became a symbol of the independence of the people of this state, when King James II revoked the Connecticut Charter in 1687. Preventing Royal Governor Sir Edmund Andros from getting his hands on it, Joseph Wadsworth stole the document and is said to have hidden it in the hollow of an oak tree on Samuel Wylly's property.
This state has long been known for its superior productivity from the manufacturing methods developed by Eli Terry and Eli Whitney to the leadership position held today in the production of helicopters, jet aircraft engines, submarines, silverware and small firearms. America's first cigars, man-made combs, factory-made hats, plows, friction matches and the nations first commercial telephone exchange were products of the small state of Connecticut.
You missed the third key ingredient for longevity in men; wild women.
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