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Mnemonics, smart food, and why nuns don't get senile
Merlin Mann | May 26 2005
New Scientist 11 steps to a better brain - Features Grab bag of ways to get your brain in shape. I liked this bit from the “Memory Marvels” section:
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![]() I suddenly want to ask...Submitted by Brad (not verified) on May 26, 2005 - 4:33am.
I suddenly want to ask my doctor for a stack of spurious prescriptions. Thanks, Merlin! »
Brad, grab me some Adderall...Submitted by Merlin Mann on May 26, 2005 - 5:42am.
Brad, grab me some Adderall as long as you’re at it. »
![]() My problem is the odd...Submitted by Sam MacCutchan (not verified) on May 26, 2005 - 5:53am.
My problem is the odd time that I don’t put my keys in their normal spot. Then I spend too much time the next morning trying to figure out where I’ve left them! The same thing happens to me when I take my watch off at the computer instead of putting it on my dresser next to my keys :) »
![]() I'm holding out for Google...Submitted by JoshD (not verified) on May 26, 2005 - 7:13am.
I’m holding out for Google Carkeys, myself. “17,823 results for ‘where are my goddamn keys?’” »
![]() It would seem that any...Submitted by yoda (not verified) on May 27, 2005 - 4:40am.
It would seem that any author who could call a triglyceride a “cholesterol-like substance” shouldn’t be taken very seriously, as the two bear no similarity to each other, either in chemical structure or function. Their only similarity is that they’re both organic compounds that are routinely measured in blood tests. »
![]() You know, yoda, you've just...Submitted by GBGames (not verified) on May 27, 2005 - 8:44am.
You know, yoda, you’ve just said that there is no similarity and there is a similarity. Which is it? B-) »
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