According to his romantic finding published in the journal Medical Hypotheses, the bug called Cytomegalovirus found in saliva can be extremely dangerous in pregnancy, sometimes killing unborn babies or causing birth defects. But man can pass the bug to woman through kissing (because female is typically shorter, Mother Earth's gravity leads the way) to help her build an immunity to it before she gets pregnant.
"Kissing the same person for about six months provides the best protection," added Dr. Hendrie.
1. Where it all began
1976年。スティーブ・ジョブズ（当時21歳）はスティーブ・ウォズニアックと一緒に、加州ロスアルトスにあるジョブズの実家のガレージでアップルを創業した。ジョブズの父は車の修理用機械をどけ、木の作業台を家に持ってきた。これがアップル初の製造拠点となった。写真は1996年、フォーチュン誌のため空っぽのガレージに戻って撮影に応じたジョブズ。-Scott Cendrowski記者
Why George W. Bush with IQ score of 120+ (top 10% of the population) made bad decisions? New Scientist explored possible explanations for that.
Lots of people come here to find out their IQ. It's worth knowing, though, our intelligence alone cannot guide us in right direction in real life.
From the article;
"A high IQ is like height in a basketball player. It is very important, all other things being equal. But all other things aren't equal. There's a lot more to being a good basketball player than being tall, and there's a lot more to being a good thinker than having a high IQ."-David Perkins, Harvard Graduate School of Education
"Think of our minds as searchlights. IQ measures the brightness of the searchlight, but where we point it also matters. Some people don't point their searchlights at the other side of the case much, for many reasons - entrenched ideas, avoidance of what might be disturbing, simple haste. A higher wattage searchlight in itself is no protection against such follies." -David Perkins, Harvard Graduate School of Education
"Intelligence is about brain power whereas rational thinking is about control." - Daniel Kahneman, Princeton University
"Some people who are intellectually able do not bother to engage very much in analytical thinking and are inclined to rely on their intuitions. Other people will check out their gut feeling and reason it through and make sure they have a justification for what they're doing."An IQ test cannot predict which of these paths someone will follow -Jonathan Evans, University of Plymouth, UK.
Thus, high IQ score doesn't help you avoid common traps of intuitive-thinking. Got it? Good. Now, go on and take simple quiz at the end of the article. (It may surprise you.)
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WSJによると、「ツイッター専用端末を作ろう」と考えたのはTwitter側で、早速ジョナサン・カプラン（Jonathan Kaplan）という、あの一芸ヒット「Flip」製造元Pure Digital Technologies社をシスコに5億9000万ドルで売って今年最大の出口を決めた創業者に相談したら、Peek創業者アモル・サルバ（Amol Sarva）氏に話を持っていけと言われたのだそう。それが6月。
The other day I saw a news report about reSTART, the first addiction recovery program specifically designed for serious sufferers of the Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD).
They live offline, doing nature hikes and stuff like that to regain a social skills. The environment seems no different from YMCA summer camp (the one at Half Moon Bay where I send my kids in summer doesn't even provide electricity), yet the fee is lofty; $14,500 for 45 days program, and $27,000 for 90 days.
Included in the 45-day tuition:
Food and Meals
Retreat Center Overnight Accommodations for 45 Days*
Clinical Evaluation and Assessment
Customized treatment planning, relapse prevention, and aftercare coordination
1x1 Individualized psychotherapy
Daily personal counseling, life coaching, skills training, mentoring, and mindfulness based stress reduction
Weekly high adventure recreational and fitness activities tailored to individual needs
Average 1-6 guests at a time (Fee Schedule for 2009)
Hmmmm, I'd rather choose a long stay in Japanese hot springs... but what's even more surprising to me is that they already got some participants. Do you think this whole thing makes sense?
"she's an unstable person who carries around a large, radioactive bucket of stress wherever she goes."-Salman Rushdie, in response to his ex-girlfriend, Pia Glenn, who told Britain's Mail after the split that he was "dysfunctional."
』でブッカー賞を受賞、1989年の『
』で故ホメイニ師から死刑宣告を受け世界的に有名になったミリオネア作家だ（周辺の人がバタバタ死んでおり、日本でも訳者の五十嵐一助教授が不審死）。
