[monochrom] Schizophrenia: The Insanity Virus?
Schizophrenia has long been blamed on bad genes or even bad parents. Wrong, says a growing group of psychiatrists. The real culprit, they claim, is a virus that lives entwined in every person's DNA. [...] Schizophrenia is usually diagnosed between the ages of 15 and 25, but the person who becomes schizophrenic is sometimes recalled to have been different as a child or a toddler--more forgetful or shy or clumsy. Studies of family videos confirm this. Even more puzzling is the so-called http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/119622993/abstract?CRETRY=1SRETRY=0birth-month effect: People born in winter or early spring are more likely than others to become schizophrenic later in life. It is a small increase, just 5 to 8 percent, but it is remarkably consistent, showing up in 250 studies. That same pattern is seen in people with bipolar disorder or multiple sclerosis. The birth-month effect is one of the most clearly established facts about schizophrenia, says http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._Fuller_TorreyFuller Torrey, director of the Stanley Medical Research Institute in Chevy Chase, Maryland. It's difficult to explain by genes, and it's certainly difficult to explain by bad mothers. The facts of schizophrenia are so peculiar, in fact, that they have led Torrey and a growing number of other scientists to abandon the traditional explanations of the disease and embrace a startling alternative. Schizophrenia, they say, does not begin as a psychological disease. Schizophrenia begins with an infection. The idea has sparked skepticism, but after decades of hunting, Torrey and his colleagues think they have finally found the infectious agent. You might call it an insanity virus. If Torrey is right, the culprit that triggers a lifetime of hallucinations--that tore apart the lives of writer Jack Kerouac, mathematician John Nash, and millions of others--is a virus that all of us carry in our bodies. Some people laugh about the infection hypothesis, says http://www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/emeritus/meyer/index.htmlUrs Meyer, a neuroimmunologist at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. But the impact that it has on researchers is much, much, much more than it was five years ago. And my prediction would be that it will gain even more impact in the future. http://discovermagazine.com/2010/jun/03-the-insanity-virusLink
[monochrom] Freeman Dyson and Global Warming: The Danger of Cosmic Genius
In the range of his genius, Freeman Dyson is heir to Einsteina visionary who has reshaped thinking in fields from math to astrophysics to medicine, and who has conceived nuclear-propelled spaceships designed to transport human colonists to distant planets. And yet on the matter of global warming he is, as an outspoken skeptic, dead wrong: wrong on the facts, wrong on the science. How could someone as smart as Dyson be so dumb about the environment? The answer lies in his almost religious faith in the power of man and science to bring nature to heel. http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/12/the-danger-of-cosmic-genius/8306Link
[monochrom] Wohnung in Wien
Kann wer helfen? _ Von: Johannes Springer [mailto:johannes.springer.m...@googlemail.com] Gesendet: Freitag, 19. November 2010 11:59 An: Verborgene_Empfaenger: Betreff: Jochen Bonz in Wien Liebe Leute, Jochen Bonz nimmt nächstes SS in Wien eine Gastprofessur an der Uni wahr und bat mich, mal bei Euch nachzufragen, ob Ihr für den Zeitraum 1.2. bis 31.7. ein WG-Zimmer, ein Zimmer zur Untermiete oder dergleichen kennt/habt etc. Falls jemand zufällig direkt was weiß, nächste Woche wäre Jochen in Wien und unter bonzjoc...@aol.com erreichbar. Beste Grüße, Johannes
[monochrom] Verleihgala des Wolfgang Lorenz Gedenkpreis für internetfreie Minuten (2010)
Verleihgala des Wolfgang Lorenz Gedenkpreis für internetfreie Minuten (2010) http://www.monochrom.at/wolfgang-lorenz-gedenkpreis/ Wien (OTS) - Dem Scheiß Internet, in das sich junge Menschen verkriechen, hat ORF-Programmdirektor Wolfgang Lorenz im Herbst des Jahres 2008 den Kampf erklärt. Wenn das nicht Grund genug ist, nach dem Visionär einen Preis zu benennen, was dann? Das Wiener KünstlerInnen-Kollektiv monochrom hat deshalb den Wolfgang Lorenz Gedenkpreis für internetfreie Minuten gestiftet und verleiht diesen heuer zum zweiten Mal an jene, die durch Wort und Tat völlig unqualifizierte Statements gegen das Informationszeitalter abgeliefert hatten. Im letzten Jahr haben sich die Grünen mit ihrem seltsamen Gebahren gegen die Vorwahlen-Basis-Bewegung ausgezeichnet, heuer warten wieder viele KandidatInnen vom Medienstaatssekretariat bis zum Zukunftsforscher Matthias Horx. Ein Lobesschwanengesang auf die kommunikationstechnologiefeindlichsten und kulturpessimistischsten Distinktionsgewinnler! Und -innen! Die hochkarätige Fachjury: Nicole Kolisch (Lohnschreiberin), Manfred Bruckner (Wissensmanager - WKÖ), Jana Herwig (Medienwissenschaftlerin), Ingrid Brodnig (Journalistin/Falter), Thomas Thurner (Quartier für digitale Kultur) Am 26. November 2010 um 20 Uhr werden im Rahmen einer triumphale Abendshow im Wiener Figurentheater Lilarum (gehostet von Johannes Grenzfurthner, monochrom) wieder diverse Ehrengäste zu Wort kommen!
Re: [monochrom] Schizophrenia: The Insanity Virus?
Nice! Reminds me of Borna disease... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borna_disease Original-Nachricht Datum: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:24:43 +0100 Von: das ende der nahrungskette j...@monochrom.at An: BAGASCH@LISTS.MONOCHROM.AT Betreff: [monochrom] Schizophrenia: The Insanity Virus? Schizophrenia has long been blamed on bad genes or even bad parents. Wrong, says a growing group of psychiatrists. The real culprit, they claim, is a virus that lives entwined in every person's DNA. [...] Schizophrenia is usually diagnosed between the ages of 15 and 25, but the person who becomes schizophrenic is sometimes recalled to have been different as a child or a toddler--more forgetful or shy or clumsy. Studies of family videos confirm this. Even more puzzling is the so-called http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/119622993/abstract?CRETRY=1SRETRY=0birth-month effect: People born in winter or early spring are more likely than others to become schizophrenic later in life. It is a small increase, just 5 to 8 percent, but it is remarkably consistent, showing up in 250 studies. That same pattern is seen in people with bipolar disorder or multiple sclerosis. The birth-month effect is one of the most clearly established facts about schizophrenia, says http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._Fuller_TorreyFuller Torrey, director of the Stanley Medical Research Institute in Chevy Chase, Maryland. It's difficult to explain by genes, and it's certainly difficult to explain by bad mothers. The facts of schizophrenia are so peculiar, in fact, that they have led Torrey and a growing number of other scientists to abandon the traditional explanations of the disease and embrace a startling alternative. Schizophrenia, they say, does not begin as a psychological disease. Schizophrenia begins with an infection. The idea has sparked skepticism, but after decades of hunting, Torrey and his colleagues think they have finally found the infectious agent. You might call it an insanity virus. If Torrey is right, the culprit that triggers a lifetime of hallucinations--that tore apart the lives of writer Jack Kerouac, mathematician John Nash, and millions of others--is a virus that all of us carry in our bodies. Some people laugh about the infection hypothesis, says http://www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/emeritus/meyer/index.htmlUrs Meyer, a neuroimmunologist at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. But the impact that it has on researchers is much, much, much more than it was five years ago. And my prediction would be that it will gain even more impact in the future. http://discovermagazine.com/2010/jun/03-the-insanity-virusLink -- Neu: GMX De-Mail - Einfach wie E-Mail, sicher wie ein Brief! Jetzt De-Mail-Adresse reservieren: http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/demail
