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Why "caring" about that #### is killing you + Twin study rattles heredity conclusions

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A pair of twins grew up in different countries, then scientists compared them
https://www.sciencealert.com/pair-of-twi...-abilities

EXCERPTS: Researchers have taken advantage of a rare opportunity to study identical (aka monozygotic) twins who were separated early in life, before being raised in different countries by different families – and there are some surprising results to report. Whereas IQ has been shown to be up to 80 percent heritable – with twins usually scoring roughly the same on cognitive tests – in this case there was a substantial 16-point difference between the siblings.

There were, of course, lots of similarities between the pair, but the differences were also notable, suggesting that there needs to be a rethink of how much of our intelligence is down to our genes and how much of it is down to the environment that we're brought up in.

"Similarities were evident in personality, self-esteem, mental health, job satisfaction, and medical life history," the researchers write in their paper. "In contrast with previous research, the twins' general intelligence and non-verbal reasoning scores showed some marked differences."

[...] Despite many similarities – including in the areas of mental health and job satisfaction – the twin raised at home in South Korea scored more highly in terms of perceptual reasoning and processing speed.

While the scores are clear, however, the reason for them isn't. The US twin suffered three concussions as an adult, the researchers note, which made her feel like a "different person". However, it's impossible to say for sure whether this has affected the scores seen in the cognitive tests... (MORE - missing details)


The feedback loop from hell
https://iai.tv/articles/the-feedback-loo..._auid=2020

EXCERPT: . . . Welcome to the Feedback Loop from Hell. Chances are you’ve engaged in it more than a few times. Maybe you’re engaging in it right now: “God, I do the Feedback Loop all the time—I’m such a loser for doing it. I should stop. Oh my God, I feel like such a loser for calling myself a loser. I should stop calling myself a loser. Ah, f*ck! I’m doing it again! See? I’m a loser! Argh!”

Believe it or not, this is part of the beauty of being human. Very few animals on earth have the ability to think cogent thoughts to begin with, but we humans have the luxury of being able to have thoughts about our thoughts. The miracle of consciousness!

Now here’s the problem: Our society today, through the wonders of consumer culture and hey-look-my-life-is-cooler-than-yours social media, has bred a whole generation of people who believe that having these negative experiences—anxiety, fear, guilt, etc.—is totally not okay. I mean, if you look at your Facebook feed, everybody there is having a grand old time.

Look, eight people got married this week. And some sixteen-year-old on TV got a Ferrari for her birthday. And another kid just made two billion dollars inventing an app that automatically delivers you more toilet paper when you run out.

Meanwhile, you’re stuck at home flossing your cat. And you can’t help but think your life sucks even more than you thought.

The Feedback Loop from Hell has become a borderline epidemic, making many of us overly stressed, overly neurotic, and overly self-loathing.

We feel bad about feeling bad. We feel guilty for feeling guilty. We get angry about getting angry. We get anxious about feeling anxious. What is wrong with me?

This is why, as I put it, not giving a f*ck is so key. This is why it’s going to save the world. And it’s going to save it by accepting that the world is totally f*cked and that’s all right, because it’s always been that way, and always will be.

By accepting that you feel bad, you short-circuit the Feedback Loop from Hell; you say to yourself, “I feel like sh*t, but who gives a f*ck?” And then, as if sprinkled by magic fuck-giving fairy dust, you stop hating yourself for feeling so bad... (MORE - details)
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