From: Harvey Newstrom (mail@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Wed Apr 30 2003 - 20:44:25 MDT
Keith Elis wrote,
> Eliezer Yudkowsky:
> >>- Moderate alcohol is good for you.
> > But the neurons! Think of the poor, suffering neurons!
>
> Even alcohol-induced neuronal damage is somewhat
> controversial according to this guy:
> http://www.buffalo.edu/reporter/vol31/vol31n14/n5.html
Exactly! Or, as explained by another self-proclaimed expert:
THE BUFFALO THEORY:
In one episode of 'Cheers', Cliff is seated at the bar describing the
'Buffalo Theory' to his buddy Norm.
"Well, you see, Norm, it's like this...A herd of buffalo can only move as
fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest
and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This natural selection
is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the
whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members."
"In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the
slowest brain cells. Now, as we know, excessive drinking of alcohol kills
brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells
first.
In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells,
making the brain a faster and more efficient machine.
And that, Norm, is why you always feel smarter after a few beers."
-- Harvey Newstrom, CISSP, IAM, GSEC, IBMCP <www.HarveyNewstrom.com> <www.Newstaff.com>
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