tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post3530908965962259747..comments2024-03-29T00:04:32.434-05:00Comments on Althouse: "Smoking 'rots' brain, says King's College study."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-44927158000050990952012-11-27T13:13:07.026-06:002012-11-27T13:13:07.026-06:00so...it's all lies?so...it's all lies?Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-27671710527978315862012-11-26T23:05:41.573-06:002012-11-26T23:05:41.573-06:00@Strelnikov:
Cigarette smoking is also known to b...@Strelnikov:<br /><br />Cigarette smoking is also known to be inversely correlated with Parkinson's disease risk. The Bearded Professorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03493402063148799477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-9295899651038905872012-11-26T14:25:59.840-06:002012-11-26T14:25:59.840-06:00The etymology of rot:
O.E. rotian "to decay,...The etymology of rot:<br /><br /><i>O.E. rotian "to decay," from P.Gmc. *rutjan (cf. O.S. roton, O.N. rotna, O.Fris. rotia, M.Du. roten, O.H.G. rozzen "to rot," Ger. rößen "to steep flax"), from stem *rut-. The noun (c.1300) probably is of Scandinavian origin (cf. Icel. rot, Swed. röta, Dan. røde "decay, putrefaction"), and is related to the verb. Slang noun sense of "rubbish, trash" is from 1848.</i><br />-- etymonline.com<br /><br />While there are various common connotations, it is principally concerned with decay or, perhaps implicitly, negative progress.n.nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04252447117532342957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-90418971572696267372012-11-26T11:52:19.023-06:002012-11-26T11:52:19.023-06:00May be referring to vascular dementia, cognitive i...May be referring to vascular dementia, cognitive impairment due to damaged/blocked blood vessels in the brain depriving the brain cells of oxygen. Vascular dementia has been linked to smoking in numerous studies. Several MD friends, internal medicine guys, tell me Alzheimers is regularly misdiagnosed; it's usually vascular dementia (now conveniently incorporated into the Alzheimers diagnosis as a type of Alzheimers).<br />On a personal note: I smoked for years. Weaned myself away from the habit using the e-cigarette then got off the e-cig trip, too.Amartelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636450794507517534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-10320627500468531782012-11-26T11:33:23.319-06:002012-11-26T11:33:23.319-06:00Tell me you don't smoke, Althouse.Tell me you don't smoke, Althouse.<br />Tyrone Slothrophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12304508836038921013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-6071398171524392682012-11-26T10:56:37.080-06:002012-11-26T10:56:37.080-06:00@Ann: By "in the paper or out" I meant t...@Ann: By "in the paper or out" I meant that the scientists who did the work did not say it in interviews, which was the other place they could have been quoted.<br /><br />The King's College study never said anything "rots" anyone's brain, neither did the researchers who performed the study. It was made up by the headline writer, and put in quotes for some reason known only to himself, but it was not a an actual quote because no one said it.Gabriel Hannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12356186353979140904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-74654409515903821622012-11-26T10:25:01.780-06:002012-11-26T10:25:01.780-06:00Somehow I'm not seeing how a list of examples ...Somehow I'm not seeing how a list of examples of "rot" used as a noun casts any light on a sentence in which "rot" is a verb.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-62923807680170246542012-11-26T10:00:29.429-06:002012-11-26T10:00:29.429-06:00"They aren't quoting anyone, in the paper..."They aren't quoting anyone, in the paper or out, who used the word "rot". The quotes around rot are finger quotes, used to indicate something the researchers did not say. Which is the opposite of what quotes are supposed to be used for."<br /><br />That out doesn't make <i>any</i> sense when the phrase "says King's College study" follows it.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-28370142384614676322012-11-26T09:15:24.129-06:002012-11-26T09:15:24.129-06:00At last, a positive effect of smoking.At last, a positive effect of smoking.Strelnikovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12520900676193170036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-54953051601227398482012-11-26T08:49:44.578-06:002012-11-26T08:49:44.578-06:00I don't think smoking is what rots your brain....I don't think smoking is what rots your brain. It's television that rots your brain, at least that's what my mother always said.Drew Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13073513764055068897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-7560159233828895022012-11-26T08:34:58.289-06:002012-11-26T08:34:58.289-06:00They aren't quoting anyone, in the paper or ou...They aren't quoting anyone, in the paper or out, who used the word "rot". The quotes around rot are finger quotes, used to indicate something the researchers did not say. Which is the opposite of what quotes are supposed to be used for.<br /><br />As James Lileks said:<br /><br /><i>But he didn’t say that.</i> <br /><br />Exactly? Well,he meant, it though. <br /><br /><i>He meant it.</i><br /><br />Yes, and that’s why I put it in quotes.<br /><br /><i>Quotes. Which are usually reserved for, you know, quotes.</i><br /><br />Right, but I used them here to set the word apart. You know, show that it was a paraphrase.<br /><br /><i>By using the means we use to indicate direct transcriptions.</i><br /><br />Well, sometimes, sure. But I meant them more as, you know, those air quotes you do with your fingers?<br /><br /><i>So in the future should we have a picture of you with your fingers in the air to indicate that the quote is not, actually, a quote?</i><br /><br />Look, the point is true. The guy wants a jihad; look at what he said -<br /><br /><i>Why look at what he said, when we can just ask you to describe the general aroma? You moron! There’s one standard in this business, and that these little curvy things, these dots with hooks, mean we are using the words of the person we’re talking about. WORDS.</i><br />Gabriel Hannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12356186353979140904noreply@blogger.com