Re:The Brilliant Inventor Who Made Two of History’s Biggest ...
by eternityforest on Wednesday March 22, 2023 @05:23AM
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People didn't invent heart disease or brain damage or bleeding to death either, none of those are healthy.
The body might absorb all kinds of shit that isn't healthy, including carbon monoxide and pure americium, just like a computer holds onto malware and a lake holds onto PFAS.
Even most scientifically proven essential nutrients are poison if you have more than the optimal amount.
That's literally what getting fat is, the body holding onto things that have no benefit because of some chemical pathway left over from when we didn't have refrigerators and might need to walk for 4 days without food.
Evolution didn't give people a very effective "stop absorbing calories" function so why would we expect a "stop absorbing lead" function to be much better?
People didn't make it but people moved it where it could be taken in, and processed it into more active compounds.
The body might absorb all kinds of shit that isn't healthy, including carbon monoxide and pure americium, just like a computer holds onto malware and a lake holds onto PFAS.
Even most scientifically proven essential nutrients are poison if you have more than the optimal amount.
That's literally what getting fat is, the body holding onto things that have no benefit because of some chemical pathway left over from when we didn't have refrigerators and might need to walk for 4 days without food.
Evolution didn't give people a very effective "stop absorbing calories" function so why would we expect a "stop absorbing lead" function to be much better?
People didn't make it but people moved it where it could be taken in, and processed it into more active compounds.