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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>OK we know that if an Alzheimer’s patient exercises the hell outta their brains, and works against it, there seems to be some positive effect. Of course it is difficult to quantify, so the best source of info is to talk to the people who work at the AD facility. If you have not already accepted my challenge to visit one, and you do now, ask them about that please. The brain exercise seems to be waaay more effective than the paltry and apparently useless medications we have. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I met a bunch of AD patients in the last few days and an idea occurred to me. Perhaps those people who appear to be in the worst shape were those who didn’t spend time thinking about the future, even before they were AD patients. The local AD facility is set up to relive the past, with stuff such as big bands music, or 40s R&B, maybe some Elvis and such, but it is definitely a place for those who are more comfortable in the far-off past than thinking about anything in the future. We can suppose this is completely understandable.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>So then, what if pondering the future is a good mind exercise? I think it is. I work like all hell at it, doing the MBrain calcs and such, pondering the long term equilibrium future of thought, for instance. So we now have the transhumanist movement in general that has been around for over thirty years, and then Extropian subset of that for over 20, so we should have some data on what happens to people as they get really old. Does a transhumanist attitude help delay onset of Alzheimers? Anyone know if any of our ranks developed AD? If so, what was their attitude towards futurism? We have had several deaths from causes other than AD, but I know of none who developed AD. Perhaps we should ask the question again in twenty years? What I am looking for is if an ExI or H+ attitude lost enthusiasm for futurism and dynamic optimism and BESTDOITSO after developing Alzheimers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Speculations welcome.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>spike<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>