[ExI] atrophy or hypertrophy

[William Flynn Wallace]

On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 4:27 AM, Anders Sandberg <anders at aleph.se> wrote:

> On 2015-10-02 10:41, Rafal Smigrodzki wrote:
>
>
> So, I would expect a mild loss of adrenal mass in response to the
> completely laid-back lifestyle. You are however unlikely to experience
> severe adrenal atrophy, since even under perfectly non-stressful
> circumstances there is a basal HPA activity level that keeps your adrenals
> going.
>
>
> And that basal activity is also set to some extent by basic personality -
> it has relatively little to do with actual circumstances. Stressed people
> find ways to be stressed even in total retirement, laid-back people relax
> while working.
>
> --
> Anders Sandberg
> Future of Humanity Institute
> Oxford Martin School
> Oxford University
>
>
​So, what about the gonads?  Don't they atrophy with age?  Else why are all
these men getting testosterone shots?  My MD told me that the pancreas ages
as well.  Also, the target sites for hormones can get relatively resistant
to the hormone, right?

Psychopathic behavior tends to diminish when the men (almost all men
involved here) reach their 40s and their hormone levels go down.  So it's
age and personality.

bill w​


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