I realize this is unconventional, but I think there may be something to this, for someone...
My husband was talking in the exercise class; the Alzheimer's lady (he called her), comes in to ask his mother, "What day is this?"
He says, it startles him, because he has no idea what day it is.
One of the gal's agreed, "Give me my phone and I'll tell ya!"
Is it not possible, the way we sub out our functions, to electronic, sees our cognitive functions fade that much quicker.
This seems a logical conclusion to me. You let a machine *remember* for you long enough, you lose the ability to remember.
As an example, if you're anywhere around my age, didn't you have all your phone numbers, memorized?
People may not even have this ability anymore. I know some might think, they don't need to waste brain space, but where is the great results from all this freed up, brain energy. I'm not seeing it.
People with dementia need to be taken care of. At this point, a good many of us are compromised to the point we need various assistance. What if this is part of the reason?
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Is it not possible, the way we sub out our functions, to electronic, sees our cognitive functions fade that much quicker.
This seems a logical conclusion to me. You let a machine *remember* for you long enough, you lose the ability to remember.
At this point, a good many of us are compromised to the point we need various assistance. What if this is part of the reason?
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@hades-moon but what about a population, where these skills never developed in the first place? I mean, kids have devices by the time they're three years old?
Wow. I think there’s something there. Even the predictive word and phrase functions on the phone. We don’t have to type out entire words or parts of sentences if we choose not to.
This will be interesting to note the generations or populations that did not use these devices, those who straddled that tiem, and those who didn’t know a time wothout the devices.
Answers in our phone vs investigative work at a library, museum, or people with more expertise.
Memorization isn’t stressed anymore. But it should be because it’s a skill, and it’s an exercise if practiced. I notice I haven’t been very good lately. It feels as though I’m distracted. I don’t think that’s very good.
@allie120 yes, your human brain (which is superior) is being phased out, to be replaced by a machine that thinks for you, but it's sold to you as a time-saving, enhancement.
Just watch people line up for their implant. They'll have to, after destroying what they had to begin with.
If you don't have you own thoughts, then you'll have what they supply with is entirely devious and malevolent.
@elsa That’s horrific and dystopian. It renders people unable to function and people will be objects.
I was reading a thread about the fake wombs. Seems so science fiction but it’s already here. It amputates the human spirit.
I wonder if the reliance on electronic devices is accelerating a person’s propensity for getting the disease. Meaning, if you have the gene for it, will it accelerate or exacerbate it?
I was going to add “lifestyle” to the list above. Maybe poor diet, drugs, alcohol, sedentary activity as lifestyle factors. But heavy use and reliance of electronic devices is a lifestyle, too. So, I just did a complete 360.
My mother used a computer for only a few years back in the early-mid 2000’s. She no longer has a computer. She doesn’t and has never had any cell phone, so she’s old school dementia. (Not officially diagnosed with anything.) However…tv is an electronic device so there’s that…
@allie120 Well, it stands to reason, functions would deteriorate, if unused. The fact, these functions may not even develop, with a machine on hand, during childhood, is another (terrifying) consideration.
I have been thinking about this; one logical train of thought... just because we're not remembering phone numbers, doesn't mean we aren't remembering something else. Something more important than the mundane. Here's the ad copy:
"Don't waste your valuable brain space on phone numbers! Store your data here and free your mind!"
That's compelling but in practice, we see the exact opposite.
No one wants to believe these screens are destroying them but the actual evidence say otherwise and it says it at the top of it's lungs.
@elsa The evidence is very strong.
And it will get worse because this is all heavily relied upon in most schools. That’s one reason I advocate for hard copy reference books, especially for kids. I am sounding like an old person but 🤷🏻♀️
@allie120 It won't help it a kid's attention span is already shot, at 4 years old.
Sorry. I'm not trying to be a doomer. 🙁
In elementary school I had to memorize all prepositional phrases. I was taught- you should not start a sentence with a prepositional phrase. I can still recite in alphabetical order!
I don’t see anything useful coming out of more brain storage. I think the information people are consuming is wasteful and non-practical. I still buy books on how to do things- even if it’s something I may never need to do, I just want the information handy.
I hope brain function and motor skills gain popularity among the younger generation because I do believe it could be the cause.
Someone posted that video from the Joe Rogan Experience and they were discussing that medical professionals are no longer calling it “early onset dementia” they are diagnosing it as type 3 diabetes!
@bar-in-the-sky Yup! Insulin resistance in the brain. That podcast sent me on a bit of a quest to learn more about metabolic health and inspired me to initiate some new healthy habits this week.
My grandfather was diabetic and had alzheimers. He lived to be 92, but the last 10 years of his life were pretty dismal. He retired from work when he started getting lost on his way home from the office. And then his health deteriorated even faster when he stopped working. My grandmother took care of him as long as she could but he was escaping at night to go meet up with, her. He could still name the makes and models of classic cars but he couldn't recognize his family.
I do think that our routines help us hold it together at the end. 6th-12th house axis. When older people are unable to engage in their normal routines, due to physical limitations or whatever, that's such a huge loss.
Damn - I learned all those prepositional phrases too but I can't remember past the first few! Crazy how some thing stick forever, and other things disappear from memory as soon as the test is over.
@cocopeaches Dr. Jonathan V. Wright (A holistic doctor practicing medicine since the 60s) has a few books on medical advice and various diseases- I have a couple of his books and there is definitely a common denominator he points to about food allergens. He basically states with the proper food and vitamin/mineral supplementations most diseases can be avoided.
@bar-in-the-sky Thanks for the tip. I was not familiar with Dr. Wright's work but I'm checking it out now!
medical professionals are no longer calling it “early onset dementia” they are diagnosing it as type 3 diabetes!
Wow.