[lbo-talk] Drinking causes brain shrinkage over long term

Michael Pollak mpollak at panix.com
Wed Oct 15 05:22:05 PDT 2008


On Wed, 15 Oct 2008, B. wrote:


> [Personally, I found this to be depressing news. -B.]

If it cheers you up any, Nicholson Baker (in the novel _Mezzanine_) put forth the theory of the Darwinian effect of alcohol on the brain: that it's only the weakest brain cells that get killed, so actually it pares away your stupidity :o)

Michael



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