By Glen… uhm. Glen… Oh, it’ll come to me.
I was watching a Phoenix newscast which cited a ridiculous study says that cynicism may be linked to dementia. Right. And comedians tend to have psychotic personality traits.
The study was published by the online Neurology web site of the American Academy of Neurology. Of course you have to sign in to read the full article. Just exactly what are they trying to hide?
The study was conducted by researchers at the University of Eastern Finland in Kuopio. That’s right. Finland. Can you believe it?
Newsweek had to sound all scientific. They went into this historic rant leading up to Diogenes syndrome. They even cite the British Medical Journal. Well, la-te-da! They add this little gem to the conversation.
For example, the best-known Cynic of the Classical Greece era, one Diogenes of Sinope, slept in an empty wine barrel, masturbated in public and urinated on critics. (Diogenes syndrome now refers to “an older adult living in squalor,” according to the British Medical Journal.) And then there’s philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, who at 44 had a nervous breakdown that eventually led to his dementia and death. While deeply influenced by the Cynics, much of Nietzsche’s writing is arguably closer to today’s concept of cynicism—distrust in social systems and, by extension, the people who partake in them.
What is laughable is the most cynical people on the Internet, The Huffington Post, had this to say in their article:
If you always think the worst of people, you might be putting your own brain health at risk, according to a new study.
Really? The web site that thinks the worst of everything Republican without referring to Article IV, Section 4 of the Constitution of the United States?
And FOX News has to weigh in like they know something, but they just link to Medical Daily.
The online journal Shape suggests:
Questioning people’s true intentions is healthy when it comes to telemarketers or politicians, but keep that skepticism up with friends and family and your brain might pay the price:…
They quote some PH.D. who wrote a book Crazy: Notes on and off the Couch. This PH.D. claims:
Negative emotions are a form of stress that taxes the body.
By the way, did you read that article about Obama’s cynical foreign speech?
If you believe this tripe you no doubt believe that CNN is reality TV or the dog-faced boy in the tabloids is real.
That reminds me of a cute story. When my dog was a puppy he was laying with me in bed. I kid you not, it was the first time he broke wind. He stood up and looked at me as if to say Oh, man. I’m sorry. Then he walked to the end of the bed and laid back down. I kid you not. I must have laughed for five-minutes.
But I digress. Or maybe I digress.
What were we talking about?
Disclaimer: The author has had personal and painful experience with a dementia patient. This article is not meant as an insult to those patients and he applauds any effort to find a cure for this or any disease. The links included are to serious articles on the subject for those who might be interested.
