Are you sick and lonely?

[Buckeye_Nut]

Are you a sad, miserable, and desperate person?? If you are, there is good news because it isn't your fault!!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070914/sc_nm/genes_loneliness_dc_2;_ylt=Asst6uGAfuZNbRW9ysCn8iQE1vAI
Your immune system, genes and society are to blame

As soon as I read this headline, I knew exactly in which direction this article was going to journey down. HeHeHe

 

[Joe Schmoe]

Your immune system, genes and society are to blame

Well of course. People have to have something to blame for their problems (and not themselves, obviously!)

 

[Rock&Roll Ninja]

It feels good to know that genes killed papa, not the bottle of Wild Turkey or the .38 revolver he shot himself with on Christmas Eve.

 

[jonnythan]

You have a shocking ability to purposefully misinterpret news articles.

 

[zhimbo]

You have a shocking ability to purposefly misinterpret news articles.

I'll say. The article could hardly be more clear that it isn't about what to "blame" for ones loneliess: "The study does not show which came first -- the loneliness or the physical traits."

It's about why lonely people have more health problems, not why they're lonely or whose fault it is.

 

[jonnythan]

I have a shocking ability to create typos

 

[zhimbo]

I have a shocking ability to create typos

I think "purposefly" should be a word.

 

[jonnythan]

I think "purposefly" should be a word.

But it wouldn't mean the same thing as purposefully.

It would be a noun.

 

[Rickster71]

Are you a sad, miserable, and desperate person??

Yes, that's why I'm posting purposefully in the steam vent...

 

[j_garcia]

Blame Canada

 

[Buckeye_Nut]

Naaaaawww.....

This article only demonstrates the current scientific/political trend that stimulates the entire victim society in which we all now live. Anything that causes the misgivings/improper behavior of an individual, and that person is deemed not personally responsible. I call it socialist science

Ya know..... it's always the same'ol...same'ol in todays age:

a guy is a convicted as being a serial child rapist, and he should be set free with probation because he needs treatment for his Illness......not punishment.

Your child is a trouble maker at school.......it's not his/or parenting fault....give him some pills for his sickness.......

I could go on & on& on....



These are all small example pieces of the same large puzzle. Personal responsibility is out.......socialist ideals are in.

 

[MDS]

Naaaaawww.....

This article only demonstrates the current scientific/political trend that stimulates the entire victim society in which we all now live. Anything that causes the misgivings/improper behavior of an individual, and that person is deemed not personally responsible. I call it socialist science

I'm sure you came to that conclusion based on the title of the article. The actual content of the article and the study it describes says nothing of the sort.

 

[jonnythan]

I'm sure you came to that conclusion based on the title of the article. The actual content of the article and the study it describes says nothing of the sort.

I'm not sure he actually reads the articles.

 

[Adam]

I'm not sure he actually reads the articles.

With his ranting, I don't think that he'd have time.

 

[Buckeye_Nut]

I'm sure you came to that conclusion based on the title of the article. The actual content of the article and the study it describes says nothing of the sort.

LOL....the contents actually confirms my point exactly.

 

[j_garcia]

I'm not sure he actually reads the articles.

Yep, just the pictures

I think he is saying these lonely, and thereby sick, people are completely responsible for being that way

 

[jonnythan]

LOL....the contents actually confirms my point exactly.

You sure?

"The study does not show which came first -- the loneliness or the physical traits. But it does suggest there may be a way to help prevent the deadly effects of loneliness"

"What this study shows is that the biological impact of social isolation reaches down into some of our most basic internal processes -- the activity of our genes," Cole said.

"The findings suggest that the loneliest people had unhealthy levels of chronic inflammation, which has been associated with heart and artery disease, arthritis, Alzheimer's and other ills.

The next step is to see if this might be treated, Cole said."

I don't see where anything at all anywhere in the article says that loneliness is caused by genetics. It says quite the opposite.

You really should read the article. If you can read through this whole post (that's a big if) you should be able to read and possibly comprehend the article.


I understand that simply reading the headline is easier and somehow allows you to form complete opinions about the other 99.9% of the words on the page without actually reading any of them, but I implore you to understand that the vague implication in the headline is not an accurate summary of the gist of the article itself.

 

[stratman]

I know lonely people who happen to be very healthy, I know happy people that sadly are ill or go from one illness to next. Though I do believe that a state of prolonged melancholy can be harmful to your health.

 

[zhimbo]

LOL....the contents actually confirms my point exactly.

That is utterly mystifying to me.

Could you maybe point out what it is in the article you find objectionable? A quote, that is...

Because the article says more than once that it is about the EFFECTS of social isolation, not the causes. It's about gene expression (of genes present in all people), not genetic predisposition due to genetic variation.

(Of course, if they DID find evidence for genetic predisposition, just because it doesn't fit with your philosophy wouldn't make it wrong...)

 

[Buckeye_Nut]

Isn't it obvious to you?


Must I explain how in todays socialist society of victims, blame is always cast away from....errr....nevermind.

Why bother?