Presumptuous Brain


Interesting film, some think dated, however, the topics of gall bladders and ulcers are still relevant I thought, no doctor, though studied in anthropology. Ulcers since (Sinatra says call the common cold a virus and you'll make more money is kind of funny) have been shown in many cases to be caused by pylori bacteria and can be treated with antibiotics I've read. In "Man's Presumptuous Brain" by Dr. Simmeons, he thinks that our evolutionary past, in the lower parts of the brain (the page Sinatra has to read after the book is thrown at him) may have an unconscious control on the "sphincter of Oddi" on the common bile duct, that developed, to suspend digestion when "fight or flight" was necessary in the past, so more or less energy was used in survival, fighting or running. They have actually since developed a monitoring device for the smooth muscle in the bile duct, where many stones develop in some people, and causes the removal of the gall bladder, one of the most common surgeries done. I think they were smart to run it after today's comedy programs from Britain.

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Interesting stream-of-consciousness rambling. Marginally connected with this movie.

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I think they should have run the monitoring device before the comedy programs from Britain, in order to determine the fight or flight response from Sinatra as the book is thrown at him. Otherwise, what's the point of the movie? Either way, great prose poem.

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I think I lost a few presumptuous brain cells reading this meandering collection of words.

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