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Continuing on Fake news vs Real news.

Fake news is perfectly predictable and infinitely repetitive copy-pasted talking points claiming to mention EVENTS THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN and THINGS THAT DON'T EXIST.

Real news is surprising and unpredicted information about EVENTS THAT HAPPENED and THINGS THAT EXIST. (See the basic definitions of news and information and sensory data.)

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Fake: Elon continues to pour out utter schizy nonsense about PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE and ECONOMICALLY PURPOSELESS tunnels that will NEVER HAPPEN, receiving trillions and trillions and trillions of GOVERNMENT dollars in return for his display of crackhead ranting.

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Real: In the parts of science that have thrown away their theory goggles and started TAKING HOLD OF THE THINGS THAT ARE HERE, we have completely surprising NEWS about actual tunnels in a surprising place, tunnels which serve a crucial and surprising PURPOSE.

According to a new study of mice and humans, tiny tunnels run from skull bone marrow to the lining of the brain and may provide a direct route for immune cells responding to injuries caused by stroke and other brain disorders.

They were able to distinguish whether immune cells traveling to brain tissue damaged by stroke or meningitis, came from bone marrow in the skull or the tibia, a large legbone. In this study, the researchers focused on neutrophils, a particular type of immune cell, which are among the first to arrive at an injury site.

Results in mouse brains showed that during stroke, the skull is more likely to supply neutrophils to the injured tissue than the tibia. In contrast, following a heart attack, the skull and tibia provided similar numbers of neutrophils to the heart, which is far from both of those areas.

Surprise 1: Tunnels in the skull lead from the cushioning membrane around the brain into the bone marrow of the skull.

Surprise 2: There is bone marrow in the skull.

Surprise 3: The marrow creates specific immune cells on command.

Surprise 4: The tibia (way down there below the knee!) also responds to the same emergencies.

Surprise 5: The skull marrow jumps in and helps in a heart attack.

This is like suddenly discovering a set of fire departments around each neighborhood, quietly sending ladder trucks to every fire without ever being noticed.

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Dubious sidenote: Does this relate to the other recent surprising finding that walking generates new neurons? Are there several unnoticed leg-to-brain circuits?

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Less dubious: I've been wondering for a long time if there is a direct coupling between the brain and the muscles and tendons of the scalp. I've figured out that a bad or tense mood can be loosened quickly by loosening the scalp and jaw muscles, especially with a little acupressure. After the scalp is loose, unfamiliar memories and new ideas tend to pop out immediately. This doesn't make sense if the skull is impenetrable bone, but if there are lots of little pores, perhaps carrying axons??? this immediate action could make sense. Also see this.

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