G’day, Dr Karl here.
This story tells more about how under-rated our sense of smell really is – and how loss of smell can be an early indicator of COVID-19.
As an aside, a loss of smell can be deeply linked to some neuro-degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer s and Parkinson’s disease, as well as several autoimmune diseases.These include Systemic Lupus Erythematosis SLE, Sjogren’s Disease, and many more.
Why? Well, it turns out that in your DNA, many of the genes associated with smell are located right next to a big bunch of genes that form your immune system, the so-called Major Histocompatibility Complex. Maybe this is the link.
Trying to talk about the dollar value of a human life really sounds like cold hard economics. Knowing how the calculations are done is chilling. But human life does have a value. Bizarrely, trying to work that out began with trying to work out the "value of death".
This Doctor Is Using TikTok to Explain Beer Goggles
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Australian scientist Dr. Karl Kruszelnicki may not fit the usual TikTok profile he’s definitely not Gen Z material but his good-humored nature and knowledge of science has made him an unlikely social media star.
The physicist, TV presenter and author is using his wide range of expertise to talk about music, animals, flat Earth theories (as in why people believe them) and fear. But he also touches quite a bit on alcohol in his brief clips, including beer goggles.
“Alcohol is absolutely amazing; it can strip oil stains from the garage floor, but it can also change the human perception of reality,” as the good doctor notes in one post (h/t The Drinks Business). He cites a 2003 university study of heterosexual students on how alcohol affected their perceptions of attractiveness in other people.