I remember reading something a while back that said baby shows like Cocomelon are designed to be overstimulating so that the baby can't process anything else going on around it. That way parents get some breathing time etc, but overstimulation for long periods for infants can be like a drug where they need more and more to feel normal.

If any screen time is to be had for infants, it should always be interactive, not overstimulating to the point that they go still.

Why is the previously retired guy at the job, and do you think he has plans to continue the advancement that you say there is plenty of room for? Also you start your comment about stupidity and critical thinking and then go right into something completely different, motivation. Give us a time frame of how long a typical gen z employee lasts and how long senor senior has been there. How long does it take to get considered for advancement or a pay raise? Also the type of job is important as well since a lot of Gen Z are either starting college at this point (so not looking to make a career out of a job right now) or are disenfranchised about life because there is seemingly no way to support themselves no matter how hard they work considering the price of things (and especially housing) has gone through the roof. If he came out of retirement just to fill his time rather than as a means to an end it’s much more likely he is going to enjoy his job. He probably owns a house or has half the cost of rent in a mortgage.

With my first we watched little to no tv. With two, we watch sooooo much more.

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I have always wondered about planets that rotate slower or faster and if that would affect things like sleeping and aging etc. I suppose your body gets tired after x hours of waking so yes artificial lighting and black-out curtains could help, but in place very far north, it's well known that we simply don't do well in limited day or night environments. Still would be interesting to see if we ever get to be interplanary!

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Basically it is saying what we already know: your political views amd general leaning color how you see the world

Dr. Obvious, phd has finally delved into studying conspiracy theories and came to the stunning conclusion that people can delude themselves into ‘seeing’ things differently... truly groundbreaking research

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After passing over this post a few times today, I decided to put on music without lyrics at about 50 dB while I studied. It definitely helps; this is one of the few posts that has had a tangible impact on my routine.

As far as why it helps, maybe it has something to do with our predisposition to interpret and create language. In the absence of context, our brains might go out of their way to find meaning that isn't there. It pays to be creative and alert in the presence of ambiguous auditory information, especially when it resembles human activity.

I guess I’ll add the first scientific comment here. Man, r/science rapidly devolving.

Major issue with this study is the lack of adjustment for family factors which may increase the need/desire for screen time to be higher. These are especially important factors when looking at behavioural issues associated with “focus”.

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Ah, humans. This animal is ok to be enslaved, let's cut their gonads and feed them lab stuff because it amuses us.

Then let's buy a laser so we have fun and forbid them from actually being animals, what a degenerate, imbecile thing to do.

A hospitalisation doesn't necessarily imply a near-fatal or fatal result; it could include just supplying supplementary oxygen.

here are the numbers from the UK government:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1131409/appendix-1-of-jcvi-statement-on-2023-covid-19-vaccination-programme-8-november-2022.pdf

The number of vaccinations required to prevent one hospitalisation can go as high as 210,400 for the 30 to 39 not-at-risk age group.

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What if i really enjoy being alone?

False I am blind but know all

actually licking a surface will not get you sick with covid. Research has found that particles on surfaces won't get you sick because ingesting covid orally doesn't carry it into the right receptor cells to enter and infect the body. Instead, you swallow it and the stomach acids destroy the virus and you don't get infected.

You have to inhale the virus as it is suspended in the air in microdroplet/aerosol form. This deposits the virus along the lining of your lungs where the ACE2 receptor sites bind with the protein spikes on the virus and this allows the virus to deliver the payload of RNA inside the host cell to incubate and grow and form more covid viruses.

Well, interstellar probe travel should be possible before then, but humans are leaving the solar system anytime soon without some revolution in tech.

One day we will make it, probably in massive several km long O’Neil cylinders powered by nuclear drives able to scavenge interstellar gasses.

First though we should be looking get a dyson ring round the sun to solve power needs

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exposing yourself gets you on a registry

It's possible you carried an asymptomatic infection but I think it's more likely you didn't get fully infected despite a few exposures. We got covid last month from our kids getting it at school too. The school was and is emailing notices every day an active case is reported. So far we get 5 notices per week.

You know, I'm all about science is great and so are vaccines, but I got my 4th shot (the Bivalent booster) and tested positive for covid 3 weeks later.

I am laid up for a full day after each shot (except for the first one) and then I was laid up for about 5 days after getting Covid. And this is with all my vaccinations.

I didn't die and I didn't get on a ventilator but I don't think I would have anyway. I just found that the entire experience of staying on top of my shots but still getting taken down by Covid for a couple of weeks (I was still feeling poorly after being bedridden for a week) to be disappointing for being fully vaxxed.