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Monomer said:

These factors are associated with cognitive decline. That does not mean that they cause it, although the last two might be said to contribute.

The others are associated with aberrant immune function, as is cognitive decline. That's the common denominator.

Selenium is used by the antioxidant enzyme, glutathione peroxidase. It has no other known function.

Low selenium could arise as a result of low levels of selenium in the diet. An area of China where there was very low levels of selenium had a very high incidence of a rare disease. Intensive research revealed that selenium deficiency was the cause. Low selenium could also result as a result of high demand for glutathione peroxidase due to high levels of free radical production. The selenium reserves would be used up.

Cognitive decline happens to everyone. Pathological cognitive decline (dementia) is known to involve neuronal death due to excessive production of damaging free radicals such as hydroxyl, superoxide, nitric oxide etc. The most damaging is hydroxyl radical. Aberrant immune reactivity is also involved.

You could try adding sulfur to aviation fuel. It would be emitted as sulfur dioxide and would reflect back incoming solar radiation, cooling the planet. It wouldn't do the engines much good, though, so maybe planes could be fitted with a separate facility for adding the sulfur to the air which would not involve burning it in their engines.

However, it's a drastic measure, and I don't like the idea of technological 'fixes'. A few years back, scientists were talking about another technological fix that involved adding iron to the oceans. This would greatly stimulate phytoplankton growth. The phytoplankton would use up dissolved CO2, so more would be drawn down into the ocean from the atmosphere. However, other scientists have argued that this would alter the Earth's albedo, more than cancelling any benefit from reduced CO2 levels.

GAHD, no idea. I'm not a scientist. I supply the 1% inspiration. Hopefully, scientists will supply the 99% perspiration.

ronthepon said:

There's no evidence for heaven. There is evidence for metagravity. Two things are known (in theory) to be able to cause the very high redshifts seen in quasars - recessional velocity and gravity. Recessional velocity is falling out of favour as a sole explanation. However, conventional gravity is not strong enough to produce the observed effects. Black hole maths 'break down' and yield infinities, and many theorists have said that this may indicate 'new phenomena'. Well, metagravity is a 'new phenomenon' that could explain it. The infinities could be indicating a phase change.

At the same time, the rotation of individual spiral galaxies and the motions of galaxies within clusters are incompatible with gravitational theory. Physicists have had to invoke the existence of vast quantities of 'dark matter' to try to account for the observations, but they freely admit they don't have a clue what this dark matter might be. It's all highly theoretical and flimsy. Super-massive black holes are strongly suspected to lie at the hearts of galaxies, and the metagravity they could be producing might explain the observations better.

On the subject of Newton, he was also an alchemist.