Interesting Links for 22-09-2024

[andrewducker]

1. Working in the office 5 days a week to build company culture is a myth, PwC report says

(tags:culture work office )

2. Three Mile Island nuclear plant to restart, power Microsoft data centers

(tags:nuclearpower Microsoft ai )

3. Playing "Tetris" after viewing traumatic material reduces unwanted, involuntary memory flashbacks to that traumatic film, leaving deliberate memory recall of the event intact.

(tags:ptsd trauma Tetris psychology )

4. Swifter justice scheme rolled out across Scotland

(tags:law Scotland )

5. Picky eating is largely genetic and peaks at the age of seven

(tags:genetics eating food children )

6. New Starlink satellites' radiation leaks are 30 times as large as those emitted by older satellites, interfering with astronomer's views of space

(tags:space Spacex astronomy OhForFucksSake )

Comments

[calimac]

5) This suggests a basis for the observation that "keep serving the food the children don't like; they'll get used to it" works in some circumstances but emphatically not in others.

[armiphlage]

I can see how a genetic trait could develop. We already know that children are more sensitive to bitter tastes, presumably because poisonous alkaloids are often bitter, so kids avoiding potentially poisonous plants is a survival trait. Being sensitive to other characteristics of foods potentially indicative of hazards (slimy mouthfeel, too squishy, too smelly, too tart ...) could have helped protect a child's ancestors.

[andrewducker]

Yeah. There are definitely cases when it's not going to work, but my understanding is that just exposing them to food can help in the long run and they will suddenly announce that they like something new.

Sophia, who has spent 4 years demanding that none of her food have a flavour announced yesterday that she loves pepperoni pizza. No idea why that change happened but I'm not going to complain!