Dan'S_mind

“At age 25, our probability of dying in the next year is only about 0.1 percent. This rises to 1 percent at age 60, 6 percent at age eighty, and 16 percent at age 100. By the time a person reaches 108 years old, there is only about a 50 percent chance of making it another year.”
― Venki Ramakrishnan, Why We Die: The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality

“What causes Alzheimer’s disease is a burning question because that holds the key to preventing it. The answer depends on how you define cause. The immediate cause may well be the formation of tau or amyloid-beta filaments in the brain. However, an earlier and root cause is the cell’s inability to manage the excess of unfolded proteins that aggregate to form these filaments”
― Venki Ramakrishnan, Why We Die: The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality

“Μερικές φορές σκέφτομαι τη δύναμη της τέχνης και της μελέτης της τέχνης και τρομάζω. Μερικές φορές δεν καταλαβαίνω γιατί οι άνθρωποι αλληλοσκοτώνονται, ενώ μπορούν να ασχοληθούν με τόσα πράγματα. Κι άλλοτε σκέφτομαι ότι είμαστε πρώτα κακόβουλα όντα κι έπειτα ποιητές, οπότε δεν υπάρχει σωτηρία.”
― Jaume Cabré, Jo confesso

“The truth is that America is not the only country or culture on the planet that was founded on the fresh blood of those who came before. Every country, every nation, every culture was founded by butchers. Sorry, that’s life. Western people who today fly high the flag of human rights are the very children and grandchildren of yesterday’s rapists and murderers. I know. Most of my family was murdered by them in cold blood long before I was born.”
― Tuvia Tenenbom, The Lies They Tell