Did you know that lack of glycogenin causes glycogen accumulation and muscle function impairment?* Neither did I, but maybe that indicates something about us. In a study by people associated with the University of Barcelona, mice that were glycogenin-deficient gained more glycogen in their striated muscles, and they did poorly in endurance and strength tests. Analogously, lack of knowledge appears to increase our level of ignorance and negatively affect mental function. Duh!? Yeah, you read me correctly.
Ignorance has a way of multiplying itself just like cells. From one “dumb thing” we get more dumb things. From lack of knowledge we get unsubstantiated and often wild hypotheses. And the process interferes with how we interact with others and with our environment.
So, as ignorance engenders more ignorance, we find ourselves in a constant state of confirmation bias with little chance of gaining the intellectual and emotional strength we need to pursue unadulterated truth. We become lethargic and weak mice.
*Testoni, G. et al., Lack of Glycogenin Causes Glyogen Accumulation and Muscle Function Impariment. Cell Metabolism, Vol. 26, No. 1, July, 2017.
Ignorance has a way of multiplying itself just like cells. From one “dumb thing” we get more dumb things. From lack of knowledge we get unsubstantiated and often wild hypotheses. And the process interferes with how we interact with others and with our environment.
So, as ignorance engenders more ignorance, we find ourselves in a constant state of confirmation bias with little chance of gaining the intellectual and emotional strength we need to pursue unadulterated truth. We become lethargic and weak mice.
*Testoni, G. et al., Lack of Glycogenin Causes Glyogen Accumulation and Muscle Function Impariment. Cell Metabolism, Vol. 26, No. 1, July, 2017.
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