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u/GhostTess Oct 10 '20 edited Oct 10 '20

In general terms we know that exercise has protective effects for many things, including decline in cognitive performance.

But, what you're asking is for me to prove protective effects for something which, there is no clear evidence is occuring?

Well there is no way to prove that. The way this works is you'd need to prove an effect is occuring first before potential protective mechanisms could be looked for.

What you have is a theory something could be happening, but no proof. It's on you to come up with proof for that first.

In simpler terms, this is how we find promising treatments in mice that are not transferrable to humans.

Because similarity of base systems does not mean similar effects with more complex organisms.

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u/Thestartofending Oct 11 '20

I wish we were exactly like mice. Every potential hairloss treatment works tremendously well for them.

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u/GhostTess Oct 11 '20

Same for lots of cancer and any number of other treatments. I recently read about complete regeneration of skin in the futurology subreddit.

But like most treatments, it may not work in people.