> It's most glaringly obvious in TV shows. Scenes from The Big Bang Theory look like someone clumsily tries to paint over the scenes with oil paint. It's as if the actors are wearing an inch thick layer of poorly applied makeup.
This might be the uploaders doing to avoid copyright strikes.
Genetics/randomness must play a significant role. When I was a teenager I could hold my breath for ~1.5 minutes without even trying. With a bit of technique I got it up to 2 minutes with relative ease, I think my max was around 2.5 minutes. The odd thing is that I had no reason to be able to do that, I was pretty out of shape, I didn't play any instruments, or have any other hobbies that would help build that kind of stamina.
On the flip side, out of all the genetic benefits one can get, this might be the lamest one. :(
I'm rather unfit these days - but as a teen I could easily do 3mins at my desk in a class. I can't remember the volume but we did a lung capacity test at school and I had the highest in the class, despite not being sporty or active at all, so I think I have genetics on my side.
I recently tried the 'Wim Hof' method, and was well over 4mins after just a few days practice, and I just went snorkelling and was able to outlast all those I went with. If I was healthier I am sure I could get longer still.
if you referring to Kaptchuk TJ, Friedlander E, Kelley JM, et al. 2010, that study still involved some deception[1]. See also Locher C, Frey Nascimento A, Kirsch I, et al. 2017
> ... patients of Vipeholm Hospital for the intellectually disabled in Lund, Sweden, were unknowingly fed large amounts of sweets to see whether a high-sugar diet would cause tooth decay.
In theory, yes. In practice, he already has a long track record of leveraging his position, and the institutions it allows him to command, to enact personal vengeance upon his enemies. The examples are numerous, but one need look no further than Stephen Colbert.
Paramount paid $16 million to the Trump library fund to settle a meritless case, because of his ability to wield the FCC to squash their merger.
Colbert called this out on his show as rampant extortion by the Trump Administration, and they promptly cancelled his show.
Sure, you can argue that this wasn't a police/military act, and the government itself did not punish Colbert for his views and speech.
But in cronyism, especially under a regime actively trying to gut the federal government and allow private parties to assume it's functions, this becomes at best a nominal distinction. If you, in an official government capacity, can wield your power to enact vengeance on your opponents and dissidents, maybe even going as far as to diacriminate against entire states that vote against you (https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/trump-discriminati...), you have a mechanism with which you can quasi-legally (good luck fighting this one in court) punish Speech You Do Not Like.
For the average, or even exceptional person, this functionally amounts to a restriction on your speech. I am highly critical of Trump, but not under any avenue tied to my identity.
I am far from the only person who operates this way. The assertion that you can freely citizen the administration without fear of reprisal does not hold water.
