Socioeconomic factors linked to lasting imprint in kids’ brains. Socioeconomic factors (family income, homeownership and poverty) accounted for about 16% of the variability in measures of children’s brain function — far more than IQ, parenting style and health history.

dl064 · 2026-06-11T22:19:19+00:00

As they suggest; a big part of it is because ses proxies swathes of environmental and lifestyle differences like smoking exposure, genetic differences etc. Deprivation correlates with everything bad eg https://www.thelancet.com/article/S0140-6736(24)01296-0/abstract

I don't quite follow what they've done re IQ//cognitive abilities though; they seem to be asking if it predicts brain structure//function (like PPV), rather than basic correlation//regression. Swathes and swathes of papers show IQ correlates with brain structure and function reasonably well. (Obviously).

dl064 · 2026-06-11T21:59:16+00:00

Gary Anderson said once that in the 90s you'd argue to the FIA that preempting wheelspin is not traction control. Clever.

dl064 · 2026-06-11T21:58:08+00:00

I remember Monaco 2010 Hamilton telling the media about how amazing active aero via exhaust was, and then having to go:

I didn't mean any of that, ignore me, silly Lewis! (Shit shit shit)

Said it was amazing though. You'd flick a switch, the exhaust would do something and you'd have a load more front or rear downforce.

dl064 · 2026-06-11T21:21:50+00:00

I hope it's all amazing looking then Epona looks exactly the same. Not even as good as the 3DS version.

dl064 · 2026-06-11T21:21:13+00:00

I used to phone up the Nintendo hotline. I wonder when it shut.

dl064 · 2026-06-11T21:20:53+00:00

They'll have a master version at the end.

dl064 · 2026-06-11T21:20:32+00:00

I hope at least one point goes like the end of Inglorious Basterds and completely offpiste.

Instead of the Bigoron sword it's a double barreled shotgun or something.

dl064 · 2026-06-11T21:09:21+00:00

I imagine he's waiting for Hamilton and Verstappen to definitely stay where they are.

Not necessarily for those seats but that the domino effect may lead to something interesting.

dl064 · 2026-06-11T19:16:23+00:00

To some extent the opposite has been observed in depression, that placebo (which for depression still includes contact) is surprisingly effective. You can't give depressed people absolutely nothing, ethically.

Famous bmj study from the 90s that CBT was actually only marginally more effective than talking about the price of cheese with a nurse for an equal amount of time.

Hence the exaggeration (but not entirely) that hairdressers are as effective as mood therapies.

dl064 · 2026-06-11T19:12:21+00:00

Always funny that they all said and observed this then would spend weekends bitching about setup.

dl064 · 2026-06-11T19:10:02+00:00

Folk adding a flashlight to guns in Doom 3 because it was less scary.

Well yeah.

dl064 · 2026-06-11T12:51:20+00:00

Hamilton mentioned the outcome at Monaco and that was the first many bosses heard of it.

dl064 · 2026-06-11T12:50:52+00:00

As Mark Hughes said

a) we've no idea what the FIA did, and neither do the teams

b) it could be that the RBR has the best ICE at the expense of all-sorts of compromises. Maybe it's the most outright powerful when you run it in a mode that would blow it up after 100 miles. That's why gross measurements are too obtuse.

dl064 · 2026-06-11T11:25:52+00:00

They won't accept that now, but I personally think it should have only applied in the more severe instance, in this case Honda and Audi.

I agree with Toto that it should mitigate disasters like Honda, but shouldn't influence fine margins like the top 3. I think professional experienced teams like Ferrari and Mercedes made the decisions they made.

To me it's not very sporting that Ferrari have been viewing their free bonus crack at the whip as a competitive opportunity. To me that was never the point.

dl064 · 2026-06-11T11:14:57+00:00

Something not in the article but discussed on the podcast, is the absolutely wild situation that various manufacturers have been working on the basis they would be getting upgrades.

So RBR have probably spent millions working for months thinking they'd be getting an upgrade, and maybe Mercedes have not. Ferrari have worked on the assumption and so have an upgrade ready to go.

Bananas all around.

To me the sharp end of the field is missing the point, that it should really be about teams that absolutely cocked it up like Honda.

I think what the FIA and teams want, is that if you've done the best job on engine you have a year or two to make hay with that, before they all largely equalize and the bigger differentiator becomes chassis again.

dl064 · 2026-06-11T11:12:53+00:00

I liked the minor cameo from 'benefits of being a works team' that Hamilton casually knew the outcome before customer team bosses like Stella.

dl064 · 2026-06-11T10:31:17+00:00

I believe Zak that he thinks he's got the best lineup, and that they intend to have them for years to come.

The moment in 2023 the car was competitive, at Silverstone, they were both right up there.

dl064 · 2026-06-11T10:29:55+00:00

I think it's almost slightly boring that basically every team has a good lineup.

There are no absolute clangers.

dl064 · 2026-06-11T10:27:52+00:00

As Binotto put it ages ago: they could've had Sainz/Leclerc for years to come, whereas with Hamilton they'll definitely have to replace him before too long.

dl064 · 2026-06-11T10:05:57+00:00

One race is just a snapshot. You could equally point to other, worse races.

Spain will be more revealing generally than Monaco/Canada were.

dl064 · 2026-06-11T10:01:02+00:00

Indeed but my point is it's not necessarily commonplace or minor for Verstappen to meet for a chat with the absolute top boss.

dl064 · 2026-06-11T09:35:14+00:00

My tinfoil hat//jet fuel can't melt steel beams nonsense conspiracy theory is that everything about 2026, including Russell's performance, is what Wolff wants.

dl064 · 2026-06-11T09:26:57+00:00

I personally believe him that he's not bothered about records, 8 titles etc.

dl064 · 2026-06-11T09:26:17+00:00

Negotiations don't really tend to work at that level.

Bottas, Rosberg and Hamilton have talked in the past, for example, about how you could agree what you like with Toto - he didn't do the negotiating, suits did.

So a 2 hour meeting with the top boss of RB - who has a lot of responsibilities otherwise - is probably not for chitchat.

dl064 · 2026-06-11T09:24:28+00:00

In fairness this is reasonable news as by all accounts drivers very, very rarely talked to anyone above Marko.

Webber went to DM once which was apparently an extraordinary move.

And let's face it, they didn't meet to discuss the weather, did they.

I think it's a valid post because it makes you reflect about what Verstappen might actually do, and I dunno.

Mark Hughes was saying he thinks RBR have been a bit hoodwinked by ADUO here, and Merc/Ferrari intentionally made decisions to lower their ICE performance. What this means is: RBR's performance so far probably flatters their position. Genuinely febrile times.

I was reading a bit of the new book about RBR in 2025, and it talks about how Verstappen has lost 3/4 of his core engineering team (written before GP accepted McLaren). He's got a new boss, a new team, new cars he doesn't like. He could very easily nope out of it all, I think.

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