Mg2+ supplementation primer for folks with basic chemical literacy

Ca2+ and Mg2+ have antagonistic functions in nerves. It's voltage control, throughout central and peripheral nervous systems.

Generally there is a widespread population deficiency of Mg and K in modern diets. K can be discussed separately.

Mg occurs at about 3% in sea salt and is what tends to be leftover after the Na precipitates out : traditionally used to make tofu.

Resultingly MgCl2 is relatively cheap, compared to modern packaged suppements. It is stored as a hygroscopic salt, but the water doesn't hurt the function. 

Supplementary administration is generally limited by what the gut can absorb without laxative effects, typically 0.35g Mg in a single dose. A tiny 0.1g dose of Mg2+ will be only 0.4g of the salt, about the size of a sweetener tablet. This is also sufficient to alter the flavour profile of a cup of coffee, towards reduced bitterness, and may be the simplest way to incorporate it daily.

The central and motor nervous system effects, we can leave to your discovery. Typically people find it relaxing and helpful for sleep, including promotion of dreaming

Non Malay impact on Malay Identity

From discussion :

I think the fun part of being non-Malay Malaysian is actively working to make new Malay identity diverge from old Malay identity. It's a constitutional imperative due to the messy logic which I call kedukaan sebangsa Malaysia.

Padahal the multiverse includes a universe where being a first-class Malay in Malaysia, no longer requires being Muslim. Thus we have politics.

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My discussant highlighted that 1957 institutionalises Islamic thought as new Malayness, versus pre-Islamic Malayness.

It's a good point.

My own campaign is oriented more about the fact that we become enemies of the state by not complying with current laws. But we also become enemies of the state by seeking to modify current laws.

Likewise being born a Malaysian, I am legally compelled to take an interest in Malay history, but I am not legally compelled to vote that future generations face the same compulsion - although speech about this is legally limited.

That is, I suppose, part of the dance.

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I think farther about how people have different notions of time. For myself, I generally plan my life about my goals for the next thousand years of the species. Others are more concerned about immediate problems, or the problems of their immediate relatives and friends. I suppose we each have a role to play in society. 

43 pacing to 80

Zooming out for a spot of strategic review. 

14 : figured out group leadership

21 : figured out quantification of conscious experience

42 : figured out how to program computers all the way down

60 : hope to have figured out the global economy to a similar degree of familiarity; maybe by 50 if lucky 

80 : maybe will eventually have to brain most of maths, get hitched, have children blah blah

One day, at a time.