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Health, chemical, diet and environment all contribute, true. I think it's also more apparent because there are, just numerically, a lot more Boomers going into senior old age, and the remainder of the silent generation, like my relative, are passing now. That advanced age in great numbers makes it far more visible now how common dementia and similar are in people that we didn't see years before because, frankly, people died younger on average. The brain is not meant to age to 100 usually, and our lifestyle in the west doesn't help matters.
The brain is not meant to age to 100 usually;
this is incomplete knowledge; lifespans have been effectively controlled from an indefinite number of years to a manageable number (about 80 yo, or roughly three generations - after grandpa dies, true memories of his times die with him, so history can be rewritten and/or forgotten);
furthermore, the lack of imagination to live beyond the "statistically acceptable" age compounds & spreads into other areas of life, preventing people from acting upon proper information;
finally, grieving won't solve shit - move on and start extending ur pathetic lifespan; by the way, it looks like dementia is contagious (as are neoplastic flesh conditions); it wud be prudent for u to avoid contact with those who were around the man, since he was likely heavily infested going into the final hours - it is in the best interest of the infestation to gather as many family members together as possible, in order to propagate its nests in the human population;
dementia is rampant nowadays (accompanied by the popularity of dementia research, state-funded of course), u will start seeing more widespread forgetfullness among friends & family, dismissed as random brain fog; the infestation & intoxication are the primary culprits, enhanced by indoctrination;
people appear highly functional mainly because of the power of habit & familiarity; put them into an unfamiliar environment, and the degree of dementia/retardation will become more apparent;