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Concussion
2015 · Film · 123 min
Directed by Peter Landesman
A dramatic thriller based on the incredible true David vs. Goliath story of American immigrant Dr. Bennet Omalu, the brilliant forensic neuropathologist who made the first discovery of CTE, a football-related brain trauma, in a pro player and fought for the truth to be known. Omalu's emotional quest puts him at dangerous odds with one of the most powerful institutions in the world.
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Yep, that's it.
The NFL in the US has famously gone to great lengths to downplay the impact of CTE on current and retired players. And there have been several famous players who literally lost their minds as they aged, and we now know that was due to CTE. Something like 90% of ex-NFLers have it. The number is still really bad for collegiate players. And even high school players are at risk.
It was to the point that Will Smith starred in a movie about it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concussion_(2015_film)
Concussion is a film about football players & suicide
This reminds me of the movie Concussion (2015) with Will Smith, which is about a similar pattern of brain damage and suicide in football players.
Just watched the movie "Concussion" with Will Smith.
Sort of amazing the sort of punishment football players heads withstand... but they DO die much earlier in life with lots of complications.
"The woodpecker's tongue extends through the back of the mouth out of the nostril, encircling the entire cranium. It is the anatomical equivalent of a safety belt for its brain. Human beings? Not a single piece of our anatomy protects us from those types of collisions. A human being will get concussed at sixty G's."
also:
"The Cape gannet.
A diving bird capable of generating speeds of up to 75 miles per hour,
turning itself into a missile as it collides with the face of the sea.
The red-head woodpecker can absorb a G-force of 1,000, pecking a tree 12,000 times per day, 85 million times over its lifetime.
Bighorn sheep can generate..."
"Bennet."
"Okay, okay."
I feel that our profession, software engineering, might actually cause this sort of problem. Like the movie 'Concussion' the hyper focus on solving logic problems might cause brain damage. I've experienced something like this after multi day long bouts of coding, where at the end I become incapable of understanding simple greetings from other people. It is like the 'social signal processor' part of my brain just shuts down.
And, it is this 'social signal processor' that helps keep me sane. God knows what I'd be like if I only lived in my own head 24/7. So, what kind of brain damage could it do to a person to become completely consumed by coding 24/7 (even though I'd love to do so)?
"The madman is the man who has lost everything except his reason." - GK Chesterton
Maybe also of interest in that regard is the movie "Concussion" with Will Smith about the story of Dr. Bennet Omalu.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concussion_(2015_film)
From the article:
> Now the San Joaquin medical examiner, Omalu was featured in the movie, “Concussion.”
I'd say this is not true. The doctor from the movie "Concussion" said that Rugby, most martial arts, and lacrosse are all sports that need massive modification for those under 18. Adults can make their own decisions, he said, but these sports are demonstrably bad for brain-safety.
See Dr Omalu research about CTE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennet_Omalu
There is a movie (biopic not totally accurate) : Concussion
Anyone see the movie Concussion with Will Smith? It's all about this.
Boxers still coach boxing though. This is just a smaller version of the mentality of people watching gladiators.
No one has mentioned the movie, Concussion, with Will Smith, who portray Dr. Bennet Omalu. According to wikipedia, he "was the first to discover and publish findings of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in American football players." Seeing the injuries dramatized, the effects those injuries have on football players, really drives home how serious concussions are.
People interested in how the NFL has been trying to ignore the concussion issue for decades should watch the Frontline program League of Denial. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/league-of-denial/
It ties directly into the film Concussion. Will Smith stars as the Dr. who first noticed CTE in retired NFL football players. Smith is not quite the box office attraction that he used to be, but, nevertheless, the NFL is probably not too thrilled about the release of this movie.