Lapis lazuli

Hey how come the likes are all secretive now? They don't show up when you just scroll through the forums. One only gets a notification that someone liked one's post? And of course there then is the total number of likes shown on the profiles but they aren't seen on the bottom of the posts themselves?

 

I hope I explained clearly enough.

Let me (and everyone else here) know! And yes this was inspired by that other thread with a title which only differs one word from the title of this one.

 

I don't have acne but someone commented on my scar once saying it made me look tough which in her opinion added sexiness.

Since recently I've got this on my profile:



When I click it I see this:



As far as I know I'm the only user on the forum who has this. Which is strange. Is it a leftover of some test that was done or something? And people forgot to take it down again? Let me know what's up with the "warning point" system, would you?

Here's another (serious) question for you.

Is it so that if acne research gets more money things will speed up in terms of finding a better treatment or an actual cure? Is it so that if e.g. someone won the lottery and made millions and all that money went to acne research things would go faster?

Or is it so that at this very moment a lot of reseachers are working their butts off, trying to find a cure and they have all the money they need and everything is going as fast as humanly possible?

I've heard one doctor say once that most researchers don't really care if they find something new. Or if they do they just look for the thrill of "being able to prove someone else wrong" or just for the thrill of trying something and subsequently succeeding. One researcher who worked on cancer said that he didn't have a problem with it as it was "just natures way of clearing the stage for the new generation". If people like that are working on finding cures for potentially fatal illnesses, things aren't ideal it seems to me. I mean you'd think that things could be made to go faster if a focussed, dedicated group of people came together who actually cared if there was a cure or not.

What do you think? Could a wealthy person get a group of good researchers together and make a difference?

Here's a quote describing the thought behind a new treatment:

Replicated research has shown that the lactic acid bacteria streptococcus thermophilus, a species found in most yogurts, can increase ceramide production. When applied to the skin it can provide both antimicrobial activity against propionibacterium acnes (p. acnes) and direct anti-inflammatory activity. When you don’t have the bacteria that cause acne living on your skin, you don’t get acne.

Is this unprecedented? Let me know.