Difficult question

Say you heard about a new disease that has cropped up in the U.S.  Only one person in 10,000 will get the disease but it is always fatal if you get it.  You are scheduled for a physical so you decide to include a test for the new disease.  The Doc tells you the test is 99% accurate.  When the results come back, you find you have tested positive for the disease.  Should you be devastated? Slightly worried or not too worried at all?

This is included in Tricks of the Mind by Derren Brown.  It turns out you still have less than 1% chance of having the disease, so not to worry.  I am slowly working my way through the book.  It takes good concentration to stick with it.  Usually I don't have that quality of mind, especially when I'm reading just before going to bed.  It is more like reading a text book.  

I thought I'd find out something about vapeing.  If you haven't heard about it, it's a way of getting the benefits of marijuana without smoking it. There is also no strong smell.  Instead of burning the "medicine" you grind some up and put it into a vaporizer.  The vaporizer has some means of heating the herb to a temperature less than the combustion point but the cannibinoids are released as a vapor.  One inhales this and gets the benefits they seek.  I still haven't seen anything telling me that it definitely is not a health risk.  After almost 30 years of not smoking I thought I might try vaping.  The vaporizers can be pricy and I can't believe the price of pot.  It used to be $20 for an ounce of Mexican, $40 for pretty good stuff.  Now it's more like $300 for "medical grade".  I think I'm just going to stick to PBR, FiveOClock vodka and cheap wine.

I did learn that the human mind can produce it's own cannibinoids.  Maybe I can develop a hypnosis routine to increase this.  Just received some bad news so I'll see you later.