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USGS uses machine learning to show large lithium potential in Arkansas

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282 points antidnan | 2 comments | 22 Oct 24 17:05 UTC | HN request time: 0.005s | source
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chromatin ◴[22 Oct 24 17:30 UTC] No.41916576[source]▶
Serious question:

Given the mood alerting properties of lithium, are people living here chiller than would be expected (controlling for instance for poverty / SES) ?

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janice1999 ◴[22 Oct 24 18:08 UTC] No.41916981[source]▶
Potentially. See "Lithium in drinking water linked with lower suicide rates" [1].

[1] https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/lithium-in-drinking-water-linked-...

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thesuitonym ◴[22 Oct 24 18:31 UTC] No.41917239[source]▶
I would assume any positive effects are balanced out by living in Arkansas.
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hinkley ◴[22 Oct 24 18:40 UTC] No.41917330[source]▶
My only experience with Arkansas was waking up to a speeding ticket at 3 in the morning. Who puts out a speed trap at 3 in the fucking morning?

But if it’s anything like Oklahoma…

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elpakal ◴[22 Oct 24 18:58 UTC] No.41917498[source]▶
Um, why were you waking up while driving at 3 in the morning?
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1. andrewinardeer ◴[22 Oct 24 19:20 UTC] No.41917719{3}[source]▶
Happened to me on Ambien.
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2. hinkley ◴[22 Oct 24 19:56 UTC] No.41918065[source]▶
Hah! No I did my turn behind the wheel from 10-1 so nobody died on my watch. I was in the back.