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I’m not an expert in the field, but I am someone who has recovered from depression. The “lack of serotonin” theory always made me laugh. It’s like if your computer was running abno…

No surgeon should be removing healthy body parts, in my opinion. You wouldn’t fit a gastric band to an anorexic person, no matter how badly the patient wanted it, and that’s not ev…

Smell the floss ;)

> The guy's voice is almost a whisper, the ambient sounds from the garden or the forest or the road are oddly pleasant, and he's speaking pretty slowly, with none of these glitchy …

Reminds me of the theory that dreaming (and music) evolved to "practice" hypothetical situations and emotions before they happen - https://whatismusic.info/blog/AUnifiedTheoryOfMus…

Median age of COVID deaths here in the UK is 83[1]. Life expectancy is 81. 1: https://www.ons.gov.uk/aboutus/transparencyandgovernance/fre...

This link is indeed a very good explanation of mRNA vaccines, probably the best that I've seen. After I read it, I noticed that it was the first time anyone had ever tried to expla…

I know this is an inflammatory topic that evokes visceral feelings but.. you should be aware that when you are trying to change someone's mind, aggressive arguing like this is much…

I believe the source of that quote comes from this Q&A session with Kary Mullis, the inventor of PCR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT3IqZjT_9A The relevant quotes from Kary are:…

For the benefit of anyone not in the UK, there is a marvelous Christmas advert inspired by this event, which aired in 2014 (100 years later): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWF2JB…

I used to suffer badly with anxiety (and depression) for years. I was fortunately able to get the help I need and eventually recover. Around the same time I had about a month off w…

I feel like I must be missing something, because I don't understand this author's point at all. "Lots of websites think “Vertical Screen == Mobile User”!" No, they don't - They thi…

Given that there is only a finite amount of money/resources available to help people, giving extra to someone based on their race is equivalent to depriving another of help based o…

I've also suffered from depression, and am now on meds. I can honestly say they have changed my life for the better, with no side effects (other than an initial 3 days of tiredness…

~25Hz is the _lower bound_ for video* to appear smooth, _as long as there is motion blur_. But user interfaces do not add motion blur to moving objects. A computer monitor at 25Hz …

Insurance companies can only afford to pay out because not everyone files a claim at once.

I find it very disheartening to see antidepressants described as "happy pills" that "numb your senses". Comments like this only serve to reinforce the stigma around these medicatio…

Ah I see, my apologies! For what it's worth, your English is so good that it didn't even cross my mind that you weren't a native speaker. Yes the space shuttle was designed to be p…

This really makes it easy to see that the SLS (far right) is derived from the space shuttle, with the orbiter removed and the payload placed on top instead.

Relevant xkcd https://xkcd.com/1053/ But I also have to admit I cannot fathom how someone could have not heard of the space shuttle? It was only retired in 2011?

I rely on 4g for my internet and mine was totally down yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon until about midnight. SMS and calls weren't going through either. Other people in my neighbourh…

I am not a doctor, but if true, that sounds completely consistent with this hypothesis (deoxygenated blood is darker, and being able to breathe won't help if your hemoglobin can't …

There was a post about this doing the rounds yesterday. Annoyingly it was posted on Medium and has since been removed, but a copy of it, along with some interesting discussion, can…