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Serotonin booster leads to increased functional brain connectivity

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Re: Serotonin booster leads to increased functional brain connectivity

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Post by hombre_fatal »

DiscourseFan wrote: post #19

Something in our industrial processes must be screwing with people's serotonin levels because Psychedelics and other serotenergic drugs are becoming the defacto treatment method for a whole host of ailments. I personally suffer from IBS, migraines, sleeping problems, and mood swings, if I haven't taken a dose of psychedelics in the last 6 months. Now, getting regular exercise, eating well, staying hydrated, sleeping…

> Something in our industrial processes must be screwing with people's serotonin levels because Psychedelics and other serotenergic drugs are becoming the defacto treatment method for a whole host of ailments.

This is a comically bad inference.

P1: We have ailments that can be treated with class X of drugs that act on body process Y

P2: We increasingly use those drugs

Conclusion: Z is messing with body process Y

Re: Serotonin booster leads to increased functional brain connectivity

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Post by downWidOutaFite »

Palomides wrote: post #97
pr0zac wrote: post #73

I’ll probably be downvoted for pointing this out but I feel like it’s important. 90% of the comments at the time of my posting this are great examples of the logical fallacy a lot of intelligent people fall into where they think their intelligence in one area means they’re qualified to make assessments or reach conclusions in fields outside of their own. This would be the same error in judgment that’s turned the noot…

HN comments are absolute garbage on anything medical, endless uneducated "theories" and emotional anecdotes you don't need to share your personal backstory, everyone knows someone with mental health or cancer or alzheimer's, your idea that DNA is like compiled code makes me think you should go read a book, and your self-medication is probably not scientifically founded

And yet you're commenting on HN on something medical, so that means your comment is absolute garbage, which means that HN comments actually are not absolute garbage, which means my comment is absolute treasure. Air tight deduction, you're welcome.

Re: Serotonin booster leads to increased functional brain connectivity

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Post by Euphemistic »

"INCREASED FUNCTIONAL BRAIN CONNECTIVITY" sounds pretty neat. Instead of debating why the brain is or is not like a computer. Or why you or your sister-in-law's brain is addled by mental illness. Let's frame this optimistically, hopefully. Maybe there's a genius working that study or commenting here. Geniuses think different.

1. geniuses look at problems in many different ways. 2. geniuses make their thoughts visible. 3. geniuses produce. 4. geniuses force relationships. 5. geniuses think metaphorically.

A logical fallacy is not necessarily wrong.

Re: Serotonin booster leads to increased functional brain connectivity

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Post by dumpsterdiver »

maleldil wrote: post #100
dumpsterdiver wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are they really that intelligent if they truly believe that their expertise can be applied to any field? Imo, understanding your own limitations is a form of intelligence that is very important.

You could have specialised intelligence and be clueless about everything else, including evaluating your ability. Intelligence doesn't beget humility. Nobel disease is a thing[0]; Linus Pauling is possibly the most famous example and the cause of people taking too much vitamin C until this day. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_disease

> Intelligence doesn't beget humility.

I completely disagree. Imo, a truly intelligent person understands well that they cannot carry the world upon their shoulders, and from that realization they are humbled.

Re: Serotonin booster leads to increased functional brain connectivity

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Post by [deleted] »

wizeman wrote: post #92
pr0zac wrote: post #73

I’ll probably be downvoted for pointing this out but I feel like it’s important. 90% of the comments at the time of my posting this are great examples of the logical fallacy a lot of intelligent people fall into where they think their intelligence in one area means they’re qualified to make assessments or reach conclusions in fields outside of their own. This would be the same error in judgment that’s turned the noot…

There's no such thing as "intelligence in one area", intelligence is a general ability. You're basically ignoring everything that psychology has studied regarding intelligence.

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Re: Serotonin booster leads to increased functional brain connectivity

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Post by Gareth321 »

scotty79 wrote: post #75
Gareth321 wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I took 5-HTP longterm (two years) and started experiencing panic attacks, among other symptoms. I had to stop. I had supposed this to be a natural supplement without side effects, but I was wrong. I suppose each person is quite unique, so your mileage will vary.

Two years it's kinda long to take anything really. You can mess yourself up even if you just drink specific herbal tea for that long if you are unlucky.

Yes it definitely made me reevaluate my vitamin routine. I cut back most supplements and only take fish oil and vitamin D in winter now. I even cut out the caffeine and feel MUCH more relaxed.

Re: Serotonin booster leads to increased functional brain connectivity

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Post by martopix »

coldtea wrote: post #56
martopix wrote: post #53

I remember during my PhD, already 5 or more years ago, the term "functional connectivity" was frowned upon by the computational neuroscience community and the concept was considered out of date.

Perhaps "computational neuroscience" is not the be all end all of neuroscience though... (not that you said so, but someone might think that if comp. neurosc. dismisses it, then it's necessarily bogus)

But functional connectivity is a fundamentally computational concept

Re: Serotonin booster leads to increased functional brain connectivity

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Post by [deleted] »

wizeman wrote: post #92
pr0zac wrote: post #73

I’ll probably be downvoted for pointing this out but I feel like it’s important. 90% of the comments at the time of my posting this are great examples of the logical fallacy a lot of intelligent people fall into where they think their intelligence in one area means they’re qualified to make assessments or reach conclusions in fields outside of their own. This would be the same error in judgment that’s turned the noot…

There's no such thing as "intelligence in one area", intelligence is a general ability. You're basically ignoring everything that psychology has studied regarding intelligence.

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Re: Serotonin booster leads to increased functional brain connectivity

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Post by throwanem »

dumpsterdiver wrote: post #95
pr0zac wrote: post #73

I’ll probably be downvoted for pointing this out but I feel like it’s important. 90% of the comments at the time of my posting this are great examples of the logical fallacy a lot of intelligent people fall into where they think their intelligence in one area means they’re qualified to make assessments or reach conclusions in fields outside of their own. This would be the same error in judgment that’s turned the noot…

Are they really that intelligent if they truly believe that their expertise can be applied to any field? Imo, understanding your own limitations is a form of intelligence that is very important.

I often find it less useful to think in terms of intelligence than of cleverness and wisdom, which seem not just distinct but orthogonal. Cleverness is required to be a capable programmer. Wisdom manifestly is not.

Re: Serotonin booster leads to increased functional brain connectivity

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Post by coldtea »

downWidOutaFite wrote: post #102
Palomides wrote: post #97

Earlier quoted context omitted.

HN comments are absolute garbage on anything medical, endless uneducated "theories" and emotional anecdotes you don't need to share your personal backstory, everyone knows someone with mental health or cancer or alzheimer's, your idea that DNA is like compiled code makes me think you should go read a book, and your self-medication is probably not scientifically founded

And yet you're commenting on HN on something medical, so that means your comment is absolute garbage, which means that HN comments actually are not absolute garbage, which means my comment is absolute treasure. Air tight deduction, you're welcome.

You know about higher order (meta) statements, right?
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