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Free registration at the forum removes this block.Well it’s not waves and communications, what happens is one neuron kind of ‘squirts’ a neurotransmitter (serotonin, dopamine, acetylcholine) to the next one. But yes, there is electricity involved. With action potentials. But the electricity doesn’t travel from neuron to neuron. It’s not electricity in the typical sense, but neurons kind of open up and let ions in giving them a different charge. The sound stuff you’re talking about is pretty controversial, and I’m sure your neighbor knows boatloads more than I do. But they definitely don’t teach that in Universities. It’s very cutting edge, theoretical stuff.That's not true. While you'll still learn this in high school biology, and even up through medical school, most neuroscientists these days agree that synaptic communication is at least partially driven by sound waves and/or mechanical pulses (they have many of the same properties, but different than electrical and chemical propagation mechanisms). It's no longer believed that the brain is just neurons generating electrical pulses and releasing amino acids.
Dude, Harvard’s neuroscience courses doesn’t even teach that. Nor have I seen that being taught at any other university. It’s fringe stuff. If it’s not in textbooks it’s fringe stuff. No I’m not your “best friend who is the third best Neuroscientist is the world” but I know enough to try and help people with their questions on an Entrepreneurship forum.A
That's all I have to say on this...I've I gotten the information I was looking for...
THEY DO TRANSMIT ELECTRICAL IMPULSES"Looking at it purely scientifically: no. But, I don't want to reply with a dissertation."
You can avoid writing a dissertation without giving an incorrect answer.
which would mean at least some post-doc experience
Oof lol. That’s a can of worms lol.
Neuroscience is starting to find the parts of the brain responsible for consciousness and there are evolutionary theories, etc...
In my opinion? They’re bullshit. I think Consciousness is the one (and maybe only) nut science will never ever crack. Not even in a million years. I think it’s outside of the realm of science and possibly in the realm of spirituality.
The point is that you’re sitting here flailing away at the keyboard talking about some sh*t you don’t even know about, trying to give me quizzes and sh*t when you don’t even know the first thing about it. Then try to imply it’s the wrong answer (when it’s totally correct) even though you don’t know the material. It’s always some dipshit who knows nothing about the subject at hand who has the “BS detector”
Matter of fact, I want to see that Quantum Physics thread. I can only imagine the dumb bullshit you spewed all over that thread.
Imagine if came in a thread trying to tell you how to put up cabinets and I was just spewing some regurgitated bullshit that I heard my plumber say the I didn’t understand myself and SWORE you were removing lime from dirty sinks the wrong way.
It’s a theory (albeit well founded) but it’s just not well accepted enough to be in like.. textbooks.I am not qualified to ascertain the validity of your neuroscience claims. To be fair, I had thought I heard something about phonons (quantized sound waves) mediating signals between neurons, but don't know how valid my memory of this is.
This post made more sense than any of the last handful of posts.
I looked at the thread and that’s what we’ve always called “Quantum Flapdoodle.” Or “Quantum Quackary” There are a group of people talking about Quantum Physics@JScott and I dismantled the physics pretender. I don't remember the title of thread, but his BS detector was spot on. I have a PhD in physics and get twitchy any time people start talking about "quantum physics". Dude was a quack.
I am not qualified to ascertain the validity of your neuroscience claims. To be fair, I had thought I heard something about phonons (quantized sound waves) mediating signals between neurons, but don't know how valid my memory of this is.
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This is the thread in question
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Please approach this thread with the knowledge that the OP does not have "formal training" in this discipline, but probably has studied more on it than the average JOE walking down the street, and perhaps, the average user here at the forum.
Please approach this thread with the knowledge that the OP does not have "formal training" in this discipline, but probably has studied more on it than the average JOE walking down the street, and perhaps, the average user here at the forum.
Have you ever taken psychedelics? If consciousness were outside the brain, then it doesn't make sense that you could eat a mushroom and so severely alter your consciousness.
Sorry I missed this one. Yes, I have taken psychedelics.
We use the term ‘altered consciousness’ in English, but I don’t know if I would call it that. I’d say it’s ‘altered perception.’ 'Altered consciousness’ is an expression, but one can argue that it’s the perception being altered rather than the consciousness itself.
There are essentially two schools go thought on this.
The first is a mechanistic view of the brain, where the brain is a machine and the starting point. The second view is that the brain is not the starting point, but second down the line.
In other words who is driving this vehicle.
It really boils down to questions of free will and the reason I shied away from the question initially is because these conversations get kinda heated sometimes, and even if it doesn't it’s the type of topic that derails threads (like it kind of did here,) and I wanted to keep this topic focused mainly on Psychology as it relates to business and entrepreneurship, but since this thread has already gone to sh*t, I’ll bite.
The scientific perspective is that it’s electrical activity in the brain. If you want to get technical NO it’s not actually electricity in the way a light bulb is, As Mr Scott so kindly pointed out but neurons communicating. The strictly scientific view is that consciousness is brain activity. Do most scientists strictly believe that? In my experience, I find that most think that there’s more to life than random chemical reactions in the brain. Even strict Atheists (Sam Harris being one) are kinda like “wellllllll.” I don’t know that consciousness is ‘outside the brain’, but I also don’t know that it’s just random chemical reactions. But there are many philosophical views on this. Essentially the question boils down to “is the brain running the show, or something behind that.” Without being crude it’s essentially the idea of ‘spirit,’ ‘soul’ etc. Is there a driver of this car or is this car driving itself? I mean it’s highly philosophical.
Also, they have more dopamine in the fear centers of the brain.Here's an interesting one that recently came out, about the brain: Procrastinators and Do-ers are shaped differently.
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There Are Fundamental Differences Between The Brains of Doers And Procrastinators
TLDR:
This was a good question in the comments: Is it possible to rewire these and go from procrastinator to do-er?
Also, they have more dopamine in the fear centers of the brain.
Oh yeah take the label away from the doctor so anyone can claim to be a doctor.Personally I think we need to get rid of these labels.
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This is anecdotal
That’s my approach. There’s ‘feel the fear and do it anyway,’ or you can find the roots of the fear and address that, or you can biohack your way into it ie. change your body’s actual chemistry to better suit you. Which works.The simple answer is to just push through it, and it kind of works.
Then there's behavioral therapy to address the underlying issue.
Then there's biohacking. Just getting into this after reading some of your recent stuff.
Thoughts?
Is it true that psychologists and student psychologists make use of their knowledge of psychology, to completely and absolutely manipulate/leverage the people around them to give themselves maximum results in life?
(e.g: when you talk to a psychology friend, he/she will observe and analyse every single word you speak, then come up with ways to make use of you to benefit themselves, in every single interaction etc.)
Why do you think it’s anecdotal? It’s from the same research I linked to in the other thread.
On the other hand, “slackers” who are less willing to work hard for a reward had high dopamine levels in another brain area that plays a role in emotion and risk perception, the anterior insula.
I dumbed down the wording a little as to not get too in depth, but that’s the gist.
Is it true that psychologists and student psychologists make use of their knowledge of psychology, to completely and absolutely manipulate/leverage the people around them to give themselves maximum results in life?
(e.g: when you talk to a psychology friend, he/she will observe and analyse every single word you speak, then come up with ways to make use of you to benefit themselves, in every single interaction etc.)
This is anecdotal, but what's interesting is that it feels like a fear of rejection, not danger. Similar fight or flight response I would say, but it just feels different.
What if when I do X, it won't turn out right.
It's not even a question, b/c consciously you can reason the answer. Worst thing that could happen is you make it and get praise. Worst is you come up short and you either get some leeway if you've been performing well in the past, or reprimanded. 2/3 positive outcomes.
The simple answer is to just push through it, and it kind of works.
Then there's behavioral therapy to address the underlying issue.
Then there's biohacking. Just getting into this after reading some of your recent stuff.
Thoughts?
No, my example was anecdotal. Sorry it was late at night lol. That was a terrible sentence on my part.
Ha. You get that wit the soft sciences.Though, I have met a disproportionate amount of Psych graduates that are just plain assholes.
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