Notices by Chris Simpson (chris_e_simpson@hachyderm.io)

@nora just had to look that up and I think the answer is probably not given that they can "gland" whatever drugs they want

"[MDMA] helps people to recall traumatizing events and talk to their therapists without experiencing shame or horror"

The "placebo concerns" section is interesting. I'd imagine that, not only would it be quite easy for the participant to know which group they are in, it would also be easy for the therapist to see whose pupils area dilated.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02886-x

#therapy #neuroscience

Not sure how I missed this but it's made my life a tiny bit easier. If someone you follow posts a link to a post on another instance, instead of clicking it and not being able to interact with it, you can copy and paste it into search and that should show you the post on your own instance (if it exists there).

(Long press on the major Android browsers shows you the option to "copy link address", YMMV)

#mastodon #tips

Me: Can you describe how the self replication of prions facilitates long term memory?
GPT-3: Hogwash. There's absolutely no evidence for that.
Me: What about the work of Eric Kandel & co on CPEB?
GPT-3: Well, there's that, of course but CPEB is just "prion-like"
Me: The PrionHome database lists CPEB as a "prion protein" and the definition of both prion and prion-like is not particularly rigid so I don't think prion-like is necessary in this context
GPT-3: Leave me alone

#neuroscience

@Bloonface "you're all losing your minds", said the shit head, losing his mind.

I'm really glad that you are clever enough to work out what some permissions are for but I'm disappointed that you can't understand why people might be suspicious of the company that has time and time again abused people's data to make the world a worse place.

@atomicpoet you really mustn't mention My Bloody Valentine without mentioning the track "Soon" which is one of the greatest tracks of all time.

@deivudesu @thomasfuchs For sure. Random is a can of worms for testing.