I say that’s an overly specific and under sensitive claim to male: that we are implemented on a human brain.
Rather, we are implemented on a human body!
Everybody here has probably heard of the placebo effect. There are some interesting theories about how it works organically that you can read elsewhere. Though, there are other kinds of somatisation, that is, links from psychological phenomenon to physical phenomenon, which don’t have any explanations. One is irritable bowel syndrome which has signicant overlap in suffering populations with individuals that have generalised anxiety disorder. Interestly, it can also be treated with cbt, as described here. Perhaps the microbes in guts control our brains! My imagination runs wild when there is little evidence for a particular line of thought! And, there’s evidence for gut to brain associations in autism and mood disorders too! Perhaps one day gastroenterologists will treat half the psychological problems, and neurologists will treat the other half (e.g. psychotic disorders which have neurological organic causes rather than mere ‘indicators’ of problems down below, perhaps). Would love to see some LW heavy weights weigh in on this topic. I wonder if IBS tends to follow psychiatric medication use, since it’s associated with higher serotonon! Though, CBT tends to work for IBS patients even when those with psychiatric diagnoses are excluded. Hm… I wonder if I should get my gut microbiome analysed? Are there any potentially useful interpretations, say for ubiome?
There is no doubt that the brain and the body are entwined. I guess that a more explicit title would be: you are implemented on kludgy and limited wetware (a human brain) which is influenced by a myriad of factors, most of which you are unaware of.
Your body does influence you, but then so do a lot of other things. If I changed it to you are implemented on a human body, then someone else will say: “hey, what about the microbes, bacteria and organisms that live in my gut and on my skin”. I would then need to acquiesce and add this in. Then, someone will say: “hey, what about social influences”. I would then need to add this in. Hopefully, you get the idea that this could potentially go on for a very long time.
I think that you are implemented on a human brain is the best way to convey the ideas in the post.
Would love to see some LW heavy weights weigh in on this topic
Same. I guess it comes down to how much of the causal chain you want to consider. I am happy just considering the brain, but of course there are many other things that influence the neural patterns that get activated in the brain.
OBJECTION!
I say that’s an overly specific and under sensitive claim to male: that we are implemented on a human brain.
Rather, we are implemented on a human body!
Everybody here has probably heard of the placebo effect. There are some interesting theories about how it works organically that you can read elsewhere. Though, there are other kinds of somatisation, that is, links from psychological phenomenon to physical phenomenon, which don’t have any explanations. One is irritable bowel syndrome which has signicant overlap in suffering populations with individuals that have generalised anxiety disorder. Interestly, it can also be treated with cbt, as described here. Perhaps the microbes in guts control our brains! My imagination runs wild when there is little evidence for a particular line of thought! And, there’s evidence for gut to brain associations in autism and mood disorders too! Perhaps one day gastroenterologists will treat half the psychological problems, and neurologists will treat the other half (e.g. psychotic disorders which have neurological organic causes rather than mere ‘indicators’ of problems down below, perhaps). Would love to see some LW heavy weights weigh in on this topic. I wonder if IBS tends to follow psychiatric medication use, since it’s associated with higher serotonon! Though, CBT tends to work for IBS patients even when those with psychiatric diagnoses are excluded. Hm… I wonder if I should get my gut microbiome analysed? Are there any potentially useful interpretations, say for ubiome?
There is no doubt that the brain and the body are entwined. I guess that a more explicit title would be: you are implemented on kludgy and limited wetware (a human brain) which is influenced by a myriad of factors, most of which you are unaware of.
Your body does influence you, but then so do a lot of other things. If I changed it to you are implemented on a human body, then someone else will say: “hey, what about the microbes, bacteria and organisms that live in my gut and on my skin”. I would then need to acquiesce and add this in. Then, someone will say: “hey, what about social influences”. I would then need to add this in. Hopefully, you get the idea that this could potentially go on for a very long time.
I think that you are implemented on a human brain is the best way to convey the ideas in the post.
Same. I guess it comes down to how much of the causal chain you want to consider. I am happy just considering the brain, but of course there are many other things that influence the neural patterns that get activated in the brain.
What an interesting idea. The nature of our own minds is so vast and unknown, these kind of ideas are so invigoration and inspiring.