Re:New Evidence for the Necessity of Loneliness
by dominotw on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @07:23PM
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I might be reading this wrong but their evidence seems like its not consistent and they explain this away with this speculation.
"Neurons are somehow tapping into that subjective social experience of the mouse, and only producing a significant effect on the behavior of mice who perhaps previously valued their social connections, rather than those who did not"
So what exactly is the proof ?
They also explain that this might lead to two possibilities social vs antisocial mice . How did they even come up with these possibilities surely from their own experience and understanding of the world.So they are starting on with hypothesis that they came up with and end up with inconsistent results and claim that as proof.
tl;dr
hypothesis1: loneliness corresponds to dopamine -> not conclusive -> hypothesis2: results explained by social position of mouse -> further testing needed
"Neurons are somehow tapping into that subjective social experience of the mouse, and only producing a significant effect on the behavior of mice who perhaps previously valued their social connections, rather than those who did not"
So what exactly is the proof ?
They also explain that this might lead to two possibilities social vs antisocial mice . How did they even come up with these possibilities surely from their own experience and understanding of the world.So they are starting on with hypothesis that they came up with and end up with inconsistent results and claim that as proof.
tl;dr
hypothesis1: loneliness corresponds to dopamine -> not conclusive -> hypothesis2: results explained by social position of mouse -> further testing needed