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Re:For some, meditation has become more curse than cure by yarou on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @07:04AM (#11760467)
>However, I have yet to see a doctor that knows anything about metabolic pathways and such.

You have to keep in mind that the vast majority of psych-related clinicians are average to below-average performers that were too incompetent to become real doctors. That would explain why your "doctor" doesn't understand anything taught in a basic undergrad neuroscience survey course.

It's like expecting an auto mechanic to design a new car engine - sure, they could try their best, but at the end of the day, they're still an auto mechanic, not an engineer.

Re:For some, meditation has become more curse than cure by amelius on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @08:20AM (#11760927)
Well, I suspect doctors still get paid more than the average medical researcher :)

And that researcher is not accessible to the general public. The strange thing is that we now see people on the internet fora doing the metabolic/neurochemistry research themselves, for lack of better options.