Re:Neuroscientists' Open Letter To DIY Brain Hackers
by akiselev on Tuesday July 12, 2016 @06:57PM
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They're each "proven" for a relatively small (sometimes overlapping) subset of the population. If anything, psychopharmacology has taught us about the extreme variance in brain chemistries and how difficult the problem is when it comes to treatment. Adding more options is a great thing, as long as there is strong science behind it.
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Re:Neuroscientists' Open Letter To DIY Brain Hackers
by artifaxx on Tuesday July 12, 2016 @07:01PM
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As long as people recognize the costs. It is painful to watch people try to solve a problem without looking into the costs of side effects. Because of hyperbolic discounting our brains are often prone to take the easier short term relief despite much higher long term costs.