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Re:Can a Bit of Electricity Improve Your Brain? by coldtea on Thursday October 10, 2019 @06:20PM (#21219765)
>If you think it's still strong enough to affect brain function, I don't really see how the power being "pretty low" really makes things less scary.

Drinking a cup of coffee is "still strong enough to affect brain function", and yet we do it every day. In fact several times...

Using electricity that's "still strong enough to affect brain function", but small to have any major effect (they've tried this thing tons of times in clinical settings) is not that different...

Re:Can a Bit of Electricity Improve Your Brain? by jstummbillig on Friday October 11, 2019 @06:55AM (#21223147)
> Drinking a cup of coffee is "still strong enough to affect brain function", and yet we do it every day. In fact several times...

Yes, the crucial difference being that you are not exactly breaking scientific ground by sipping a cup of coffee. The effects coffee has on our brain and body, both short and long term, are well researched and sufficiently tested.