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Re:The Navy SEAL and His Doctor: An experimental brain treat... by austhrow743 on Thursday February 13, 2020 @09:59PM (#22323624)
>Being able to make and break the human mind are two sides of the same coin.

Do you have reason to believe that this is true specifically for the mind? I can't think of any other scenario where you would need to be able to make something in order to break it.

Re:The Navy SEAL and His Doctor: An experimental brain treat... by shkkmo on Friday February 14, 2020 @01:42AM (#22324464)
I would suspect the claim is using a specific understanding of "break". Obviously you can break a human mind with a bullet or a chisel through the eye socket, but there are certain types of breakage that are not possible without much more nuanced understanding of how the mind functions.

In general, I think the idea is that when we learn to create a type of thing, we also learn a great deal about new ways to destroy it.

Re:The Navy SEAL and His Doctor: An experimental brain treat... by mannykannot on Friday February 14, 2020 @08:22AM (#22326249)
But OP is claiming that some of the techniques used to break minds can be used to cure PTSD. Some of us are skeptical, and OP gives no reason to think that the 'two sides of the same coin' adage is applicable here.