Gut–brain axis study shows autism-associated molecular, microbial profiles

Re:Gut–brain axis study shows autism-associated molecular, m... by 2OEH8eoCRo0 on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @02:14PM (#36974684)

Is there anything that flows both ways? When it comes to human behavior I've read that faking it and smiling more makes you feel happier, and happier people smile more.

Almost like your brain goes, "I'm smiling so I must be happy right now."

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Re:Gut–brain axis study shows autism-associated molecular, m... by marginalia_nu on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @03:57PM (#36976393)

Yeah sure, it's pretty common in physics and everywhere. The notion of cause and effect is closer to a legal concept than a physical one.

If you kick a ball, it begins to roll not only because it was kicked, but because it was round, solid, not made out of lead, etc. Further the presence of the ball may have induced you to kick it. Surely you don't go around kicking empty air.

But we tend to have a sort of simplified view where there is an active cause acting on a passive world to have an effect.

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