Did the TED speaker attempt any sort of blinding to avoid the placebo effect and biased reporting?
No, she was a patient and would die after a couple of hours without the hormones. It was not an experiment and it was highly involuntary. She eventually made a mixture more to her liking, though.
Re:More Sex Talk from the Love Scientist
by simonebrunozzi on Sunday April 12, 2015 @10:17PM
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I love the Paul Gilmartin quote. I'm originally from Italy, now live in the US, and I couldn't agree more. (I also understand that the quote it's not that much about Italy per se, but I still like that reference).
Re:More Sex Talk from the Love Scientist
by yuashizuki on Sunday April 12, 2015 @03:30PM
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can you share a link for this ted talk pls.
I'm impressed. Reminds me of a female neuroscientist on TED who had to take a hormone cocktail designed for men as she was incapable of making her own and there were no cocktail designed for women. I remember her saying she was angry and sex-obsessed all the time. Probably a slightly exaggerated effect because she's not a man, but still pretty illuminating. Chemistry can change us so much, and there's plenty we can not understand with just empathy.
Similarly about depression I've heard Paul Gilmartin say that "thinking you understand depression because you've experienced sadness is like thinking you understand Italy because you've been to Olive Garden".