Author: foompy_katt

I’ve goofed on this topic pretty hard in the past, and still continue to make clarity goofs, so this is partly an explainer for myself to check concept coherence. Will source this up later. Central pattern generators are astrocytic circuits which create a baseline rhythmicity to brain function. This rhythmicity allows functional groups in nervous…

Had a thought that with increased understanding of the metabolic interactions in biological systems, we likely will be able to generate compounds which disrupt the metabolic cascade in only a single person (or at least a really compact phenotype, maybe family?) and the odds of it being detected are almost non-existent because the effect group…

Chemical modification of behavior isn’t exactly a novel idea. It’s currently the backbone of psychiatry, the idea that we can chemically induce desirable behaviors with an “anti-depressant” or “anti-psychotic”. And sometimes it even works! I was reading about a new class of weight loss drugs including Tirzepatide (which is getting fast tracked as a breakthrough…

Since underlying all of these processes are the same changes expression rates of relevant peptides/proteins, we should be able to use the same stimulation techniques to modify non-brain areas. For example, a body builder should be able to use an ultrasound or tDCS style rig over a specific muscle group to enhance exercise performance and…

Or more appropriately, a need for funding based on social/philosophical constructs which has stripped it’s ability to be skeptical.

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/cambridge-archaeological-journal/article/an-upper-palaeolithic-protowriting-system-and-phenological-calendar/6F2AD8A705888F2226FE857840B4FE19 This is pretty amazing for a few reasons IMO. This is a history altering revelation that likely would never have been achieved had it not come from outside the assumptions of the “scientists” who study archaeology/anthropology. (I have scientists in quotes here because both of these topics are built almost entirely on conjecture, with…

Heard part of an interview with the author on NPR a few weeks ago (I think) and he seemed like a genuinely curious person, so I have pretty high hopes for this one.I only have a few more books in mind, so any suggestions are welcome going forward.AmazonWorldCatOverDriveLibgenShort Review: This is an amazing book, an…

First, I hate the term, I hate the definition, I hate how it’s evaluated. And that’s interchangeable with a whole host of verbs, like loathe. Unfortunately, we’re still in Rome and to be an effective Vandal alternatives are required. Also, this might be a bit chaotic because it’s pulling from concurrent lines of evidence, so…

Heard a radio ad a few hours ago looking for class action participants who took Tylenol during pregnancy and had a child later diagnosed with “autism”. Tylenol has long been associated with lots of different conditions, and I usually wrote this off because the use of both it and ibuprofen is so pervasive that actual…