just having to go into an MRI tube every couple weeks without it turned on would probably rewire your brain a little bit. that’s not a comfortable place to be mentally.
just having to go into an MRI tube every couple weeks without it turned on would probably rewire your brain a little bit. that’s not a comfortable place to be mentally.
and something magical happened.
Persistence hunters today do track their prey, and often have to guess where the prey may have gone when the tracks are lost.
i thought the same thing, but these people persistence hunt today for over 8 hours. no mention of total distance but 8 hours is no joke.
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women want to see what’s on TV, men just want to see what else is on TV.
one of those jokes that’s about to age out of relevance.
this study is from 2016. a more recent study from 2021 was not able to replicate the results and says other studies have had mixed results as well.
edit: and a response from one of the original authors
i don’t have time to deep dive now, but suffice it to say this is far from settled.
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not here to set a wager, I was just trying to help explain the authors’ reasoning.
I’m guessing it has more to do with underdeveloped countries still relying on the simplicity of coal power.
then you see there are multiple reasons why coal may still be in use in 2060?
that only addresses one of the issues above.
Uncertainties arise, however, over grid stability in a renewables-dominated power system, the availability of sufficient finance in underdeveloped economies, the capacity of supply chains and political resistance from regions that lose employment.
link to journal: https://iaap-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aphw.12583
…all participants were informed that the purpose of the study was to track their psychological and physical health in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The non-deceptive placebo group was further informed that they would receive a mind–body intervention involving psychoeducation on placebo effects and taking placebo pills daily for 2 weeks after baseline assessments (Session 2). The control group did not receive additional information and was blind to their condition.
this is a major issue imo. The control group was just told that they were being tracked, while the NDP group was given an intervention beyond just taking a pill. I would like to see this experiment redone with the control group given the same education and intervention, just without the actual placebo pill. That psychological/educational intervention can be powerful on its own, especially when dealing with subjective symptoms like stress, anxiety, and depression.
additionally any NDP study like this by definition cannot be double blinded which can cause more problems, again, particularly when measuring subjective and self-reported symptoms. The subjects may not report accurately due to the perceived expectations of the experimenter, and the subjects’ own desires for the treatment to work.
…participants watched two short videos on placebos, placebo effects, and how placebos can still work even without deception
so before the experiment even started they were already telling the subjects that “placebos can work” which has not been established (which is why they are doing this study in the first place, right?). Doesn’t really qualify as “non deceptive” imo.
“Remotely administered non-deceptive placebos have the potential to help individuals struggling with mental health concerns who otherwise would not have access to traditional mental health services.”
whoa whoa whoa… not sure I like the idea that people with money get “traditional” health services, and poor people get placebos. The important part is the psychological intervention, which costs money, not the little sugar pill.
it’s cousin Lenny.
not really.
unfortunately we also know how runaway greenhouse effect ends.
I wouldn’t say prevailing theory, surface water bodies are also in the mix. Also this article is in regards to multicellular life, not the very beginning of life.
yes I think you are reading into things a BIT too much.