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I wonder if this can be generalized along the lines of: problems with processes tend to be dynamic issues, but people want to look for static issues. Like, if
by perl4ever 6y ago
I wonder if this can be generalized along the lines of: problems with processes tend to be dynamic issues, but people want to look for static issues.
Like, if something is wrong with your car, it would be nice if there was some magic elixir you can add to fix it, and indeed any auto parts store has dozens. They have fuel injector cleaner, engine stabilizer, stop leak, no smoke additive... But if there is a real problem, it probably requires doing something to fix the way moving parts are interacting, not just adding a little fluid.
Which seems to me suggestive of an analogy with how people* talking about adjusting the levels of brain chemicals, when surely it's got to be a dynamic process that isn't working right.
*as in, the people who write the patient info pamphlets for psychotropic drugs