4 ms·

Not sure why you're getting downvoted, this is a good point.

jodrellblank 6y ago
I downvoted because by the HN guidelines comments should try to be curious and interesting and because “Please don't post shallow dismissals”. The abstract mentions that diet affects gut microbiome and that gut microbiome has a “shaping effect” on psychiatric disorders: > “A growing body of literature shows that the gut microbiome plays a shaping role in a variety of psychiatric disorders, including major depressive disorder (MDD). In this review, the interplay between the microbiome and MDD is discussed in three facets. First, we discuss factors that affect the onset/development of MDD that also greatly impinge on the composition of the gut microbiota—especially diet and stressful life events.” That is, the comment is low effort, and dismissive, and unsubstantiated speculation. Are we supposed to conclude that “depressed people eat junk food” is all there is to it? Citation requested. Are they just saying “depressed people eat junk food”? Boring. Are they saying “maybe depressed people eat junk food”? Is there a reason to have “maybe” there? Might they not?
- slothtrop 6y ago
  It's certainly shallow, but not explicitly a dismissal. It doesn't contradict the OP. That's just the closest rule cited as there isn't one that merely explicitly states "don't post unsubstantial fluff". Maybe there should be.
  - pazimzadeh 6y ago
    It's not shallow and it's not a dismissal. Just because it can be expressed in one simple sentence doesn't make it a bad idea. He never said that this is the only thing going on.
tus88 6y ago
Take a guess.
majormajor 6y ago
Causality, and the reason they think it could be diet->mood instead of the other way around, is discussed in the original link, so this comment adds nothing and in fact subtracts by being less informed than the link itself.
tasty_freeze 6y ago
Imagine a HN link to a paper which summarizes various other studies for the causes of failures in auto navigation systems. Dozens of studies are cited, which covers areas such as incomplete testing due to schedule pressures, not adhering to coding guidelines for safety, lack of redundancy or self checking mechanisms, hardware failure, unanticipated overruns of scheduler time budgets due to a confluence of exceptions, etc. Next, imagine someone leaves a comment which leaves the impression they didn't read the paper, only the title, and said, "Maybe they use too many GOTOs." Finally, imagine someone saying, "Not sure why you are getting downvoted, this is a good point."
- deleted 6y ago
  [deleted]

I downvoted because by the HN guidelines comments should try to be curious and interesting and because “Please don't post shallow dismissals”. The abstract mentions that diet affects gut microbiome and that gut microbiome has a “shaping effect” on psychiatric disorders: > “A growing body of literature shows that the gut microbiome plays a shaping role in a variety of psychiatric disorders, including major depressive disorder (MDD). In this review, the interplay between the microbiome and MDD is discussed in three facets. First, we discuss factors that affect the onset/development of MDD that also greatly impinge on the composition of the gut microbiota—especially diet and stressful life events.” That is, the comment is low effort, and dismissive, and unsubstantiated speculation. Are we supposed to conclude that “depressed people eat junk food” is all there is to it? Citation requested. Are they just saying “depressed people eat junk food”? Boring. Are they saying “maybe depressed people eat junk food”? Is there a reason to have “maybe” there? Might they not?

slothtrop 6y ago
It's certainly shallow, but not explicitly a dismissal. It doesn't contradict the OP. That's just the closest rule cited as there isn't one that merely explicitly states "don't post unsubstantial fluff". Maybe there should be.
- pazimzadeh 6y ago
  It's not shallow and it's not a dismissal. Just because it can be expressed in one simple sentence doesn't make it a bad idea. He never said that this is the only thing going on.

tus88 6y ago

Take a guess.

majormajor 6y ago

Causality, and the reason they think it could be diet->mood instead of the other way around, is discussed in the original link, so this comment adds nothing and in fact subtracts by being less informed than the link itself.

tasty_freeze 6y ago

Imagine a HN link to a paper which summarizes various other studies for the causes of failures in auto navigation systems. Dozens of studies are cited, which covers areas such as incomplete testing due to schedule pressures, not adhering to coding guidelines for safety, lack of redundancy or self checking mechanisms, hardware failure, unanticipated overruns of scheduler time budgets due to a confluence of exceptions, etc. Next, imagine someone leaves a comment which leaves the impression they didn't read the paper, only the title, and said, "Maybe they use too many GOTOs." Finally, imagine someone saying, "Not sure why you are getting downvoted, this is a good point."

deleted 6y ago
[deleted]