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dang - can we add "in mice" to the title?
by elromulous 5y ago
dang - can we add "in mice" to the title?
- dang 5y agoYup, always up for that. almost tempted to write some code to try automating it
- mercer 5y agoHaha first proper laugh of the day
- failwhaleshark 5y agoEvery study works in mice. Human trials, not so much. Also, who would volunteer for depression + psychedelics before and after brain biopsies to prove this thesis? Maybe try it on the "before" sample in vitro first?
- wavefunction 5y agoThis seems like something that could be measured with at least one of the scanning techniques we already employ. It seems like an MRI could provide a rough result that could lead to further and more direct testing.
- failwhaleshark 5y agoGross structural scanning is essentially worthless when it comes to pathway functions.
- taneq 5y agoOf course it doesn't. The fact that we don't hear about all the trials that don't produce a significant result in mice is more to do with the state of science publication than to do with mice.
- elromulous 5y agoI'm always impressed how quickly you respond to the bat-signal.
- dang 5y agoIt's a sample-bias illusion, like the Super Bowl prediction scam.
- juliendorra 5y agoCould you explain a bit more? Or point to a ressource / story? (Failed to find something relevant by searching!)
- dang 5y agoThere's a classic scam where you send a letter correctly predicting the Super Bowl winner and then collect "investments" for your future predictions (i.e. scam people out of their money). The trick is just to mail out the same letter for every team. I guess it's hard to google because anything involving "super bowl" is quite a haystack. But apparently it's called the "Perfect Prediction Scam": https://www.google.com/search?q=%22perfect+prediction+scam%22 https://www.google.com/search?q=%22perfect+prediction+scam%2.... Apparently Alfred Hitchcock did a TV episode about it: "The Mail Order Prophet" (1957): http://barebonesez.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-hitchcock-project-robert-c-dennis_18.html http://barebonesez.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-hitchcock-projec... https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6uue06 https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6uue06 "I wish he hadn't done it. We have a very sensitive elevator man. He doesn't like it when he brings people up, and then they don't ride down again. It confuses him."
- taneq 5y agoGiven that he just expressed his affinity for writing code for things, I'd assume the bat-signal also sounds a buzzer in the HN-cave... ;)
- joshxyz 5y agoi forgot what thread was that, but someone linked this twitter account lol https://twitter.com/justsaysinmice/status/1412143230964027397 https://twitter.com/justsaysinmice/status/141214323096402739...
- YeGoblynQueenne 5y agoWhat we need is some code to turn a human to a mouse.