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For the typical reader of HN, phylogenetic trees would be far easier to figure out in a few days than how neurons work, especially as "how neurons work" isn't

by pcrh 3y ago

For the typical reader of HN, phylogenetic trees would be far easier to figure out in a few days than how neurons work, especially as "how neurons work" isn't even established.

whatscooking 3y ago
You know what I meant by “how a neuron works” so stop nitpicking, and speak for yourself about not being able to learn it in a day or two
- pcrh 3y ago
  Yes, I'm sure you could know exactly how the well-studied synaptophysin, synaptobrevin, neuroligin and PSD95 cooperate to control neurons in a day or two. Particularly in the context of schizophrenia. Easy as pie. Edit: Here's a freely available relatively recent article on just one aspect of neurons, the synaptic proteome, which contains about 1,466 proteins [0]. I will check back in a few days once you've figured out how they all work together. [0] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7776996/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7776996/
  - whatscooking 3y ago
    If I was interested in this paper, I would read it and understand it like I do with all the bio papers I read…all research papers do is narrow in on something highly specific, they aren’t hard to understand once you have the vocabulary down. It’s like reading someone else’s code. And I highly doubt your so called trusted “experts” like Fauci understand any of it
    - blackbear_ 3y ago
      Understanding what a paper says is considerably easier that understanding its limitations. See the questions I asked in the sibling thread for a taste of the difference. Or think in terms of code: it is easy to understand what some code does, but to understand why it is like that you need to know a lot more about the context surrounding the problem.
  - whatscooking 3y ago
    And really? Synaptic vesicles? Proteomes? I learned this shit in high school

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For the typical reader of HN, phylogenetic trees would be far easier to figure out in a few days than how neurons work, especially as "how neurons work" isn't

by pcrh 3y ago

For the typical reader of HN, phylogenetic trees would be far easier to figure out in a few days than how neurons work, especially as "how neurons work" isn't even established.

whatscooking 3y ago
You know what I meant by “how a neuron works” so stop nitpicking, and speak for yourself about not being able to learn it in a day or two
- pcrh 3y ago
  Yes, I'm sure you could know exactly how the well-studied synaptophysin, synaptobrevin, neuroligin and PSD95 cooperate to control neurons in a day or two. Particularly in the context of schizophrenia. Easy as pie. Edit: Here's a freely available relatively recent article on just one aspect of neurons, the synaptic proteome, which contains about 1,466 proteins [0]. I will check back in a few days once you've figured out how they all work together. [0] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7776996/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7776996/
  - whatscooking 3y ago
    If I was interested in this paper, I would read it and understand it like I do with all the bio papers I read…all research papers do is narrow in on something highly specific, they aren’t hard to understand once you have the vocabulary down. It’s like reading someone else’s code. And I highly doubt your so called trusted “experts” like Fauci understand any of it
    - blackbear_ 3y ago
      Understanding what a paper says is considerably easier that understanding its limitations. See the questions I asked in the sibling thread for a taste of the difference. Or think in terms of code: it is easy to understand what some code does, but to understand why it is like that you need to know a lot more about the context surrounding the problem.
  - whatscooking 3y ago
    And really? Synaptic vesicles? Proteomes? I learned this shit in high school