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by sridca 11y ago
How exactly? Would not taking propranolol after 2 minutes of exposure to normal fear object eventually eliminate the fear-conditioning on that object?
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by sridca 11y ago
Also there are a bunch of clinical trials to see to what extent FMT helps with other diseases (inasmuch as those diseases stem from dysbiosis). https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/results?term=fMT&Search=Searc...
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by sridca 11y ago
This is based on my experience. As for references, start from here: http://actualfreedom.com.au/sundry/frequentquestions/FAQ33a....
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by sridca 11y ago
I just read your recent comments which indicates that you are a fan of the Vipassana method. Do you realize that Vipassana as practiced in the West is not so much about elimination of ego as distancing (hence dissociation) the said ego from
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by sridca 11y ago
No, what I am saying is the dissociation induced by meditation is not a reliable to way to deal with emotions in the real world.
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by sridca 11y ago
Essentially you are saying the same thing as me. A Vipassana meditator dissociates from their emotions while identifying with the physical sensations (whereas what is generally called as the ego/soul/self is, at core, the emotions
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by sridca 11y ago
I did three retreats, and my experience is that Vipassana -- and meditation practices in general -- induces extreme forms of dissociation, and as such not a reliable to way to deal with emotions in the real world.
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The Age of Loneliness(youtube.com)
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by sridca 11y ago
Emotions arise well before any cognitive notions of "goal" or "concience", and it seems you have overlooked this key point. To help others is a considered act, not an emotion. The emotion of sadness can only hamper suc
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by sridca 11y ago
> The Low Road is not a function of fear, it is a function of reflexes. The Low Road is what jerks your hand away from a hot stove; Fear is what drives you to not touch a hot stove again. No. The "low road" was a phrase coined
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by sridca 11y ago
> Emotions are, in fact, rational, inasmuch as they act in the person's best interest. Nope. Quite the contrary in fact. Emotions are, in fact, emotional, inasmuch as they act in best interest of one's genes. Such as raping mul
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by sridca 11y ago
> the source of fear resides in a healthy and rational judgement LOL. The actual source of fear lies in the emotional reaction (involving the amygdala), not "a healthy and rational judgement" (involving the cortex). To quote
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by sridca 11y ago
I never said 'pursue belonging.' One can choose to not pursue an already existing feeling of belonging, as is evidently the case with many bullied geeks. But that doesn't contradict the fact that all humans harbour feelings
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by sridca 11y ago
> Geeks are not entirely a bunch of narcissists who want to belong and be creative. Sometimes, and I would say most times, the underlying motive is knowledge acquisition. Underlying? Nope. Selfism, belonging and the like are way more dee
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by sridca 11y ago
> Christmas Cake is a British + Colonies thing (- the US it seems) Seems so, yes. "christmas cake" is common in India too. For example, "For sweet, the Anglo Indian household enjoys Christmas cake and plum pudding, perfume
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'Less Than Human': The Psychology of Cruelty (2011)(npr.org)
1 points by sridca 11y ago|0 comments
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> The more I learn about cognitive biases, the more I think they're probably the cause of almost all interpersonal conflict in modern society Whereas the more I understand about affective impulses, the more I think they're defi
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by sridca 11y ago
> [...] their anti-socialness means [...] To be fair he said "lack of desire for lots of social interaction" -- with emphasis on the word "lots" -- and not "lack of desire for social interaction". cortesoft
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by sridca 11y ago
By making Facebook a scapegoat humans have once again conveniently avoided talking about an uncomfortable truth about themselves. People give off inauthentic expressions all the time -- take women putting on makeup for example -- and this t
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by sridca 11y ago
I'm a man of Indian origin living in Western Canada, and I have had to deal with issues like this in personal life outside of tech. For eg., once I was accused by a female neighbor as stalking them (peeking at their window), which is
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by sridca 11y ago
> The difference in social conditioning for girls is quite an interesting topic =) It would be interesting to hear self-aware women speak about on this topic. From what I understand, generally speaking girls for whatever reason prefer (b
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by sridca 11y ago
Glorifying melancholy does not automatically make it a sensible state to be in. It seems that as the self-help mania withers down, the pendulum swings right back to embracing suffering as normal state of affairs. Is there no creativity in t
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by sridca 11y ago
And one of the best articles I've read on the topic of racism.
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Preventing visceral racism(esr.ibiblio.org)
4 points by sridca 11y ago|3 comments
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by sridca 11y ago
You may want to toggle "showdead" option from your HN profile to be able to view dead submissions and comments.
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by sridca 11y ago
The problem is that stories like this get flag-killed. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10510489
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by sridca 11y ago
Already posted: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10505765
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What Software is Made Of(siderea.livejournal.com)
3 points by sridca 11y ago|1 comments
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This is an important observation about identity (a sense of self) itself. What's more interesting to me is that the point remains valid even after replacing "money" with "love", "financial worry" with &q
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by sridca 11y ago
> I think that your comments are mean and inconsiderate. I agree that appealing to the authority of Webster on the question, "what is love?" is capricious and demeaning. Does it have this to be this complicated for you? I have

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