Sometimes I'm amazed at how many things in life remind me of Calvin & Hobbes.
Posted on 10/14/2019 10:45:03 AM PDT by BenLurkin
In the 1950s, researchers stumbled upon a new class of drugs that provided relief for those suffering from schizophrenia. These drugs were known as antipsychotics and, as the name suggests, they reduced symptoms like hallucinations and delusions — primarily by reducing the levels of dopamine in the brain. This led clinicians and scientists to argue that dopamine was linked to the experiences of psychotic symptoms, and a concerted research effort ensued, seeking to solve the puzzle of why excess dopamine might produce hallucinations.
Although it was later shown that increasing dopamine could produce hallucinations, establishing a consistent link between them, it has not been clear why.
They achieved this by taking advantage of a simple fact: Your brain is lazy. It makes shortcuts to understand the deluge of information that bombards it daily. If you’re presented with consistent information, consistently, your brain adjust its expectations of reality in turn. This is the basis of Bayesian theories of how we perceive the world – that is, the brain makes inferences about the world around us based on statistics and probabilities on what is likely to occur.
[I]ncreasing dopamine made it more difficult for participants to adjust their perception — an effect comparable to how the hallucinators had struggled. Moreover, the extent to which participants struggled was strongly associated with the severity of hallucinations — but not with any diagnosis of schizophrenia. In other words, the difficulty appeared to be associated with a symptom, not a diagnosis.
Using brain imaging, the researchers also showed that an increased capacity for dopamine release, from a part of the brain known as the striatum (an area involved in schizophrenia), was associated with the severity of hallucinations. Together, these experiments showed that excess dopamine was associated with difficulty in accurately predicting reality.
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Sometimes I'm amazed at how many things in life remind me of Calvin & Hobbes.
Well, look at what the cat dragged in.
Literally.
Well, look at what the cat dragged in.
Literally.
I got it the first time, thanks.
Absolutely. Of course, after I wrote about being a slug, I thought of Calvin and would have mentioned it, but I trusted you to read my mind... ;o])
Tell FR. I clicked Submit but once, and but once it was submitted. I am aghast that it would have posted twice.
After all, the correct sequence is, preview twice, post once.
It has happened infrequently to me as well.
Other things, worse things, have happened as well.
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I don’t want to talk about it.
D’afternoon. The good news is that our telephone is fixed. The bad news is that my PC won’t turn on.
I assume DP will fix it. Maybe it’s not plugged in.
I understand completely.
One of the worst things that happens to me is that I type so fats that letters come otu in the worng order.
I HATE that.
I’ve been in a lot of spaces and a lot of times, but I have never been in a space-time where it makes sense that fixing the phone causes the PC to stop turning on.
This is new.
Welcome to Murphy-space. A place originated by, and subject to, Murphy's Law. It's the law west of the Pecos, and east of it too.
Anything that can happen, given enough time, will happen.
And when it happens, it will happen in the most inconvenient manner possible.
So when one thing gets fixed, another thing breaks. Try not to act surprised; this is the Universe you inhabit,
Nope. Not a thrown breaker. Not sure what it is, only that if my dad and DH can not fix it then it will be expensive.
But I had to go a whole twenty minutes after waking up with no coffee. Oh, the humanity!
You would have an outlet similar to this, although the buttons might not be colored. If one of the buttons is popped out, that will cause the entire circuit to fail.
BTW: The one with the button is in the basement of the abode in which I currently reside. Don't just look in the kitchen.
I must have overshot. I thought I was in Solla Sollew space.
A lot of times, old wiring is a bit like old Christmas tree lights; they are strung together in a series.
Which can lead to a situation like yours. How to fix? Attend:
Find the first place in the series that doesn't work. Open up the receptacle box or junction box and look for a dysfunctional connection, a burnt wire, a melted wire connector, and so forth. If that box is clear, the problem lies between it and the breaker panel. (You can have a bad connection in a breaker box, you know; look at the wire connection to the breaker.)
Oh, no one in your house does that sort of thing? You'll need an electrician.
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They're just wires, you know. You said they nad no power. (Oh, by the way, the wires could be hot, but the neutral connection could have failed. Better keep that in mind.)
I've seen people shy away from a stubby little piece of wire just laying on the ground. Sheesh.
Thanks!
Just not this morning as we had to get out the door and I was about a quart low on coffee. Will check it over tonight when we get home.
Well, do turn off the breaker when you find which one it is. It’s embarrassing to discover by accident that there’s power on a line you’re checking or repairing.
Some people just have to touch the live wire for themselves.
I touch a live wire every so often. It’s cheaper than a hair stylist.
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