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Posted by dreamer on July 9, 2001, at 19:19:23
These are the voyages of the hardship entities. Too much star trek. Hurry up and invent that holo deck I want one.
Attempting to read is like walking a tight rope. Oliver Sachs ~wow.
Wonder if research ,money and the like goes into brain exploration as space exploration.Instead of taking years to find right med combos we should be strapped into some technological contraption have our brains scanned and work out what chemicals we lack as easy as getting an x-ray .Well maybe it already happens just expensive or brains too alien to work out.
Posted by Willow on July 9, 2001, at 22:37:50
In reply to Death..the final frontier, posted by dreamer on July 9, 2001, at 19:19:23
Instead of taking years to find right med combos we should be strapped into some technological contraption have our brains scanned and work out what chemicals we lack as easy as getting an x-ray .
Dreamer
Not in our lifetime. I don't think they really know how these meds even work today. They talk about inhibitors and uptakes, but I think it is all cheap bologna. I honestly believe the side-effects are so bad from these meds that they just give the system a good jolt kinda like shock therapy.
Besides I have anxiety and thus have no desire to jump on a spaceship.
Rooted Willow
Posted by lissa on July 10, 2001, at 16:13:27
In reply to Light years away ..., posted by Willow on July 9, 2001, at 22:37:50
> Instead of taking years to find right med combos we should be strapped into some technological contraption have our brains scanned and work out what chemicals we lack as easy as getting an x-ray .
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> Dreamer
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> Not in our lifetime. I don't think they really know how these meds even work today. They talk about inhibitors and uptakes, but I think it is all cheap bologna.yeah, bologna, expensive bologna. If cloning people seemed at all ethical, researchers should set up an experiment such that they clone male and female babies whom they suspect have "genes" for mental illness. Then both sets grow up and reproduce. One set of parents would then be instructed to be very, very mean. And then the other set would be very, very nice. And then they'd see how the kids turned out. OK. that's not ethical at all. never will be. And it would take too long. Anyone got another fanciful idea?
Posted by Willow on July 10, 2001, at 22:28:29
In reply to Re: Light years away ... » Willow, posted by lissa on July 10, 2001, at 16:13:27
* One set of parents would then be instructed to be very, very mean. And then the other set would be very, very nice. And then they'd see how the kids turned out.
Just wondering how many people figure their parents are a major cause of their problems?
Willow
Posted by lissa on July 10, 2001, at 23:19:09
In reply to Parenting ..., posted by Willow on July 10, 2001, at 22:28:29
> * One set of parents would then be instructed to be very, very mean. And then the other set would be very, very nice. And then they'd see how the kids turned out.
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> Just wondering how many people figure their parents are a major cause of their problems?
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> Willow... it was just my silly way to experiment with the nature-nurture variables. If the child who was treated very nicely (but had a gene for mental illness) and became mentally ill, maybe you'd say it was the gene or some other biological disposition that was the main cause. if the child who was treated unkindly didn't get mental illness (and had the gene or disposition for neurochemical problems ...), then we would have to settle on some other cause of the child's particular ailment. It was just something off the top of my head, not serious. the idea of cloning is interesting to me (just as an idea) because it would be such an advantage for medical experiments.
this is still interesting: how many people really do blame their parents entirely for their mental problems?
Posted by kazoo on July 10, 2001, at 23:22:23
In reply to Parenting ..., posted by Willow on July 10, 2001, at 22:28:29
> Just wondering how many people figure their parents are a major cause of their problems?
> WillowWolliw, my deaaaaah!
Who would (Aldous) Huxley's "test tube babies" blame in a Brave New World?
Don't blame Ma and Pa for doing the best they could.
You'll realize this when they pass on.
Be my Valentine.
kazoo
Posted by Willow on July 11, 2001, at 23:25:41
In reply to Re: Parenting ... » Willow, posted by kazoo on July 10, 2001, at 23:22:23
Lissa
I figured as much but am a very literal person. There actually have been studies done concerning twins born to mothers with schizophrenia who were adopted by other people. Yeah, some of the poor souls still became ill.Kazoooo
> Don't blame Ma and Pa for doing the best they could.
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> You'll realize this when they pass on.Each time I notice a "flaw" in my parents I'm shocked, because for longer then I'm sure is normal I thought they were perfect. And probably as soon as I became a parent myself I realized how difficult it can be to do your best for your children. Sometimes there are no clear answers.
Whenever my mom questions if she had made the right choice, I always remind her that then there would have been a whole set of other consequences for each decision.
> Be my Valentine.But it's not Valentine's Day!
Willow Tree
Posted by kazoo on July 12, 2001, at 23:56:55
In reply to Re: Parenting ..., posted by Willow on July 11, 2001, at 23:25:41
> > Be my Valentine.
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> But it's not Valentine's Day!
^^^^^^^^^^^It is on Neptune, my dear.
kazoo
Posted by Willow on July 13, 2001, at 12:01:46
In reply to Re: Parenting ... » Willow, posted by kazoo on July 12, 2001, at 23:56:55
Can I join you there? If the nights get chilly I can start a campfire. I'll even bring good roasting sticks and kolbassa.
I missed you last night.
Willow
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