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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Thread] Mental Math⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The overwhelming majority of all neurons in our body are just for controlling movement. Ironically, things like language or creativity require very little of our computing power and might be replicated by machine learning and a sufficiently beefy computer. But complex motor tasks? We’re way ahead of our current tech on that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Guerrilla Women⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Only the first human was natural, every one after that was created by humans.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cheeky⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  No, the vagina is topologically a hole, as the uterus with the Fallopian tubes has two direct openings into the abdominal cavity (another objectionable “design” choice).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Oxygen⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Chemical damage to our bodies mostly consists of both oxidation and Maillard-like reactions. So we’re both slowly burning and getting cooked!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨dopamine detox⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Proceeds to ingest my entire stock of dopamine-depleting medication

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When Irony and Science Collide: Expect the Unexpected⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s a public modlog with all removed posts and comments along with the reason, so you can get the pitchforks when a mod goes authoritarian (or, more often, have a look at what a complaining user actually meant by “freedom of expression”).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Serotonin⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Interestingly, malfunction of cortisol signaling has been very strongly linked to depression. High-dose corticosteroids can produce an array of mood effects, including depression and mania, as well as other psychiatric symptoms. Relatively recently, psychoactive steroids have been approved for postpartum depression.