tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post1323325271312871084..comments2023-11-14T20:22:36.929-08:00Comments on Knowledge Is Necessity: Rerun - Darwin and the Psychiatric AdvantageJohn McManamyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11857174305041382349noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post-71208800436786739702010-03-09T15:21:53.490-08:002010-03-09T15:21:53.490-08:00Hey, Tony. You took the words right out of my mout...Hey, Tony. You took the words right out of my mouth. I definitely think there is a strong case that a slightly overactive default mode can sharpen cognition. But then the circuits overload, so to speak. Too much input, no way to regulate it. Complete system breakdown. An advantage morphs into a terrible illness.<br /><br />There is no advantage to the illness. But there are obvious advantages to John McManamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11857174305041382349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post-69683494727242434682010-03-06T08:22:56.211-08:002010-03-06T08:22:56.211-08:00To readers: Every once in a while someone like eaz...To readers: Every once in a while someone like eazyeazy comes along and posts an insulting comment, which I typically reject rather than post. But every once in a while I need to post one of these insults just to keep you posted, in a manner of speaking.<br /><br />Eazyeazy for some reason took exception to an article about omega-3 on mcmanweb but decided to post here, for some reason. It seems John McManamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11857174305041382349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post-35638289190752140862010-03-06T07:45:25.405-08:002010-03-06T07:45:25.405-08:00Hi, Anonymous. I think you speak for a lot of peop...Hi, Anonymous. I think you speak for a lot of people (myself included) concerning other dimensions. Sometimes it's as if my brain is in another dimension trying to get along in this one. Certainly, I long for the day when I can return to the planet of my birth. Keep posting ...John McManamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11857174305041382349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post-40608270391098895832010-03-06T07:09:37.283-08:002010-03-06T07:09:37.283-08:00Hi reviewed many elements of your site and did a 5...Hi reviewed many elements of your site and did a 5% fact check: see if 5% or more of what you say is supported by the documents you site. Sadly you do not pass that minimal test for credibility. You are a striver for factual basis but only if it fits comfortably in your presumption. This is reverse science and totally acceptable if the practitioner declares their methods. Quoting an NIH study on eazyeazyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16273596996603673901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post-63108832829926048042010-03-05T12:17:10.514-08:002010-03-05T12:17:10.514-08:00I kinda have a crazy thought... Since I am convinc...I kinda have a crazy thought... Since I am convinced that there are other dimensions in this world that we can't see or prove, I wonder if rumination is our subconscience mind (who is aware of other dimensions) working with our conscience mind (who is not) to solve the problem we are ruminating. Our subconscience mind thinks the answers are in that other dimension (maybe going back in time Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post-60921126955377182072010-03-05T11:53:29.949-08:002010-03-05T11:53:29.949-08:00I could see the possibility that excessive manifes...I could see the possibility that excessive manifestations of advantageous mental traits leads to illness. There is a PNAS paper on how an overactive default mode in the brain is seen in people with schizophrenia and their healthy immediate relatives, though not so in healthy controls. Maybe an overactive default mode may sharpen cognition, as long as it doesn't go to extremes as in Tonynoreply@blogger.com