Comment Re:Schizophrenia is not multiple personality disor (Score 1) 222
Since Greek is taken, maybe we could replace the clumsy literal PC English with Latin? "I have Schismentis and so do I?"
Since Greek is taken, maybe we could replace the clumsy literal PC English with Latin? "I have Schismentis and so do I?"
Well - they make you feel a little sluggish, and quite drowsy for about 8 hours (more at higher doses) after they kick in (so don't take them for breakfast if you have plans), but not depressed. It is possible to feel despair because of your chronic condition and the prospect of long term sluggishness I suppose but
Schizophrenics who seek help often do so for anxiety and depression rather than psychosis. There is often a history of these issues predating medication, but not always.
It's not just Hollywood, it's everywhere. The psychotic=violent myth is in every media that has discussed the issue. Newspapers only mention schizophrenia if someone was hurt, furthering the association in people's minds. My current employer refused to let me work without supervision because I had advised them I have had psychotic episodes and am undergoing treatment until I gave them a psych's letter telling them they were being morons (small and new business, so I forgave and educated instead).
AKA Dissociative identity disorder. There is a slight comorbidity between the conditions, but depression and anxiety are also comorbid.
If we ever get to the point where we're getting over 500,000 cases of Ebola every year, but are only seeing 2000 deaths a week, then we'll talk.
What are the statistics for native born American citizens who travel to the Far East?
Not really, it just demonstrates your ignorance (due to, presumably, where you live). The Open University courses involve tutorials as well as day schools and other social learning experiences as well as the distance learning (which used to involve TV broadcasts in the early hours of the morning but now involve sending people DVDs and books and providing a website for accessing other materials).
Given this notion is planned for US markets - your suggestion is de facto abolition of parole.
Tagging a parolee to keep them within a certain area, or to make sure they don't stay out too late... not such a bad idea. Worried they might go around shooting guns? Maybe don't let them out yet.
Indeed - but also add driverless cars into the tech mix and suddenly 90% of grievances against the police probably disappear!
Right - but shooting someone with a non-DoC-issued firearm is a crime!
Fit the microphones with accelerometers, fit accelerometers with cell phones, fit the cell phones with guns, and fit guns with police. Everyone's a winner.
So they realize that Microphones are a lot cheaper than wrist bands and Guns tend to make a loud noise when used right?
Wow a chartered accountant that makes money from selling climate skeptic books and being a professional climate skeptic said it? And he published it as a 'paper'? In a paper published by a climate change denying think tank who has tried its best to hide the source of funding despite being legally obligated to reveal it, where the owners lied and said it mostly many private individuals donating when a review later revealed only 1% of their funding came from such a source? Good lord! That's Scientifimifical! On those kinds of grounds, sign me up to whatever they are selling - it must be totally accurate! Totally beyond any reasonable doubt.
It isn't a paper, it's commentary at best, but looks more like a blog post to me. Valid or not, it doesn't demonstrate anything beyond reasonable doubt, I'm afraid to inform you.
A) Correlational studies are considered exactly as they should be - showing correlations not causations. This is important when, for instance, you are trying to figure out what parts of a complex system might have what influences on final results. They point the way towards more dedicated research to learn causation.
B) Confirmation bias is a term coined by psychologist Peter Wason. Its study is the purvue of psychology. Incorrect interpretations are not the result of mixing correlation and causation but because the subject matter is very very complex, ethics prohibiting many potential experiments outright, and the understanding of the connections between evidences (reflexes, behaviour, brain activity etc)., are still ideas in their infancy.
C) Qualitative research practically requires the researcher provide their own reflections on how their perspective has influenced their interpretations. Quantitative research doesn't any more than in any other field.
D) The issues with ecological validity are discussed at length by psychologists with regards to their results. Ethics, and general difficulty in isolating variables in natural ways, result in this. However, this leads to increased tentativity in psychological perspectives, rather than an arrogant ignorance of these facts as you imply.
E) Psychologists are tentative about the general applicability of limited studies, although this has not always been historically the case.
F) Most science experiments are for commercial gain, and most results are never made public. Psychology is not alone along with economics here. I worked at a bio-lab for a while, we did dozens of science experiments a day on plastics to be used in bone replacements and associated medical things. They didn't tell anyone about what they learned about the properties of certain polymers, they sold the results of what they learned.
Of course Popper considered 'verification' as pseudoscience, and preferred falsification tests as truly scientific {I am simplifying}.
Unfortunately, merely claiming you are right and the consensus are fools can make you quite famous and net you book deals (and lots of TV interviews).
When you don't know the merits, using the proposer as a proxy is quite regularly successful.
I've noticed several design suggestions in your code.