Posted by linkadge on July 20, 2005, at 16:49:44
In reply to Re: Here we go again... » linkadge, posted by SLS on July 20, 2005, at 2:33:40
What I am saying is this. Heroin masks pain. Say someone had broken their leg. They take heroin, and suddenly there is absolutely nothing concivably wrong with them.
It is not that I am undermining your ability to determine your state of wellness, it is just that I am underminning the ability of humans to determine their state of illness.
Suppose you had a shrunken prefrontal cortex, and this was the true reason for your melancholy. If the drug makes you feel better, do you think it has restored the prefrontal volume ? Not necessarily. The prefrontal cortex turns on reward areas in the presence of reward, but the reward areas can be turned on artificially, creating a seemless, and compltetely natural sence of well being. Are you cured, of course not.
AD's rarely change brain anatomy (and when they do, it is extremely slowly). My mother said that sinequan worked over night. And while subjective relief was attained overnight, there was nothing to proove that she was indeed cured. No offence to you, I am just saying that we as humans are dumb.Linkadge
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