tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post7318417434630562721..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: Benylin and the Mind Body ProblemBryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-76955000601444133472008-03-18T21:14:00.000+00:002008-03-18T21:14:00.000+00:00HA! Shock shelled not t'other way round! Karma of ...HA! <EM>Shock shelled</EM> not t'other way round! Karma of a<BR/>cocky cnut.DAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12347384528006615460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-91123246869161391632008-03-17T20:17:00.000+00:002008-03-17T20:17:00.000+00:00Aye, Recusant, 'jump' alone would have done it lik...Aye, Recusant, 'jump' alone would have done it like 'shell' can cope perfectly well without having to be 'shocked' all the time.DAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12347384528006615460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-76193402931248379532008-03-17T20:07:00.000+00:002008-03-17T20:07:00.000+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.DAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12347384528006615460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-26413783628432779432008-03-17T15:27:00.000+00:002008-03-17T15:27:00.000+00:00Snakepit,That'll be the opposite of QUANTUM then. ...Snakepit,<BR/><BR/>That'll be the opposite of QUANTUM then. Quantum means the smallest measurable unit. But you're right on your point. It's only a couple of weeks ago that I was a gay and vital young blade: now I'm turning into a sagging middle-aged has-been.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-70051007270087600982008-03-17T12:54:00.000+00:002008-03-17T12:54:00.000+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04108945551064939734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-67164349347903776002008-03-17T12:53:00.000+00:002008-03-17T12:53:00.000+00:00Actually, Bryan, it was noted in one of the recent...Actually, Bryan, it was noted in one of the recent commentaries about placebos for depression that, for anxiety at least, a placebo works even if the patient knows it's not medicine. (This was a very small study, though.) I guess it helps explain why vitamins and such have such a following. <BR/><BR/>http://www.badscience.net/?p=620 <BR/><BR/>As to the mind/body problem, it does seem easy to Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04108945551064939734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-21504434946294407752008-03-17T00:46:00.000+00:002008-03-17T00:46:00.000+00:00Oh, to be caught by that breath!Oh, to be caught by that breath!DAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12347384528006615460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-79038575722131878972008-03-17T00:42:00.000+00:002008-03-17T00:42:00.000+00:00Then y'get sick of the whole thing and transfigure...Then y'get sick of the whole thing and transfigure. <BR/>See the light.DAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12347384528006615460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-4311311310478931562008-03-16T10:45:00.000+00:002008-03-16T10:45:00.000+00:00Snakepit - I have a theory (entirely untested and ...Snakepit - I have a theory (entirely untested and unscientific but hey I like it) that this does indeed happen, roughly every seven years. I've noticed it in my life, tho the intervals are rather longer (maybe that means I'll live longer, maybe I'm just slow). Seven seems good for a cycle - like a week...Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-13408293467396270532008-03-15T17:50:00.000+00:002008-03-15T17:50:00.000+00:00"honest"..."doctor"That will be about 25% of them,..."honest"..."doctor"<BR/>That will be about 25% of them, then.<BR/>"seriously"..."overpaid"<BR/>That will be about 75% of them, then.<BR/><BR/>Benylin may not cure the illness, it is a bloody good cure for insomnia.<BR/><BR/>I gave up believing anything any "expert" says years ago, after one of them told me "don`t be stupid, its Rolls Royce for gods sake, it will never go bust"<BR/><BR/>Ex..as in maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-61794514749253285142008-03-15T14:50:00.000+00:002008-03-15T14:50:00.000+00:00Vicks seems to work. Thank God since its profits h...Vicks seems to work. Thank God since its profits have funded a huge conservative think tank called the Richardson Foundation. [I've managed to start blogging at the end of a busy week]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-6201137989984599452008-03-15T14:23:00.000+00:002008-03-15T14:23:00.000+00:00(Or maybe this is about seeing. Turning the editin...(Or maybe this is about <EM>seeing</EM>. Turning the editing off.)DAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12347384528006615460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-18126635625570447062008-03-15T14:19:00.000+00:002008-03-15T14:19:00.000+00:00People don't OD on placebos Bryan. Ask Heath Ledge...People don't OD on placebos Bryan. Ask Heath Ledger.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-13760025664723105642008-03-15T14:05:00.000+00:002008-03-15T14:05:00.000+00:00Mind and body: same thing. Nuff said.I have occasi...Mind and body: same thing. Nuff said.<BR/><BR/>I have occasionally noticed <EM>ageing</EM> taking place in quantum jumps. When a particular mind-set has, for better or worse, borne me through a period in my life and has become stagnant, holding back the tideā¦ when I finally give up, relinquish control and accept my fate, to move on: <EM>FLUMP</EM> the visage changes, imperceptibly probably to DAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12347384528006615460noreply@blogger.com