tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post2129743226729314602..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: What Is Baby Brain?Stuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-66119237950201434302018-01-16T18:33:54.433-08:002018-01-16T18:33:54.433-08:00anon, I'm not talking about the lawyer you'...anon, I'm not talking about the lawyer you've got on retainer for your DUIs.Jack Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17873320680596889057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-31837028242069444212018-01-16T17:03:27.361-08:002018-01-16T17:03:27.361-08:00If you're past the point of mediation or negot...If you're past the point of mediation or negotiation, and you're headed for a lawsuit, whether civil, criminal or family, you want to hire the most competent, aggressive asshole lawyer you can afford.Jack Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17873320680596889057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-10061674419283265772018-01-16T11:57:49.177-08:002018-01-16T11:57:49.177-08:00Jack, you is a BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD Boy!
L. Be...Jack, you is a BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD Boy! <br />L. Beau, I'm pretty dang certain Jack's sarcastic...bigly; yuuuuuuuugely, even.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-47650359925467521822018-01-16T10:55:56.066-08:002018-01-16T10:55:56.066-08:00I don't want that gene activated in my profess...<i>I don't want that gene activated in my professional employees. I need them to instinctively want them to kill.</i><br /><br />Good Lord help me, Jack, I have decided to believe, but I am not completely certain, that you are being sarcastic. L. Beauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13652846614886274866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-68638499695569622802018-01-16T08:51:04.756-08:002018-01-16T08:51:04.756-08:00See also my post about the radiological work on th...See also my post about the radiological work on the issue:<br /><br />http://stuartschneiderman.blogspot.com/2016/12/the-maternal-instinct-is-real.htmlStuart Schneidermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-18023996959981382722018-01-16T08:35:03.267-08:002018-01-16T08:35:03.267-08:00Without addressing the reality of "baby brain...Without addressing the reality of "baby brain" {and there are surely biochemical dynamics during pregnancy that might, in some way presently unknown, affect cognitive processing}, this paper should be taken with circumspection.<br /><br />To begin with, it's a very uninformative brief report, (< 1 page) with a graduate student as lead author.<br /><br />https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2018/208/1/cognitive-impairment-during-pregnancy-meta-analysis<br /><br />Having said that, the larger problem is the problem with meta-analysis per se. It's a very popular way of scrounging statistical significance out of confusing studies without doing much work, but unfortunately, it suffers from many problems (nonlinear correlations, subjective study selection, apples-to-oranges comparisons etc), Perhaps the most consequential is the File Drawer Effect... i.e., selecting studies from the published literature despite the known and obvious bias of journals to publish studies with statistically significant results and reject papers with no significant effects.<br /><br />The Daily Mail and Telegraph articles are, however, perfect examples of "science journalism" at work, hyping studies that have popular and controversial political ramifications.<br /><br />"Research has proven..."<br />Har.trigger warninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06310637474428322994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-31938183694572208232018-01-16T08:13:30.907-08:002018-01-16T08:13:30.907-08:00The Case against Motherhood. The maternal instinc...The Case against Motherhood. The maternal instinct is hundreds of millions of years old, and arose in sharks, which are live-bearers. Sharks have a natural instinct to destroy and eat schools of smaller fish, which would bode evil for baby sharks. There's a gene that evolved to turn off this destroy everything behavior in mother sharks. That's the beginning the maternal instinct. I don't want that gene activated in my professional employees. I need them to instinctively want them to kill. Baby brain seems to be the end result of the evolution that began with sharks. So no baby brains in my office.Jack Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17873320680596889057noreply@blogger.com