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0 pointsFollowingTheDao4y ago0 comments

Maladaptive learned behaviors change the physical structure of the brain.

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That's like calling a malware infection a damaged hard drive. The way to fix them is at the same conceptual level you learned them from; we don't have offline brain editing tech.

FollowingTheDaoOP4y ago

We do have brain editing tech, it is called synaptic plasticity.

We are not a computer. Or we are one that can in fact change its own hardware.

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astrange4y ago

That's like calling a malware infection a damaged hard drive. The way to fix them is at the same conceptual level you learned them from; we don't have offline brain editing tech.

FollowingTheDaoOP4y ago

We do have brain editing tech, it is called synaptic plasticity.

We are not a computer. Or we are one that can in fact change its own hardware.

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