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tech & philosophy. angel/advisor: @nousresearch, @layerzero_core, @primeintellect, @praxisnation, atomic semi, @evertas & others. alum: @intel @claremontinst
Jul 21, 2022 4 tweets 1 min read
Chemical imbalance was only a theory for depression causation yet presented as facts to simplify a narrative in order to prescribe SSRIs. Most of psychology and psychiatry is based on myths.
telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/07/2… If you want to take the psychiatry blackpill, flick through copies of DSMs (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders). The first edition came out in 1952 and you can find old copies on Abebooks. I got one from every decade. Psychiatry is politics
Jan 14, 2022 7 tweets 2 min read
Epstein-Barr Virus (aka HHV-4 -mono/glandular fever) is even more terrible than just potentially causing all of multiple sclerosis. Research shows links between early exposure to HHV-4 and cancer (esp gastro) and numerous autoimmune disorders (eg Arthritis and Lupus!) The biologist Paul W. Ewald puts forward that many of our diseases are caused by earlier pathogen exposure - "If I were going to put my money on it, I would bet that by 2050—hopefully earlier—we'll have found that more than 80 percent of all human cancer is caused by infection."