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Is neuroscience bullshit?

Anonymous Thu 24 Dec 18:43:51 2020 No.12503576 View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>12503594 >>12503595 >>12503875 >>12503890 >>12503921 >>12504443

>Over the past few decades, neuroscience has provided insight into learned helplessness and shown that the original theory actually had it backwards: the brain's default state is to assume that control is not present, and the presence of "helpfulness" is what is actually learned.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learned_helplessness

How could anyone unironically believe this propaganda?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 24 Dec 2020 18:45:17 No.12503578 Report

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Demoralization sure as hell works.
Otherwise, the revolution would have happened already and we would be living in socialist paradise.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 24 Dec 2020 18:53:40 No.12503594 Report

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>>12503576
Is your post bullshit?

Yes.

Best delete it before too many people see how badly you are embarrassing yourself.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 24 Dec 2020 18:53:54 No.12503595 Report

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>>12503576
>Is neuroscience bullshit?
No.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 24 Dec 2020 19:01:24 No.12503612 Report

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Makes sense to me.
>actually and truly helpless for the first 1-2 years of our lives
>eventually learn to walk and achieve basic self-preservation, but still heavily reliant on our parents/adults to tell us what to do and care for us
>genuine independence usually not achieved until after puberty
Not sure what kind of "progaganda" you're interpreting this as but I'd suggest you give the ideology a rest for a minute and actually think about the question.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 24 Dec 2020 20:31:46 No.12503875 Report

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>>12503576
still better than the psychology nonreplicable meme

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 24 Dec 2020 20:39:01 No.12503890 Report

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>>12503576
Babies are nothing more than sack of meat. They don't know anything. They are basically helpless by nature. They learn to help themselves over time.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 24 Dec 2020 20:49:21 No.12503921 Report

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>>12503576
It makes sense.
why bet constantly that there's always gold under your feet?
it's completely foolish.
Confidence and optimism are akin to mental retardation.
and the opposite of confidence isn't cowardice, that's the opposite of courage. The opposite of confidence is cautiousness.
Be cautious, untrusting, always analyzing, etc.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 24 Dec 2020 20:52:53 No.12503934 Report

Quoted By: >>12503950 >>12503991 >>12504108

Are there jobs in neuroscience? A friend has a neuroscience degree and has never worked in that field. She has only had jobs like restaurant hostess and massage clinic receptionist. Seems impolite to ask why she squandered her degree especially if it is a difficult field to get a start in.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 24 Dec 2020 20:57:43 No.12503950 Report

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>>12503934
Like most bachelors of science, if she only obtained a BSc in neuroscience, then there is nearly zero work opportunities outside of rudimentary research assistant jobs (that is, if she managed to achieve a little bit of research experience whilst in undergrad). Otherwise she is required to further study to become employable.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 24 Dec 2020 21:05:29 No.12503991 Report

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>>12503934
Your friend needs to get a PhD. A bachelors in most STEM fields is useless nowadays.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 24 Dec 2020 21:09:55 No.12504007 Report

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>>12503991
Yep. A BSc that isn't from a particularly prestigious institution, or isn't supported with plenty of research experience leads to minimal employment opportunity.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 24 Dec 2020 21:31:09 No.12504084 Report

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Imagine the world where you assume that you are successful by default. Must be a literal paradise.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 24 Dec 2020 21:36:23 No.12504108 Report

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>>12503934
if you do research in computational/theoretical neuroscience and take some math/stats, you can leverage the degree to do data science stuff, kinda like physics.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 24 Dec 2020 21:36:50 No.12504110 Report

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>>12504007
Ok, that makes sense. Her degree is a BS from the University of Georgia, which isn't exactly known for neuroscience research. At least she's cute.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 24 Dec 2020 22:17:36 No.12504234 Report

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>>12503921
>t.schitzo

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 24 Dec 2020 23:19:41 No.12504443 Report

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>>12503576
Yes. Neurofags will tell you they know how the brain works. They don't. They're a bunch of political brainlets who can't evaluate good science, and that's why you never see them in /mg/.

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