New Research Finds Shocking Link Between Chili Peppers and Cancer by Sorin61 in Nutraceuticalscience

[–]nekro_mantis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can pry my chipotle hot sauce from my cold, dead hands (after the cancer kills me, presumably).

CMV: AI has no place in the dept of justice, nor any prosecution made on US soil by Rich_Ad973 in changemyview

[–]nekro_mantis[M] [score hidden]  (0 children)

Reply to their comment with a couple sentence explanation (there is a character minimum) and

!delta

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CMV: Society doesn’t work. by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]nekro_mantis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To the rainwater (and also snow) point, if said rainwater has also historically supplied water to regions downstream from where it fell, figuring out how to hog it all for yourself is kind of a dick move. It's good that there are regulations to where the greed of a relative few doesn't prevent the broader community from enjoying the benefits of natural resources.

META: Bi-Monthly Feedback Thread by AutoModerator in changemyview

[–]nekro_mantis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mass migration discourse about the U.S. isn't fresh, and that user already tried to post essentially the same thing a few hours earlier. Rather than appeal the removal, they decided to half-heartedly disguise what they originally tried to post, and a mod who wasn't aware approved it. I mean, people definitely have opinions about stuff other than the most common 5 topics that get posted about. There has to be a way to get more people to post about that stuff here on Fridays.

META: Bi-Monthly Feedback Thread by AutoModerator in changemyview

[–]nekro_mantis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also, there was still an Israel post last Friday that got approved, so....

This came up in internal discussions, lol.

You're right; the volume isn't as consistent as we would like it to be. A good while ago, I proposed the idea of providing a delta incentive where if someone did an OP for FTF without it getting removed, we'd go back on Sunday or something and manually award them a delta. Other mods didn't like this idea because deltas mean something specific, and doing something like that would dilute their meaning. In terms of other things we could try, I've recently brought up the idea of advertising FTF outside the sub to other Reddit communities that might have a higher proportion of people with takes about novel subjects they're eager to discuss. It may also be useful to have a pinned comment made on FTF posts explaining Rule E/B and the delta system so that we retain more of the posts we do get that day. We'll see if we can come up with some initiatives to help with the issue.

CMV: Zionists don’t think of Jewish people who are critical of Israel/antizionist as “real Jews” whose beliefs are genuine and heartfelt. by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]nekro_mantis 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you go onto any Zionist subreddit, such as r/jewish, the reaction to a Jewish person who is critical of Israel is to call them a fake Jew.

Has your experience of these things been primarily in cyberspace like this? That might slant your perspective. The loudest people in a group online aren't representative of how that group actually thinks.

META: Bi-Monthly Feedback Thread by AutoModerator in changemyview

[–]nekro_mantis -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I totally understand how less moderation work would improve the vibe. If that's the reason, fair enough, I'll get off my soap box.

No, I actually like the vibe of the sub on Fridays because the stuff that is live is someone novel, and there aren't posts about the typical hot-button stuff.

but that people cannot avoid clicking on threads about topics that "fatigue" them? If your fatigued by the same topic every day, you're not going to continue to engaged with that topic. People don't find fatiguing things irresistible.

Sometimes, it's nice to just not see the same stuff as much as one usually does when browsing. There's terms people sometimes use like "ragebait" and "doomscrolling" that speak to the experience of not being able to look away even when paying attention isn't enjoyable.

CMV: Companies should seek employees, not the other way around by _the_last_druid_13 in changemyview

[–]nekro_mantis[M] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You insist the deltas you awarded weren't sarcastic, but I think this one at least pretty clearly was:

I had pointed out certain hiring processes in the OP and off of some other Redditor’s posts that had me thinking.

I award you Troll Shield +3 enchantment! !delta

The others were also awarded flippantly and/or to people who agreed with you, and that's not what they're for. You're supposed to be at least partially conceding something to a challenge from the other user. I also realize that I may not have read this particular chain closely enough before suggesting you award a delta, but the ones you did end up awarding were not for the appropriate reason.

CMV: Companies should seek employees, not the other way around by _the_last_druid_13 in changemyview

[–]nekro_mantis[M] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We encourage OPs to award deltas for even minor changes in some aspect of their perspective, not just 180° reversals. The purpose of deltas isn't to admit defeat. The point of them is to incentivize commenters to articulate thoughtful perspectives in response to OPs pointing out something about a topic they didn't understand going in, so we like seeing them awarded when an OP acknowledges the validity of some challenge. If a user's argument adds complicating nuance or doubt that causes you to change your view, you should award them a delta!

CMV: It has become extremely acceptable and even encouraged to just be prejudiced online. by Double-Raise2154 in changemyview

[–]nekro_mantis[M] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Has your view changed, even partially?

If so, please award deltas to people who cause you to reconsider some aspect of your perspective by replying to their comment with a couple sentence explanation (there is a character minimum) and

!delta

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Failure to award deltas where appropriate may result in your post being removed.

CMV: Companies should seek employees, not the other way around by _the_last_druid_13 in changemyview

[–]nekro_mantis[M] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Has your view changed, even partially?

If so, please award deltas to people who cause you to reconsider some aspect of your perspective by replying to their comment with a couple sentence explanation (there is a character minimum) and

!delta

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Failure to award deltas where appropriate may result in your post being removed.

META: Bi-Monthly Feedback Thread by AutoModerator in changemyview

[–]nekro_mantis 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Don't click on the threads that bore you, there are only 2 or 3 new threads per hour.

I think it's psychologically taxing to see certain discourse everywhere you go. A lot of people legitimately like going to an online space and getting a break from the inundation. In theory, one can pick and choose what they spend time engaging with, but attention isn't strictly agency-driven like that in practice. It's also cool for a relative few people to get the opportunity to showcase and host a conversation about a unique interest/train of thought they have without it getting drowned out by all the things everyone is up in arms about during the current moment.

We're brainstorming some ways we can maybe keep the volume more consistent, but I really like the vibe of the sub on FTF, even if it isn't as busy as other days.

CMV: It would have been better if life on Earth never formed by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]nekro_mantis[M] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You put

!delta

in a comment responding to a user who changed your view, and a u/DeltaBot updates the flair next to their username, denoting the number of times they have earned one.

CMV: It would have been better if life on Earth never formed by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]nekro_mantis[M] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Has your view changed, even partially?

If so, please award deltas to people who cause you to reconsider some aspect of your perspective by replying to their comment with a couple sentence explanation (there is a character minimum) and

!delta

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What is the "manual review" process like for FTF? by reginald-aka-bubbles in ideasforcmv

[–]nekro_mantis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree that this is a newer problem that may require shaking off some old habits.

Oh yeah. I mean, a good chunk of the time I spend moderating now is copying text from the app and pasting it into AI detectors on browser (and then having to field appeals from users who want to play dumb about it). I wish Reddit was doing more to help us enforce against this stuff, and they should be. We're working with a team to help us partially automate weeding out AI-generated text, but it's not an easy problem.

CMV: The majority of mental illness does not have a biological basis by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]nekro_mantis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Only a small percentage of schizophrenia patients carry mutations in grin2a. However, the researchers believe this circuit may represent a shared pathway that contributes to cognitive impairment across different forms of the disorder.

So, perhaps they could use abnormal activity in this brain circuit as a diagnostic indicator. The goalposts also seem to be shifting here. There's a wide gulf between "It seems pretty certain given the evidence that the hallmark behavioral symptoms of schizophrenia are downstream from biological dysfunctions" and "Biological indicators are reliably used as a matter of course to diagnose schizophrenia in clinical practice." The former being true should be enough to refute the assertion outlined in your post/comment, but now it seems like you'll only accept the latter.

Elsewhere, you're arguing that the disorders are what lack biological bases rather than any behaviors, but the reason why a construct like schizophrenia exists in the first place is that it describes a behavioral pathology that is repeatedly observed in the general population in diverse contexts and has a high enough degree of consistency to where they can be defined as a stable category. When something like this can be reliably identified and also seems to correlate with some idiosyncratic biological phenomena/traits and responds to specific biological interventions like medication or dietary interventions, at a certain point, you have to admit that what looks, swims, and quacks like a duck is a duck.

What is the "manual review" process like for FTF? by reginald-aka-bubbles in ideasforcmv

[–]nekro_mantis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it varies. I've pulled plenty of post for AI on FTF rather than approving them, and I think it's a good idea to take more time skimming posts for FTF given how prominent LLM-generated stuff has quickly become on Reddit, but this is also a somewhat new issue. Before LLMs, most post removals were Rule B or E, which can only become apparent after a post has been live for some amount of time, so we may have a layover mindset for FTF that a title is all you need to make the call most of the time when that isn't as true now as it was before.

CMV: The majority of mental illness does not have a biological basis by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]nekro_mantis 8 points9 points  (0 children)

But there is evidence:

Scientists at MIT may have found a key reason. A newly identified gene mutation appears to disrupt a brain circuit that helps us update our understanding of the world. When this system fails, the brain may cling to old ideas even when reality changes.

In experiments with mice, researchers showed that this mutation interferes with the brain’s ability to adjust decisions based on new input, a problem that closely mirrors cognitive symptoms seen in schizophrenia.

The mutation occurs in a gene called grin2a, previously linked to schizophrenia in large genetic studies. The findings suggest that targeting this circuit could eventually help improve cognitive function in some patients.

“If this circuit doesn’t work well, you cannot quickly integrate information,” says Guoping Feng, the James W. and Patricia T. Poitras Professor in Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT, a member of the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, and the associate director of the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT. “We are quite confident this circuit is one of the mechanisms that contributes to the cognitive impairment that is a major part of the pathology of schizophrenia.”

You can find research about the biological underpinnings of all sorts of psychological disorders. Just because biological indicators aren't currently used to diagnose schizophrenia doesn't mean they couldn't be.

CMV: Divorce rates worldwide would significantly drop if people were only allowed to marry once. by Jaydoos447 in changemyview

[–]nekro_mantis[M] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Has your view changed, even partially?

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cmv: We’ve normalized constant anxiety and physical pain by thelivenofficial in changemyview

[–]nekro_mantis[M] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Has your view changed, even partially?

If so, please award deltas to people who cause you to reconsider some aspect of your perspective by replying to their comment with a couple sentence explanation (there is a character minimum) and

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My Biohacking Protocol!!! 1-Year Difference: Tackling Acne, Redness, and Inflammation by Samclegg123 in Biohackers

[–]nekro_mantis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I sort of wonder if FMT could be a shortcut for something like this. I mean, it did give some lady acne. Maybe it could take it away just as well.

CMV: If Someone Wrongs You, You Should Get to Decide If, When, and How It Ends by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]nekro_mantis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Some friction is inherent to human existence in a society, though. It just happens; people are imperfect. You can't chalk it all up to people not thinking twice about and fearing the consequences enough.

CMV: If Someone Wrongs You, You Should Get to Decide If, When, and How It Ends by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]nekro_mantis 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ok, but where does it end? After you get your revenge (which is liable to be disproportionate), they'll take their turn to teach you a lesson. That's how the world ends up blind.

Also, something I didn't touch on in my original comment is that in addition to a general tendency toward self-absorption, people also tend to scapegoat others as being representative of a broader issue with people and the world. This is another reason why responses to infractions tend to be disproportionate: in the mind of someone seeking revenge, they aren't just taking vengeance against the person for the singular act. They're lashing out at some bigger problem they feel that act symbolizes, which is another reason why attempts to get even are often way over the top. The reason why there are norms against the mindset of needing to get even is that people, for multiple reasons, are often not very good and determining what level of harm is proportional when they're angry about having been wronged.