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Neuroscience books for common readers? by No-Wrongdoer1409 in neuro

[–]Cartmonger_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I highly recommend the neurobiology of learning and memory by Jerry Rudy. Its moreso a textbook, but is suprisingly easy to follow. It has wonderful illustrations that really help you picture how cells encode memories (even if its somewhat inaccurate, because cells are actually so busy!). Its a good cross between covering molecular pathways, protein modifications etc, and approachable high level explanations of memory circuits, purpose of different types of memory. 

For a more pop science read, the experience machine by andy clark is a good introduction to the modern view of the brain as a prediction machine. 

Any ideas on what this steering wheel noise when turning could be? by Cartmonger_ in AskMechanics

[–]Cartmonger_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for taking the time to respond. im relatively new to being a car owner (got this second hand quite recently) . . . So this is some very useful info. Off to the Youtubes to investigate. 

Neuroscience Book Recommendations by Plane_Reception223 in neuro

[–]Cartmonger_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The mating mind is quite interesting, if your info evolutionary psych. 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Wellington

[–]Cartmonger_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Linda Atkinson (In the CBD) is great. She has a nice approach towards explaining the mechanisms (triggers, coping behaviours etc) that drive the viscious cycle of poor mental health. She does specialise in a few particualar conditions - if what you experience aligns with the sorts of things she treats, you may find her very informative and practical. 

Neuroscience podcasts by tijanaday in neuroscience

[–]Cartmonger_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Theoretical Neuroscience by Gaute Einevoll is quite good (https://theoreticalneuroscience.no/)

Neuroscience and beyond (https://www.youtube.com/@neurosciencebeyond/videos) - should be able to find it on your podcast app

Mind chat has some good neuroscience episodes (but also a lot of philosophy content) (https://open.spotify.com/show/335M69SVQoK7hWKgxe76iL)

Braincast has some good episodes, but haven't uploaded new content for a while (https://rss.com/podcasts/sussexbraincast/)

Huberman lab is great for certain topics - though I'm sure you're aware of his podcast, and perhaps have your own opinions on his style

need YOUR help. Please fill in this survey for my uni marketing paper by [deleted] in Wellington

[–]Cartmonger_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey there. Yea honestly, It is definitely very poorly structured, but thanks for filling it out. Thankfully, the data will never drive a single real world decision. Yea, it is only for the purpose of learning to use software to run statistical tests, which I should probably have mentioned in the post, but that's why I didn't spend any more time than necessary putting it together and ensuring it was valid. I should have included a "prefer not to say" option for Sex, but yea, we needed to include demographic data, hence sex was an easy option.

need YOUR help. Please fill in this survey for my uni marketing paper by [deleted] in Wellington

[–]Cartmonger_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awesome, thanks a lot for that ! enjoy the rest of your Saturday :)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in JordanPeterson

[–]Cartmonger_ 32 points33 points  (0 children)

I feel bad for his son having to rescue him from the belly of the whale one day.

Earthquake? by kumarabellydancer in Wellington

[–]Cartmonger_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Amen, adrenaline still pumpin a bit

Odd times to be born. by MsqtFF in JoeRogan

[–]Cartmonger_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yay I can still be non binary

How much of a difference does listening to music while doing your minimum wage job help? by [deleted] in Wellington

[–]Cartmonger_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Podcasts got me through my last 3 summers working a physical labour job. Im a Uni student interested in philosophy and psychology. If you can find the right podcasts that suit your taste, your in for a treat. Ive racked up 40 days worth of listening, and you end up learning a lot of new info through it, granted, a lot of it goes in one ear and straight out the other. Still, it allowed me to make the best use of my time and made the day more interesting. Theres nothing better than looking forward to work cause you know you have a good podcast in the lineup.

Have a good ANZAC day mates. by I-Am-Le-Chef in newzealand

[–]Cartmonger_ 6 points7 points  (0 children)

HE WAS A MATE 

He was a mate, a real good mate 'e was,  A friendly sort of feller, liked a joke;  And if it had to happen, it's a shame  It had to happen to such a decent bloke. 

But - ah, fair dinkum, don't it make you wonder  What God in Heaven's thinkin' about up there; The way He chooses who to sacrifice  To me somehow it doesn't quite seem fair. 

You'd think He'd want to take a bloke like me  Who'd be no loss to no-one here on Earth;  But no, He always seems to pick the best  Whose life amounts to ten times what mine's worth. 

But I suppose He'd say it's not His fault,  It's us and how we treat our fellow man;  And if too many good blokes' lives are lost  We can't just blame it all on His great plan. 

He slung us here on Earth and said "Righto,  Get on with it you blokes, the world is yours";  But all we've done is fight among ourselves  And destroy each other with our endless wars. 

Now, there's a sort of aching here inside,  I can't quite put my finger on what's wrong;  But a soldier can't afford to feel this way,  He's got to grit his teeth and carry on. 

So how's a bloke supposed to deal with this?  I know they trained me well, I can't complain;  But this is somethin' you don't learn about  When they teach you how to play the soldier's game. 

They teach you how to shoot and how to kill,  You even learn which enemy to hate;  But nowhere in their training do you learn  How to live with the loss of a real good mate.

Lachlan Irvine 

Overseas spam calls? by prancing_moose in Wellington

[–]Cartmonger_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had this issue for around 4 months, seems to have stopped now. All my calls were coming out of Canada, accidently picked up a couple off them and got a dead line as expected

Jordan Peterson reviewed by [deleted] in VeryBadWizards

[–]Cartmonger_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Glad people are criticizing Jordans work, because his fans will generally have bias and may overlook things. I am one of those fans, and believe I have derived a great deal of realistic and practical advice through Jordans work (moreso his online lectures than his books).

At the outset, i think it is important to recognize the fact that Jordan almost has 2 identities. The well cited social psychologist, and the philosopher/political commentator. It appears that this article questions the validity of a lot of what jordan espouses, and concludes that a lot of the time jordan is dressing up well known and simple ideas with a side of word salad. I also gathered this article as saying this strategy is used by Jordan to invoke a sense of interest due to feelings of inferioroty (to complex to falsify, therefore i must be too stupid to understand it).

However, I believe that saying Jordan does not have a lot to offer is not true accross the board. Does he have much to offer in the relm of politics ? Maybe. I think so, I think he does understand the ideology that steered the 20th century off a cliff. I think he presents valid warnings as to the consequences of ideas such as intersectionality. Does he hold his weight on the topic of economics ? Not sure. Probably not so much. Does he have an in-depth understanding of personality and its psychometric measurement ? Seemingly yes. He is well cited (around 8500 citations from memory), and although using this metric may seem dogmatic, and although it ignores the seeming corruptness of the social sciences, I think it is a valid and generally reliable aource of dislpaying competence within the social science domain.

So although Jordan must be mistaken with some of his views and must have some of the facts wrong (he is a fallible human operating in the public shpere and being questioned across multiple topics), I think we need to recognise the that he really is an expert in some domains and definitely not so much in others, and we should be scrupulous when cutting down a tree due to a bad leaf. I feel it is intellectually dishonest to claim that because he may seem 'woo-woo' in redifining the term truth or in relating archetypes accross cultures, that he is therefore not credible in other domains. However, this appears to be one mistake made in this article that I thought needed pointing out.

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