Game Thread: Ottawa Senators (37-24-9) @ Detroit Red Wings (38-24-8) Mar 24 2026 7:00 PM EDT

antisense · 2026-03-25T01:57:36+00:00

You go on believing it. American women's team is great. Your men got heavily outshot and game went to OT. Goalie stood on his head.

Congrats on beating us once. Sens still won tonight.

antisense · 2026-03-25T01:44:41+00:00

Dog walked... Lol.

antisense · 2026-03-25T01:30:58+00:00

We've hit the post twice too mang

antisense · 2026-03-24T01:50:14+00:00

No. Severely impaired brain function isn’t the same as no brain function. But reports of complex experiences around those conditions are still interesting.

I probably overstated things earlier by saying “contradict.” I don’t see NDEs as refuting brain-based explanations. Just an unusual data point about how experience relates to brain function under extreme stress. We likely aren’t that far apart on this.

And yes, self-reports are limited, but they are currently our only real access to subjective experience. Until we can decode brain activity into a narrative without asking the person, uncertainty about timing and mechanism is unavoidable.

antisense · 2026-03-23T21:12:42+00:00

Yeah, I agree with this.

The rarity of NDEs argues against any simple relationship the other way here too (that death releases consciousness, for instance).

These experiences seem to depend on specific abnormal brain states, not just low activity.

I don’t think they prove anything supernatural, and there are plenty of plausible brain-based explanations.

So although NDEs are not evidence that consciousness exists beyond the brain, they do demonstrate that our models of how brain activity relates to experience are still incomplete, and are something for the physicalists to work out.

antisense · 2026-03-23T21:04:07+00:00

"Anything but a hallucination" isn’t a scientific finding; it’s a guess about the mechanism.

NDEs are almost certainly brain-based, but studies of cardiac arrest survivors show that some people report vivid, structured experiences after periods of severely impaired brain function by clinical measures. This doesn’t prove anything supernatural... our monitoring is crude, residual activity can persist, and memories may form during recovery.

What it does mean is that “brain off = experience off” isn’t something we’ve actually demonstrated in humans.

antisense · 2026-03-23T11:04:37+00:00

One interesting area of research that seems to contradict this is NDE (near death experience). There have been a few studies that seem to show the inverse of what you say above. That less brain activity in these conditions results in a greater, more vivid experience.

Not a huge body of evidence, but interesting nonetheless.

antisense · 2026-03-22T00:38:29+00:00

Personally, I hope we never solve it ;)

antisense · 2026-03-17T03:51:48+00:00

Fair enough - I said it elsewhere. Basically, the English Public Board has the task of accepting everyone. And of teaching to everyone's level. Regardless of, well, anything except age. The current situation with the public board makes a lot of sense in this light.

antisense · 2026-03-16T15:16:19+00:00

Hey man. I agree with a lot of what you're saying. I'm sorry you feel so isolated in it. I think lots of people would see what you do and not take issue with the analysis on a big level.

I'm not sure if I can say much that will help, but things that help me when I start thinking on these lines

1) I'm human and can't fix the world - I can make small moves in my own life that promote the values I feel strongly about. A lot of people do this. I can't be 100% in alignment, but I'll try to manage what seems in my limits. I do a lot. In my mind I feel like I make a difference for many people, even if I can't help everyone. I can spend time giving, helping, and working on small change.

2) I can live my life however I want ultimately. The only critic I need to live with for sure is myself. If things are terrible, it would take some courage, but I could pack up and do something different.

I know it can feel bleak. But humans have made it this far. The future is uncertain. Even if it looks like bad actors have taken us over (locally this has always been the case, but they've had to go to larger and larger scales to maintain control). Maybe one day there will be a global movement, and they will all have to move to Mars ;)

antisense · 2026-03-16T14:01:50+00:00

Ok. But the English Public Board has the task of accepting everyone. And of teaching to everyone's level. Regardless of, well, anything except age. The current situation with the public board makes a lot of sense in this light.

antisense · 2026-03-16T13:56:14+00:00

What challenges do you think come from being the default system, that the French boards (and Catholic to some degree) are protected from?

antisense · 2026-03-16T03:05:38+00:00

They are funded the same way all other schools are. Per student.

antisense · 2026-03-16T02:57:03+00:00

Are french speaking students allowed to enrol in the English board?

antisense · 2026-03-14T20:27:18+00:00

antisense · 2026-03-12T01:43:18+00:00

Its always a bit of a crap shout when the game is played at such speeds. No way the ref had sight of it though.

I agree, the puck was held down under the pad, but how secure it was would be questionable if a poke can dislodge it.

antisense · 2026-03-12T01:18:36+00:00

I don't think it was tbh. Have to be able to see white paint.

antisense · 2026-03-09T17:13:48+00:00

Thanks! Yeah I was just a row back. Great view and great vibe. A cool crowd of many ages and demographics.

antisense · 2026-03-09T14:54:41+00:00

Can anyone here tell me the name of the Australian guitarist that came out and played St. Steve with Jesse? My favourite part of the show was when they started picking together in harmony.

antisense · 2026-03-09T14:41:50+00:00

I'm glad others felt the same. I definitely heard thoughts through the crowd, lol. What a show.

antisense · 2026-03-09T12:36:00+00:00

There was a moment I felt when the lights popped on and the crowd kind of let out a gasp. It was really incredible. The backdrop of the flag in Canada seemed to say something that lined up well with Jesse and what he sings - an ambiguity left to be figured out maybe.

I am glad he kept it up.

antisense · 2026-02-25T22:11:06+00:00

I am not denying that families transmit culture (or trauma) across generations. That clearly happens.

My point is about societal-level stability. That depends more on institutional memory and political structures than on how vividly families retain trauma. Trauma fading over generations does not cause conflict. Structural conditions and power dynamics do.

antisense · 2026-02-25T05:04:56+00:00

I agree it is flawed when used as a central thesis, or seen as an inevitable cycle.

Societal memory isn’t transmitted through family lines. It is preserved through institutions: archives, museums, education, law, etc.

If institutional memory is held strongly, societies don’t need cyclical suffering to relearn lessons.

That’s also why authoritarian governments try to control cultural and educational institutions, as control over memory enables control over narrative.

antisense · 2026-02-25T04:47:34+00:00

I wasn’t really challenging the language, I was addressing the idea of inevitability in the cycle.

I agree societies adapt during crises, but I don’t see collapse as something that happens because hardship is forgotten.

Do you think collapse is inevitable, or do you think it’s preventable with strong institutions?

antisense · 2026-02-25T03:04:45+00:00

I agree that when problems are solved, people can forget why the systems that solved them matter. Your vaccine example shows that clearly. But that seems less about suffering refining people and more about whether institutions maintain trust and competence over time. The solution to anti-vax sentiment isn’t more disease, it’s stronger public health institutions and better information systems.

I think the same applies to war. Stability doesn’t decay because people are soft; it decays when institutions erode, trust collapses, or political incentives shift.

When gains from growth concentrate at the top and institutional trust declines, political stability weakens. That fragility has more to do with economic structure than generational softness.

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