Peterkin

I take it you have been fortunate enough never to need either. Congratulations.

Yes, and in a liberal, accessible clinical environment, they all learn from one another. So the landscape of psychotherapies keeps changing, just as the social landscape in which the problems appear keeps changing.

I wouldn't characterize psychometrics as the staple of psychology; I would rather call it a branch. Psychology was not born as a science; it's more a convergence of medicine (as medicine grew and became more sophisticated and compartmentalized in the 20th century) and ministry (spiritual guidance, usually provided to a community by its shaman or religious guardian). People have always suffered from disturbances of the mind, but these were not always considered medical conditions. They are insubstantial - no boil to lance, no rotten tooth to yank; no fever, shooting pains or vomiting; no spots or rashes or lumps to examine. They manifest in ordinary behaviours in what is considered inappropriate situations - except what is considered appropriate and inappropriate varies by culture and situation. It manifests in moods and feelings that are normal in some situations, in some degree and duration, but are considered abnormal in excess - except that the assessment of excess is also cultural and situational. It manifests in distress felt only by the patient, but judged by other people, who cannot see, touch or feel it themselves. Consider the range of intelligence, sensitivity, temperament and resilience of human beings. Project that onto a big white wall. Superimpose the range of normal emotions, reactions and ideation of which beings are capable. Superimpose the range of philosophies and attitudes of societies to what is considered 'normal'. Superimpose the range of parenting style, influences, expectations and circumstances of childhood. Superimpose the list off the 'aberrant' behaviours people display. Superimpose the symptoms of exposure to chemicals in food, the environment, therapeutic and recreational substances. In front of that great big busy wall, put one young man who says: "Help me. I'm afraid to go to sleep." Where do you start? Trying to address that kind of dis-ease, to classify, codify, diagnose, trace to its cause and alleviate it is never going to be a slide-rule kind of problem.

In order to catch that moment of change, the subject would have to literally live in the laboratory with electrodes on his scalp (unless he's a rhesus monkey, in which case the electrodes would be shoved inside his skull) so not that many volunteers available. Yes, MRI is being tried, though not strictly within the purview of psychology. Work is also being done on the chemical front. So, far, no single definitive diagnostic tool, and unfortunately, no cure in sight. But they haven't given up. The reason psychology continues a soft science is that its subject matter is so elusive. ADHD is particularly elusive : it presents in almost as many guises as there are patients and frequently co-exists with other, more readily-identifiable conditions, such as substance dependency, which may, in fact, be due to the pre-existing disorder it masks. Jaundice is easy to define and pin down; ADD is complicated. And this - a situation I have encountered personally. https://ct.counseling.org/2011/08/the-challenge-of-diagnosing-adhd/

It's dealing with humans - how hard should it be? It's difficult to replicate experimental results when you're not allowed to drop subjects off high buildings, freeze and thaw and dissect them. And juvenile humans - they're more unpredictable than weather! ADHD is not really a lot fun to live with, either for the patient or for the family. You can't study; you can't sit through a movie; you can't read a book or listen to symphony. You make people nervous with the fidgeting and jumping up every few minutes and you make them angry, interrupting and getting distracted while they're talking to you; they don't like to be around you. It's hard to play games, make friends or go on a date. And you scare yourself, wondering all the time if you'll suddenly do something impulsive and dangerous, cause an accident, hurt somebody. You're not in full control - and that's an awful feeling. A good deal of work has been done on ADHD, so that the management of symptoms is improving. https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/adhd/facts.html

It also had no power uphill and was reluctant to start on rainy mornings when we were late work... I wonder why it was so damn popular that they made a knock-off for the new millennium. Our much later GM pickup, now, that beast had heat to spare! But they're on it! https://gmauthority.com/blog/gm/general-motors-technology/general-motors-propulsion-technology/general-motors-active-thermal-management-technology/

You can maybe try this at home: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Schematic-of-an-ORC-for-engine-exhaust-heat-recovery_fig1_307616733

When does this happen? Why does this happen? Trace the heating of the engine back to the cause and you will see the answer to you question.

I don't know about games, but this is a pretty cool learning aid https://www.edumedia-sciences.com/en/media/696-human-body Not so sure about this one https://www.edumedia-sciences.com/en/media/696-human-body looks scary

This is a proven web site https://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/guide/vitamins-and-minerals-good-food-sources so is this one USDA An official website of the United States government. Yes, several. Unlikely. another informative site Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020-2025 and Online Materials

You don't know approval agencies! Neither do I know what would be involved in this particular procedure. Well, let's hope you're right anyway.

Yes, where it doesn't obstruct navigation, whale migration, salmon spawning, etc., yes. Once the initial cost and deployment problems are overcome, it's certainly one good source of energy for the coastal cities and towns. The Bay of Fundy could serve one good-sized city, maybe two, and a dozen small towns. The Atlantic is potentially and even (easier, anyway) better source. It doesn't travel well to inland settlements. Canada has a large land-mass between oceans, great big open prairies, and a good deal of wind and hydro energy - that I don't think is properly distributed.

Environmental concerns should always be at the forefront, of course, but I don't see any reason why tidal generators can't be made safe. The avoidance method is probably more expensive, and obviously more complicated, than simply building a fence to keep sea-creatures out of harm's way. It depends on how the turbines are located with respect to the shore, and whether fishing is an issue, etc. Whatever safeguards are implemented, they will add to the initial cost and maintenance costs. That makes private investors wary, especially as the returns have not been that great, so far. New technology - growing pains. A good, accessible overview, designed for students. The one in the Netherlands seems to be working satisfactorily. It's the biggest, I think, to date.

Yes, I see what you mean. It sounds as if this could be a simpler and faster and potentially less painful procedure than those available previously. I imagine you would need four very precise cuts, which is still a lot of surgical exposure - pelvis is a whole lot harder to get at than leg bones. Again, I would have to caution for a balance between body-identity and vanity. Another aspect I would be concerned about - though I know it's not everyone's concern - is the amount and kind of experimentation that would be done on animals, probably, in this case, dogs.

Worth every penny!

Only if he's uninterested in the number of people it can eliminate. B-2 bombers: potentially unlimited civilian-kill; LHC - zero. What good is it?

I wish you success in your endeavour.

So what you're trying to accomplish by consciously accessing your own dreams is to find out what-all you already know, but forgot that you knew? Okay. I guess that's no different form the therapeutic use of hypnosis. Whatever we don't know about the universe will have to wait on the universe to reveal.

Again I ask: into what? Not the actual universe; more than the human mind.... What does the metaphor represent? Where is this vastness you want to look into? What is it you want to explore?

I don't believe anything human can be infinite. I think we have limits, both individually and speficially, just as bees and rhesus monkeys have theirs. We don't know where those limits are, exactly, as regards outward reach, but we've had intimations in the last century or so, that we may be within touching distance of the wall. I'm at peace with that; would never have expected anything else, but a lot of people will never accept it. That's okay, too; it never hurts to try to extends one's capabilities... well, sometimes it does hurt, but that's a different discussion. What I have a problem here is: What does that mean in practical terms? Insight into what, exactly? Which part or aspect of the universe? I mean, it's big, and mostly alien, so how is a dream - composed of remixed images from a single life experience, in one oblivious human's head going to interact with the universe? I guess I just don't get the application, even before questioning the methodology.

Well, all right. Then I'm limited and selfish, because I'm not volunteering to turn my psyche inside-out for a potential understanding of the universe. I don't see how that's going to be accomplished through dream content, but I'll be interested to learn the results. Meanwhile, if the aliens make contact, I'm happy to mash some potatoes.

Yes, please!! If it's not too personal a question, can you make it more wind-resistant?

You can heat those things. You can get a pressure-canner , or just a big pot on the stove, with a rack inside and some boiling water - either for immersion of items just before use, or steam sterilizing. Or keep a UV light on your kitchen counter. Or use disposables from sealed, sterile packaging. Germaphobes have options regarding their utensils. But your skin and mucus membranes will still harbour some alien life - you would die without them.

Sure they can harbour bacteria. Bacteria are literally everywhere. Wash the pots and keep on cooking. The heat will kill most of them anyway.

I'm not sure I accept that - at least, not without caveats and modifiers. I think that conscious thought is a conversion of processes carried out by networks in different parts of the brain. Some of those may be entirely unconscious, like primordial impulses; some habitual, cultural attitudes of which are only dimly aware; instincts that lie just below the threshold of consciousness; emotions we feel rather than understand; reflex reactions we are aware of but can't control, as well as learned methods of investigation and cogitation... In that sense, much of what happens in sub-conscious. But I wouldn't equate that with "the unconscious", which is the custodian of that museum archive of the memory where we store all that uncatalogued material we have not processed because we didn't have a suitable place to hang it; projects begun at various times and left unfinished; knowledge we have not been able to assimilate, because it's too complex or we lack the right tools, or have insufficient information; associations that in conflict with preciously held convictions; beliefs and doubts that have yet to be analyzed; experience or ideation that we have hidden deep in below consciousness, because it was emotionally overwhelming. It seems to me, we have a lot of stuff in basements that should not be shovelled up willy-nilly, but uncovered carefully, one square meter at a time, like a well-run archeological dig. I think that's what dreaming is for: to locate the appropriate next square for excavation.