StringJunky

If only one impulse can travel at a time, that would make our experience a series with discrete elements. An impulse can be generated 5-50 times a second. We do have latency gaps in our senses, so it's not smooth and continuous, like analogue. I'm only putting this here hypothetically, but that doesn't suggest quantum fuzziness in the emergence of sensations. I'm not saying quantum uncertainty doesn't exist in biological systems, of course it does, but is it necessary to explain experiential sensations? Might it not be going 'too deep', so to speak? Analogously, we don't need to know the fundamental physical properties of our cutlery in order to eat with them. "How I hate those little slices of death we call sleep" - Voltaire

Do we need quantum information, which, I think, is more fundamental than the electrochemical potential between atoms and molecules?

Narcissist par excellence.

The people that are alive today, will die, and a new generation will be born, ignorant of the issues. AI commences unimpeded. It's back to the "new-fangled weavers" and Luddites. Once you know something, you can't unknow it.

Lie Algebra was ajb's area of interest, wasn't it?

A substance is not acid or alkaline until the ions they contain dissociate. The OH-/H+ ions need to be free to move around and interact to express it. If they are tied up in a crystal lattice, they can't do much.

'Behaviour' looks French, so the 'u'.

We already have a natural model via the dreaming process. We can synthesize experiences as a lived experience within them.

Because you consume foods in a solution... that's what matters.

No neuroplasticity equivalent for learning then. You are thinking in hard-machine terms, when it's a software that's executing. If we can have experiences in our brains, which is just data, why would it be impossible to replicate via software? Why can't those software-based characters interact and share experiences, increasing their respective knowledgebases?

That's it, it is escalator! Been a while since I've been on one. Mixing with Americans is messing with my language.

The devil is in the details... using broad brushes hides them.

An elevator is the moving stairs here.

People can't be bothered correcting spellcheck would be the main one, I think. I do it myself if it's on. Not so much on here because people generally make the effort.

Especially if it's American. The 'correct' English is the one people use... it's always in flux. I've noticed American often uses archaic spellings from a UK perspective.

62.7659874% of statistics are made up.

Lots of people... Janine Rowling (H. Potter) for one well-known one. All the feminists that are complaining that all their hard work is being 'usurped' by 'men'.

Because he's concerned about the effect on elite women's sport... a valid concern. How much it matters, is what is being discussed. You can't just say MYOB.

I agree. Fact: trans-people exist. We need to accommodate them because they are not happy. Lots and lots of trials and participant feedback is the way forward, I think. We can theorize all we like, but only by trying things will we find out the real obstacles that need addressing and, hopefully, solutions.

The solution will be empirically-discovered as ideas are tried out over time.

If you search 'h pylori stool test kit' there's quite a few. They detect pylori antigens. Superdrug and boots do them.You could also go to a chemist and see if they provide that specific testing service. I would try the latter first as you will have on-hand advice. Also, if you have significant belly fat, that can contribute significantly, I find. The mass of fat there constantly presses on the stomach and when the top sphincter opens to release air, the sudden added pressure causes it to squirt acid out.

That's only correct if the acid reflux is periodic. Chronic acid reflux is not periodic.

I'll take the risk if its H.Pylori. would you rather have a statistical risk of cancer or have a tangible risk of ulcers, and potentially stomach cancer, oesophageal cancer, throat cancer, bad teeth, smelly breath, using antacids by the ton... and generally feeling unwell? This is what weighing up risk vs benefit looks like. The mechanism is there and understood.

Virtually no treatment is harmless.

If it's not worth saying, don't say it just to fill forum space and up your post count.