"But Sylvia's Predictions Were Correct!"

So severe brain damage and memory loss counts as no side effects? Put me down for two please.
 
Again I'll point out that Sylvia is always "thinking" things. She "thinks" J-Lo wants a baby... she "thinks" this and "thinks" that yet she never comes right out and makes a confident prediction that she positively "knows" will take place (from Francine's tips, etc..) and exactly when this is going to occur, etc, etc...
 
All my newsletter says is Sylvia made her addiction prediction in 2000; it doesn't specify a time frame. If the research about the insula is older than that, then it cannot be a "hit" for Sylvia. If it was unknown then maybe it is a "hit" for her. All I've been able to find about the insula is all articles from 2007, so I don't know if this was discussed prior to that and Sylvia had clues about this, or not.
 
Minarvia said:
Soooo...is Sylvia actually right in this instance? Do any of you educated sorts out there know about this, or is Sylvia's camp putting a positive spin on what is not really a true validation of Sylvia's "abilities?"
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I've written a bit before on how to score "hits" when attempting to validate psychic abilities here. If anyone is accepting that bit of research as a "hit", it looks to me like any research associating any addiction with a specific area of the brain, or any treatment for any addiction, during the 10 years after the prediction was made, will count as a "hit" for the statement "addictions will be a thing of the past because of a brain stimulation which eradicated all addictions, with no side effects." Since it has already been established that the brain is involved with addiction, and the area of addiction research is active, with hundreds of studies published every year, there will probably be hundreds of ways/opportunities in which Sylvia's prediction could be considered a hit. For example, a drug that "stimulated" a particular receptor and was effective in modifying cocaine dependence would be counted as a "hit". This makes that particular hit only worth about 0.01 points.

Linda
 
I can't wait to see if her prediction that we'll discover another amino acid comes true!

Or did she mean a new protease inhibitor that consists of one amino acid???
 
Minarvia said:
"Addictions will be a thing of the past because of a brain stimulation which eradicated all addictions, with no side effects."
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What exactly is predicted:

1) Addictions will be a thing of the past
2) because of a brain stimulation which eradicated all addictions
3) with no side effects

Does this study fulfill the prediction?

1) Miss
2) Miss
3) Miss
 
Slimething said:
So, all a smoker needs to do to quit is suffer brain damage? So easy, why didn't I think of that? Why not just get a lobotomy? And all this with no side effects!

I'd rather take up smoking, thanks.
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it gives us a clue on how do develop treatment for addictions, perhaps develop prescription drugs to wipe out addiction.
 
nails3jesus0 said:
it gives us a clue on how do develop treatment for addictions, perhaps develop prescription drugs to wipe out addiction.
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I disagree. Whereas a physiological catastrophe can point to a specific region of the body involved with a certain effect, that observation reveals nothing about the biochemistry involved in the process. For example, there's the famous incident where a railworker had a steel spike shot right through his brain which resulted in a sudden and dramatic change in personality. Confirmation of brain involvement in personality, yes; therapeutic insights, none.

Also, I looked up Dr. Volkow and I could find nothing in her publications or reports that resembled anything like the event in the newsletter, not that I would ever insinuate that sylvia browne would lie to her followers. :D
 
Slimething said:
I disagree. Whereas a physiological catastrophe can point to a specific region of the body involved with a certain effect, that observation reveals nothing about the biochemistry involved in the process. For example, there's the famous incident where a railworker had a steel spike shot right through his brain which resulted in a sudden and dramatic change in personality. Confirmation of brain involvement in personality, yes; therapeutic insights, none.

Also, I looked up Dr. Volkow and I could find nothing in her publications or reports that resembled anything like the event in the newsletter, not that I would ever insinuate that sylvia browne would lie to her followers. :D
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I read something about the event on cnn. it did happen.

youre crazy to say that fidning functions of parts of the brain has nothing to do with how drugs are developed to help psychological and neurological problems. for instance parts of the brain not functioning properly can be connected with what chemistry that part of the brain regulates and therefore what needs to be replaced to develop normal functioning(like in cases of depression and add, seritonin and norepinephrin).
 
Lisa Simpson said:
I put the little clip of Sylvia saying a woman shouldn't be President because of PMS up on youtube and of the six comments, two are positive.

"I love sylvia"

"Sylv's The best.. I love her"

It's not quite as bad as I thought it would be.
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Bush doesn't get PMS then?

So...what's his excuse?:boxedin:
 
nails3jesus0 said:
I read something about the event on cnn. it did happen.
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I could be wrong. The event is not on Volkow's webpage so she apparently wasn't as impressed as the wire services and I must agree with her.

youre crazy
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If only I had a nickel for every time...never mind

to say that fidning functions of parts of the brain has nothing to do with how drugs are developed to help psychological and neurological problems. for instance parts of the brain not functioning properly can be connected with what chemistry that part of the brain regulates and therefore what needs to be replaced to develop normal functioning(like in cases of depression and add, seritonin and norepinephrin).
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I don't believe that what you're seeing is the result of a distinct biochemistry in any part of the brain. There are nodules in the brain that secrete different neurotransmitters but they're usually not located all in the same place. If you read the article carefully, you'll see that the writer makes contradicting claims in (1) finding the locus of nicotine addition and (2) saying that the smoker "forgot" the addiction, implying that it was more a serious mechanistic disruption than a biochemical deficit.

When you refer to the use of psychotropics, you must be aware that they were developed to mimic deficient neurotransmitters, block the receptors of excess neurotransmitters or prevent the resorption of an insufficient neurotransmitter. Bullets through brains, ischemic attacks and accidents with sharp things had nothing to do with these advances. If you know of a case that proves me wrong, I'd love you to post it.
 
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