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I’ve recently been working with an Emotiv EEG headset (for mind control scalextrics!) and have been experimenting with what thoughts are easiest to use to control the cars. I’ve tried thinking of lemons, focusing on a dot, using meditation techniques, counting backwards, imagining pushing the cars physically (motor cortex) but after reading the info you posted I also tried disgust and horror! Which actually worked quite well! I imagined cutting/slicing my hand, or bins with maggots! Thanks for the link!Definitely.
It's interesting to observe in antivaxxers the lack of aversion to the ones potentially infected, as predicted in this paper.
Damage to the ventromedial prefrontal cortex reduces interpersonal disgust - PMC
Disgust for contaminating objects (core disgust), immoral behaviors (moral disgust) and unsavory others (interpersonal disgust), have been assumed to be closely related. It is not clear, however, whether different forms of disgust are mediated by ...www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The same defect that stops brains from false tagging lies, stops brains from tagging other people with social disgust. Hence opposition to vaccine passports, because those are percieved as unfair by the tag-blind.
This isn't simple stupidity. It's a specific disability.
It's tailor made to drive pandemics. A real behavioural hazard today.
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Yeah, sorry, actually a bit off topic- I guess I’m a bit excited about this project as it’s the first job from a festival I’m earning since covid!Uhhh, ok
It's just so Stephen King, moving a racecar by gruesome imagery in the head.
But it does prove the electrical basis of the emotion so well.
This external racecar could be used as a training tool to help brains strengthen output in specific areas.
But it does prove the electrical basis of the emotion so well.
This external racecar could be used as a training tool to help brains strengthen output in specific areas.
True!
The first few times I used the device I had no real idea what I was supposed to be thinking or how.
Over time, because of the immediate feedback loops, you do get better at controlling it by learning how to think through the different types of thought processes needed to control something.
I’m pretty sure that when not used for frivolous slot car racing
it is actually used to help some people get through trauma - by helping to guide that your breathing / state of mind exercises are working.Maybe it could be used to exercise the brain to help people recognise when they have achieved a type of thinking or fallen into a type of thinking eg: disgust as per that article.
It would be tricky to perform some physical action, I dunno, something like throwing a ball at a target in pitch darkness with no feedback, that’s maybe similar to the issue with the brain - but with feedback it allows you to learn to control it.
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Physical Training Suggestions to Survive Covid
Need to work, be dead easy, and need nothing special, doable in 5 minutes or less.
Ideally, should work in general life too and confer good benefit for minimal to zero effort. This is not Iron Shirt Ninja Training over flaming lava.
1)IMST - 4 minutes per day, seated while watching TV, 30 breaths total effort
2) NO dumps - 4 minutes per session, 2-3 sessions daily.
Ok so how do we do these?
IMST is a simple method of strengthening breathing muscles.
You pop a little plastic device in your mouth and breath in through it. Pop it out and breathe out. Or- exhale through your nose.
That's it, for 30 breaths/day.
Why?
Where to get that "plastic device" ?
Buy one after these reviews, or make one.
I make and give away these to train heart failure/lung failure patients.
But they will work in healthy people too. Do you need to "consult your doctor" for this? Probably not, but go ahead if you want.
Being able to breathe better is a cruical ability if you get sick. The secondary effects on lung vessels are potentially life saving. You can get some of these benefits by just
Nitric Oxide Dumps were popularized by Dr Zach Bush, a US cardiologist.
It involves some rapid movements, and gets you out of breath. Check out the link, see if you might be interested. If you have injuries or ligament problems etc, maybe skip this. As with any exercise program, even one as mild as this, use caution and check with your doctor if appropriate.
The NO dumps biochemically increases enzyme systems that make vasodilating substances in our arteries, so that has a host of benefits.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
One of them is improved renal function, and improved blood delivery to the pelvis.
Need to work, be dead easy, and need nothing special, doable in 5 minutes or less.
Ideally, should work in general life too and confer good benefit for minimal to zero effort.
This is not Iron Shirt Ninja Training over flaming lava.1)IMST - 4 minutes per day, seated while watching TV, 30 breaths total effort
2) NO dumps - 4 minutes per session, 2-3 sessions daily.
Ok so how do we do these?
IMST is a simple method of strengthening breathing muscles.
You pop a little plastic device in your mouth and breath in through it. Pop it out and breathe out. Or- exhale through your nose.
That's it, for 30 breaths/day.
Why?
NO DRUGS, but effects are comparable or better than taking a statin and a calcium channel blocker for high blood pressure.. Takes 6 weeks to get effects seen. Continue the practise to sustain the trained benefit.
Where to get that "plastic device" ?
Buy one after these reviews, or make one.
Get a short bit of PVC plumbing pipe, say 3/4 inch or 1/2 inch size diameter by around 3-4 inches.
Stick some tape over half the opening.
Breathe through the other side.
You can use a collar with another bit of tape over half the opening to make it a variable sized opening.
Make the opening smaller to increase the difficulty over time by spinning the collar.
Alternatively, take a plastic water/soda bottle, small size.
Poke a hole or two in the base or the side with a hot icepick.
Breathe through the regular opening on the other side.
Experiment till the hole is the right size for you. If it gets too big, just use a bit of tape, cover up some.
Stick some tape over half the opening.
Breathe through the other side.
Make the opening smaller to increase the difficulty over time by spinning the collar.
Alternatively, take a plastic water/soda bottle, small size.
Poke a hole or two in the base or the side with a hot icepick.
Breathe through the regular opening on the other side.
Experiment till the hole is the right size for you. If it gets too big, just use a bit of tape, cover up some.
I make and give away these to train heart failure/lung failure patients.
But they will work in healthy people too. Do you need to "consult your doctor" for this? Probably not, but go ahead if you want.
Being able to breathe better is a cruical ability if you get sick. The secondary effects on lung vessels are potentially life saving. You can get some of these benefits by just
....adding 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder to food once/twice a day:
The drug companies hate me. Use the garlic powder in place of salt, and double the effect.
Nitric Oxide Dumps were popularized by Dr Zach Bush, a US cardiologist.
It involves some rapid movements, and gets you out of breath. Check out the link, see if you might be interested. If you have injuries or ligament problems etc, maybe skip this. As with any exercise program, even one as mild as this, use caution and check with your doctor if appropriate.
The NO dumps biochemically increases enzyme systems that make vasodilating substances in our arteries, so that has a host of benefits.
Heart disease severity may depend on nitric oxide levels
The most common heart medications may get an assist from nitric oxide circulating in the body, according to a new study. Researchers showed that nitric oxide may help commonly used heart drugs maximize their benefits while improving heart function. In turn, the study found nitric oxide...
www.sciencedaily.com
Nitric oxide and myocardial function in heart failure: friend or foe? - PMC
There is good evidence that nitric oxide has important autocrine/paracrine effects in the myocardium, serving to optimise and fine tune cardiac function Keywords: nitric oxide, heart failure, myocardial function
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
New studies show that Ivermectin have positive results, and it's cheap, well known drug with well know side effects. It's very interesting.Physical Training Suggestions to Survive Covid
Need to work, be dead easy, and need nothing special, doable in 5 minutes or less.
Ideally, should work in general life too and confer good benefit for minimal to zero effort.
1)IMST - 4 minutes per day, seated while watching TV, 30 breaths total effort
2) NO dumps - 4 minutes per session, 2-3 sessions daily.
Ok so how do we do these?
IMST is a simple method of strengthening breathing muscles.
You pop a little plastic device in your mouth and breath in through it. Pop it out and breathe out. Or- exhale through your nose.
That's it, for 30 breaths/day.
Why?
NO DRUGS, but effects are comparable or better than taking a statin and a calcium channel blocker for high blood pressure.. Takes 6 weeks to get effects seen. Continue the practise to sustain the trained benefit.
Where to get that "plastic device" ?
Buy one after these reviews, or make one.
Get a short bit of PVC plumbing pipe, say 3/4 inch or 1/2 inch size diameter by around 3-4 inches.
Stick some tape over half the opening.
Breathe through the other side.
You can use a collar with another bit of tape over half the opening to make it a variable sized opening.
Make the opening smaller to increase the difficulty over time by spinning the collar.
Alternatively, take a plastic water/soda bottle, small size.
Poke a hole or two in the base or the side with a hot icepick.
Breathe through the regular opening on the other side.
Experiment till the hole is the right size for you. If it gets too big, just use a bit of tape, cover up some.
I make and give away these to train heart failure/lung failure patients.
But they will work in healthy people too. Do you need to "consult your doctor" for this? Probably not, but go ahead if you want.
Being able to breathe better is a cruical ability if you get sick. The secondary effects on lung vessels are potentially life saving. You can get some of these benefits by just....adding 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder to food once/twice a day:
The drug companies hate me. Use the garlic powder in place of salt, and double the effect.
Nitric Oxide Dumps were popularized by Dr Zach Bush, a US cardiologist.
It involves some rapid movements, and gets you out of breath. Check out the link, see if you might be interested. If you have injuries or ligament problems etc, maybe skip this. As with any exercise program, even one as mild as this, use caution and check with your doctor if appropriate.
The NO dumps biochemically increases enzyme systems that make vasodilating substances in our arteries, so that has a host of benefits.
Heart disease severity may depend on nitric oxide levels
The most common heart medications may get an assist from nitric oxide circulating in the body, according to a new study. Researchers showed that nitric oxide may help commonly used heart drugs maximize their benefits while improving heart function. In turn, the study found nitric oxide...www.sciencedaily.comOne of them is improved renal function, and improved blood delivery to the pelvis.Nitric oxide and myocardial function in heart failure: friend or foe? - PMC
There is good evidence that nitric oxide has important autocrine/paracrine effects in the myocardium, serving to optimise and fine tune cardiac function Keywords: nitric oxide, heart failure, myocardial function
A preprint study:
www.researchsquare.com
- suggests consuming white button mushrooms as a dietary mitigation vs Covid infection. They can downregulate a receptor for the spike protein.
Mushrooms of this variety additionally raise immunoglobulin A levels by 50% after one week, markedly reinforcing the front line defense by our mucosa.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Vitamin D levels are also elevated by mushroom eating.
White Button Mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) Interrupts Tissue AR-TMPRSS2 Expression and Attenuates Pro-inflammatory Cytokines in C57BL/6 Mice: Implication for COVID-19 Dietary Intervention
Transmembrane protease serine 2 (TMPRSS2), an androgen-induced protease associated with prostate cancer, is one putative receptor for coronavirus entry into host cells, where triggering aggressive inflammatory cytokine storm and possibly death in COVID-19 patients. We previously reported that ...
www.researchsquare.com
Mushrooms of this variety additionally raise immunoglobulin A levels by 50% after one week, markedly reinforcing the front line defense by our mucosa.
Dietary intake of Agaricus bisporus white button mushroom accelerates salivary immunoglobulin A secretion in healthy volunteers - PubMed
The dietary intake of A. bisporus WBM significantly accelerates sIgA secretion, thereby indicating its potential health benefits for improving mucosal immunity.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Vitamin D levels are also elevated by mushroom eating.
Ok, so the mind controlled scalextric has gone live at the goodwood festival of speed here in the uk.
The festival was given ‘trial’ status so it could go ahead and everyone on site has to either prove double vaccine dose or recent negative pcr test pre entry.
Masks are worn in indoor environments but not in most places.
It’s nice to see lots of smiling faces but I’m uncertain how long we’ve got before we know how many people will be ending up in hospital. Rates are high amongst the young unvaccinated.
Is there any online footage of the psychic scalextric I'm fascinated.
There were some tv crews so it’ll be on ITV and top gear lol I took some footage which I’ll collate and let you know
Well, I found a grocery store 5 km away that I can live with.
One of the effects of the pandemic is the reduction in competition. I'm lucky to live in a metro of almost 3 million. So, I have alternatives. Rural/isolated areas would not have such options. "Grocery Deserts", and the like are going to become more common.
One of the effects of the pandemic is the reduction in competition. I'm lucky to live in a metro of almost 3 million. So, I have alternatives. Rural/isolated areas would not have such options. "Grocery Deserts", and the like are going to become more common.
Then it’s great we can grow our own food, being almost self reliant is a blessing!
China delivered 800,000 doses here this morning of the Sinopharm vaccine. Enough for 400,000 adults.
www.straitstimes.com
This should prove sufficient to suppress the future death rate significantly. There's still no sign of any doses from the US, but they are negotiating for end of August delivery. We'll need some time to use the existing doses anyway.
Current infection rate/day has fallen to 1/3rd or better of the peak rate. But the deaths are still chugging along. Looking to relieve some restrictions by the 19th.
I could use a pizza.
Argentina finds China's Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine 84% effective in preventing death
A study found the Sinopharm vaccine has an efficacy of 84 per cent after the application of its two doses. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
This should prove sufficient to suppress the future death rate significantly. There's still no sign of any doses from the US, but they are negotiating for end of August delivery. We'll need some time to use the existing doses anyway.
Current infection rate/day has fallen to 1/3rd or better of the peak rate. But the deaths are still chugging along. Looking to relieve some restrictions by the 19th.
I could use a pizza.
5 ways to make your face mask more protective
From double-masking to getting a tighter seal, these suggestions and simple at-home hacks can make your mask a better barrier against the coronavirus — and help fend off more infectious strains.
www.opb.org
Couple useful takeaways here:
- fake KN95's are flooding the markets, and they are useless and hard to detect
- increased infectivity of current variants require higher performance from masks.
- best cheap filter material is still a basic surgical mask
Tried the hosiery idea, with a generous chunk long enough to go down the neck, over a plain surgical mask. It was very easy to breath through compared to a second cloth one.
From the linked article, last year:
Masks in general are useless unless you are a doctor or a robber (LOL) and use it for a limited time when you're operating or robbing people.5 ways to make your face mask more protective
From double-masking to getting a tighter seal, these suggestions and simple at-home hacks can make your mask a better barrier against the coronavirus — and help fend off more infectious strains.www.opb.org
Couple useful takeaways here:
- fake KN95's are flooding the markets, and they are useless and hard to detect
- increased infectivity of current variants require higher performance from masks.
- best cheap filter material is still a basic surgical mask
Tried the hosiery idea, with a generous chunk long enough to go down the neck, over a plain surgical mask. It was very easy to breath through compared to a second cloth one.
From the linked article, last year:
A good healthy immune system is the best defense.
Fact free conspiracy theories.
That isn't a conspiracy theory.
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