This is refined through James - Faith without works is dead.

its fine i already have a serotonin deficiency

why do you think im up at 4am every night

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I am curious though how I'd behave without gut bacteria input

I woke up "early"

I feel well slept though

how does mauler not get lonely

>solomatch

Probably will need an hour nap during the day since I slept 6 hours

you might have that gene that enables you to feel well rested on 4 - 6 hours sleep

Oh I do

must be nice

I need 4:30 at minimum though

Not 4

meanwhile my stoopid brain needs atleast 6 hours whilst also never producing enough sleep or happy hormones

@Laucivol It sounds as if you are saying faith is to hope that history repeats?...

Placebo/nocebo - See any rhino attacks. No? This rock here prevents rhino attacks, 10 bucks.

I have damaged neurons though

I show slight narcoleptic symptoms

hm

bah!

im sure its finnnne

🌚

Thats an inaccurate portrayal of placebo/nocebo.

So the price of my easy sleeping and short sleep time is a cumulative sleepy days down the line

tfw you need 8 or more hours of sleep and can go to sleep 14-15 hours straight

Placebo/nocebo is actually way more interesting than you might think at first

Like once a month "out of the blue" I'll have several days where i am sleepy all day no matter how much i slept before

thats more like false causality

And I was not using it as an attack if thats what you think

I don't want to sleep my life away, y'know.

or uh god of the gaps

@Estavor.eldritch It's a summation of pretense. XD

than placebo

there are no rhinos

therefore it must be rock

Praise be to the true god

Nah, you're looking too far into the metaphor.

Rock.

*this is your brain on autism*

Like way too far into the metaphor.

🍝

But I've wondered... depending on how faith is defined, it can actually be very relevant to such things as medical or psychological recovery

yeah i have a tendency to do that

More so than some think

Theres some wisdom, then, in that form or definition of faith.

Yeah, and - regardless of validity - faith is useful.

But then you could say it involves deceit in a way

but to trust a doctor

to trust a ritual

Trust is not negative

well we know positive mindsets and happiness are linked to aging and life expectancy

the more unhappy you are

the quicker youll age

Which is why we're basically choosing between Islam or Christianity at the moment ...

apparently a jovial attitude can raise your life expectancy by years

unless you have like shit idk cancer or something

id assume its because mood is hormones

and bad hormones influence some kind of stressor on cells

idk

im not a biologist

though i do read way too many fucking science journals for my own good and understand about 40% optimistically

Its not just positivity

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For many people, a blue pill can cause more of a calming effect for instance

It isn't so linear

yeah colour is also linked to mood alteration

apparently wearing red as a male makes you less attractive to the opposite sex

Placebo/nocebo has limitations, but it is quite powerful

but wearing red as a female makes you more attractive to men

Also a catchall for a lot of unexplained effects

That probably depends on culture I bet.

Interestingly

wearing pink

I mean it depends

as a man

would get a better response than red would

in a double blind study

There are some base association but it seems specific associations are more cultural at least thats what it sounds like

which is strange considering pink is considered a feminine colour and red is masculine

you'd think itd be the opposite conclusion

Red for instance is just a generic high energy salient color

But culturally it can be good or bad or whatever

Its lucky in china. In america its used for stop signs and more negative.

Generally.

I suppose it can also signify danger

and pink is something women are just compulsively attracted to

you can even charge them more for it

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Also, pink wasn't always a feminine color

Im aware

Ancient greeks I think?

Right?

Pretty sure.

as my mother kept telling me when i got a designer shirt many a christmas ago

and 14 year old me got annoyed it was fucking pink

Or some culture related to greeks at least

granted the shirt grew on me when i stopped being an insecure beta teen

now Im wondering what the fuck happened to it