I particularly like the topic of neuroplasticity not just for
intellectual reasons but for emotional. The more evidence that
accumulates about how plastic and changing the brain is if used
properly, the more it argues against genetic reductionism and genetic
determinism. I view genetic determinism as little more than what the
Nazis believed and it is a total abhorrence to all true students of
science and society as a whole. Neuroplasticity research may really
continue to debunk genetic determinism. I think enough information is
already available about how horrible genetic determinism is and flawed,
but they are rigid people.
I'm particularly happy to know that a minority of psychiatrists at
least are starting to become aware of the significance of
neuroplasticity. Often these are psychotherapeutically oriented
psychiatrists rather than the purely biological ones. The purely
biologically oriented psychiatrists are an unfortunate group. They are
currently the majority of modern psychiatry. So if you get depressed
it's not because something happened it's just because of
something "wrong" with you. Crying is unnatural according to such
people.
So yes I'm hoping that more research on neuroplasticity will continue
to debunk genetic determinism and all fields associated with genetic
determinism applied to the human mind and behavior.
Fact is people that the brain is GENETICALLY designed to learn and be
plastic. It's not just a genetic machine the genes get expressed and
affected by internal events and the environment. Learning, memory,
plasticity, adaptation are all REAL. It's not all "in the genes";.
Anyway,
mentat
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