Going straight to Lotho who's the fastest non-deceased rider I know and, even at 130 mph with the Mystery Lady on the back of his FJ1200, he blew past us like we were sitting at bus stop. (Science Daily: Risk-taking behavior in teens caused by imbalanced brain activity)
Maybe you don't want to take that sitting down as I sure don't because there's the wonder whether this is just another attempt to pacify people and keep them complacent but then we need to look at what they discovered to see whether we accept it.
Don't be getting tense as we can always say, well, they're just fuckin' psychologists, aren't they, and then we can walk away feeling righteous. Hold that one until we review what they have.
Sample:
Adolescents among humans and non-human animals alike are more inclined to engage in heightened risk-taking behavior, exploration and novelty seeking. Although these attributes provide adaptive value in enabling individuals to gain importance in the world, including independence from parents, if taken too far, this tendency could lead to potentially dangerous behavior, including drug use, harmful drinking, addiction, unsafe sex, and risky driving, which may result in unintended injuries, violence and/or even premature death. A new Dartmouth study just published in Current Biology demonstrates for the first time, the causal relationship between behavioral control and a specific imbalance in brain function that exists during adolescence.
"Understanding how specific changes in brain function during development relate to behavior is critically important for determining why some individuals engage in excessive risk taking behavior during adolescence," says David J. Bucci, the Ralph and Richard Lazarus Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Dartmouth and senior author of the study. "Our hope is that these findings will inform new means to minimize the potential for engaging in drug use and other harmful behaviors during this important period of development."
Maybe you don't want to take that sitting down as I sure don't because there's the wonder whether this is just another attempt to pacify people and keep them complacent but then we need to look at what they discovered to see whether we accept it.
Don't be getting tense as we can always say, well, they're just fuckin' psychologists, aren't they, and then we can walk away feeling righteous. Hold that one until we review what they have.
Sample:
Adolescents among humans and non-human animals alike are more inclined to engage in heightened risk-taking behavior, exploration and novelty seeking. Although these attributes provide adaptive value in enabling individuals to gain importance in the world, including independence from parents, if taken too far, this tendency could lead to potentially dangerous behavior, including drug use, harmful drinking, addiction, unsafe sex, and risky driving, which may result in unintended injuries, violence and/or even premature death. A new Dartmouth study just published in Current Biology demonstrates for the first time, the causal relationship between behavioral control and a specific imbalance in brain function that exists during adolescence.
- Science Daily
So far this is sounding a whole lot like the pitch for Prozac to (cough) deal with a brain imbalance so the next step will be, well, we have a drug for that so stop on down to see Doctor Feelgood, right?
We're assuming you know SSRI drugs are one of the biggest cash cows in Big Pharma's soul-sucking arsenal and we're not getting Tom Cruise on you as they have prescribed all of them in sequence with me. It's kind of a psychiatric jukebox they play. After some time with that, I refused to take them anymore and never did again. I found, at best, the effect was like putting a bucket over my head.
We continue by summarizing the science which you can review for yourself as they have used sophisticated techniques to verify the imbalance they suspected is there.
Let's go for the punchline:
- Science Daily
Unknown how your interpretation goes but I'm seeing, well, we don't have a drug for that ... but likely we will make one. They will combat drug use by providing another one. Yeah, buddy, sign me up for that.
One glaring question is how this explains risk-taking behavior as a teenager which continues well into adulthood. I didn't stop until I was forty-one and I got broken all to hell when I totaled my Harley. I went back to two wheels when I was sixty in a ride which was likely the most foolhardy of my life ... but it was soooo necessary. Lotho didn't stop riding until well after the teenage years and it wasn't when he got married but when he had his own children.
Are we imbalanced, Cap'n? Do you want to be pacified?
Hopefully without presuming too much, I'll assume that answer is no.
This one screams to me about what happened with Ritalin and other so-called ADHD drugs which was prescribed for millions of children because suddenly all of them had ADHD.
The only sci fi we have for this one is (drum roll) "Danger, Will Robinson. Danger." (Unsure if I quoted the robot correctly as I wasn't a huge fan of "Lost in Space.")
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