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Tell HN: X reshapes the brain” et al. are meaningless statements

3 pointsby ogwhabout 2 years ago
These types of posts are recurring.<p>The most generic version of this would be &quot;brain shaped by experience&quot;.<p>If two people are instructed to lift their finger, but one is told to point up and the other to point down then bravo they&#x27;ve &quot;reshaped their brains&quot;.<p>These sorts of articles are always meaningless junk.<p>No matter what experience is the subject of the article there will ALWAYS be changes to the brain that reflect it.<p>Examples:<p>&quot;Widespread usage of mirrors associated with brain changes&quot;<p>&quot;Running modifies neuronal connections&quot;<p>&quot;Eating spaghetti associated with increased neural density in the pasta pathway of the prefrontal cortex&quot;<p>&quot;Being bilingual associated with larger language-processing centres in the midbrain&quot;<p>&quot;People who wear blue are more likely to have more efficient neural connections in the visual cortex associated with the colour blue&quot;<p>&quot;People who regularly drink are more likely to be hydrated&quot;<p>&quot;Cats usually have four legs&quot;<p>So yeah they&#x27;re pointless articles and a waste of time.

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