How you really make decisions

[Constance]

Posted by kfm27917 (here)
yes: I believe U opened an interesting subject !
I am into Chaos Magick and I define magick as being able to change reality with one;s mind.
So this thread is extremely interesting to me !

Why thank you kfm27917. It was so kind of you to say so.

I'm not 100% sure what Chaos Magick is but it sounds like you are having fun with it!

[Constance]

Are kids less biased than adults?

On the day after Martin Luther King was assassinated in April of '68, in the little town of Riceville Iowa, a teacher by the name of Jane Elliott, who had been talking to, and teaching her third grade students about racism, decided to try an experiment with her little third graders. The experiment was all about prejudice.

Can one teacher in one day, change the lives of her students forever?

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=1mcCLm_LwpE

[Constance]

A little while ago, when out walking with a close friend, I had this huge realisation that the only place that we are not subject to any kind of influence is in the most wild and untamed parts of nature.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=L2E7OBWPG5I

Derren Brown Brainwashes an Entire Shopping Mall

[Constance]

They'll have to rewrite the textbooks

It’s a stunning discovery that overturns decades of textbook teaching: researchers at the School of Medicine have determined that the brain is directly connected to the immune system by vessels previously thought not to exist. “I really did not believe there were structures in the body that we were not aware of. I thought the body was mapped,” said Jonathan Kipnis, a professor in the Department of Neuroscience and director of the University’s Center for Brain Immunology and Glia. How these vessels could have escaped detection when the lymphatic system has been so thoroughly mapped throughout the body is surprising on its own.

But the true significance of the discovery lies in its ramifications for the study and treatment of neurological diseases ranging from autism to Alzheimer’s disease to multiple sclerosis. Kipnis said researchers no longer need to ask questions such as, “How do we study the immune response of the brain?” or “Why do multiple sclerosis patients have immune system attacks?” “Now we can approach this mechanistically - because the brain is like every other tissue connected to the peripheral immune system through meningeal lymphatic vessels,” Kipnis said. “We believe that for every neurological disease that has an immune component to it, these vessels may play a major role.” Kevin Lee, who chairs the Department of Neuroscience, recalled his reaction the first time researchers in Kipnis’ lab shared their basic result with him.

“I just said one sentence: ‘They’ll have to rewrite the textbooks.’ There has never been a lymphatic system for the central nervous system, and it was very clear from that first singular observation - and they’ve done many studies since then to bolster the finding - that it will fundamentally change the way people look at the central nervous system’s relationship with the immune system,” Lee said.


Update:
New Role Found For The Immune System
In a paper published in July 2016, UVA researchers determined that the immune system affects - and even controls - social behavior. Their discovery could profoundly affect treatment of several neurological disorders such as diseases such as autism-spectrum disorders and schizophrenia. The relationship between people and pathogens, the researchers suggest, could have directly affected the development of our social behavior, allowing us to engage in the social interactions necessary for the survival of the species while developing ways for our immune systems to protect us from the diseases that accompany those interactions. MORE

The discovery was made possible by the work of Antoine Louveau, a postdoctoral fellow in Kipnis’ lab. The vessels were detected after Louveau developed a method to mount a mouse’s meninges - the membranes covering the brain - on a single slide so that they could be examined as a whole. After noticing vessel-like patterns in the distribution of immune cells on his slides, he tested for lymphatic vessels and there they were. The impossible existed. “Live imaging of these vessels was crucial to demonstrate their function, and it would not be possible without collaboration with Tajie Harris,” Kipnis noted. Harris is an assistant professor of neuroscience and a member of the Center for Brain Immunology and Glia. Kipnis also saluted the “phenomenal” surgical skills of Igor Smirnov, a research associate in the Kipnis lab whose work was critical to the imaging success of the study.


The unexpected presence of the lymphatic vessels raises a tremendous number of questions that now need answers, both about the workings of the brain and the diseases that plague it. For example, take Alzheimer’s disease. “In Alzheimer’s, there are accumulations of big protein chunks in the brain,” Kipnis said. “We think they may be accumulating in the brain because they’re not being efficiently removed by these vessels.” He noted that the vessels look different with age, so the role they play in aging is another avenue to explore. And there’s an enormous array of other neurological diseases, from autism to multiple sclerosis, that must be reconsidered in light of the presence of something science insisted did not exist.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=DoCIOeTpYxk

UVA Researchers Find Link Between Brain and Immune System

Source: news.virginia.edu

[Constance]

The 18 origins and sources of thoughts

And why we are what we eat whilst we think.

This brings everything together.





Source: https://www.bitchute.com/video/eGV8jY5sPWjW/?fbclid=IwAR3q1MdObZ1csvIYLFFP_WLkRJkliY2bnPRLmZ9y34iah0R6P-0_tGB_icI

[Constance]

Single Species of Gut Bacteria Can Reverse Autism Related Social Behavior: Mouse Study

Summary: Researchers culture a strain of Lactobacillus reuteri from human breast milk and introduced it to mice. They discovered treatment with this bacterial strain appeared to rescue social behaviors.

The absence of a one specific species of gut bacteria causes social deficits in mice, researchers at Baylor College of Medicine report June 16, 2016 in Cell. By adding this bacteria species back to the guts of affected mice, the researchers were able to reverse some of their behavioral deficits, which are reminiscent of symptoms of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) in humans. The investigators are now looking to explore the effects of probiotics on neurodevelopmental disorders in future work.

“Other research groups are trying to use drugs or electrical brain stimulation as a way to reverse some of the behavioral symptoms associated with neurodevelopmental disorders - but here we have, perhaps, a new approach,” says senior author Mauro Costa-Mattioli, a neuroscientist at Baylor College of Medicine. “Whether it would be effective in humans, we don’t know yet, but it is an extremely exciting way of affecting the brain from the gut.”

Diagram shows how dysbiosis causes the autism like behavior in mice.
Buffington next tested whether the specific differences in the microbiome were causative factors underlying the social impairments in offspring of mothers fed a high-fat diet. NeuroscienceNews.com image is credited to Costa-Mattioli et al./Cell Press.
The inspiration for the paper came from human epidemiological studies that have found that maternal obesity during pregnancy could increase children’s risk of developing neurodevelopmental disorders, including ASDs. In addition, some individuals with ASD also report recurring gastrointestinal problems. With emerging research showing how diet can change the gut microbiome and how gut microbes can influence the brain, Costa-Mattioli and his co-authors suspected there could be a connection.

To begin, the researchers fed approximately 60 female mice a high-fat diet that was the rough equivalent of consistently eating fast food multiple times a day. They bred the mice daily and waited for them to bear young. The offspring stayed with their mother for three weeks and then were weaned onto a normal diet. After a month, these offspring showed behavioral deficits, such as spending less time in contact with their peers and not initiating interactions.

“First we wanted to see if there was a difference in the microbiome between the offspring of mouse mothers fed a normal diet versus those of mothers fed a high-fat diet. So, we used 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequencing to determine the bacterial composition of their gut. We found a clear difference in the microbiota of the two maternal diet groups,” says first author Shelly Buffington, a postdoctoral fellow in Costa-Mattioli’s lab. “The sequencing data was so consistent that by looking at the microbiome of an individual mouse we could predict whether its behavior would be impaired.”

Buffington next tested whether the specific differences in the microbiome were causative factors underlying the social impairments in offspring of mothers fed a high-fat diet. Because mice eat each other’s poop, the researchers housed the animals together so that they would acquire microbiota from their cagemates. When socially impaired three-week-old mice born to mothers on a high-fat diet were paired with normal mice, a full restoration of the gut microbiome and a concurrent improvement in behavior was observed within four weeks. The investigators concluded that one or more beneficial bacterial species might be important for normal social behavior. Fecal-transplant experiments in mice without microbiota (germ-free mice) provided causal evidence that an imbalanced microbial ecology in the mice born to mothers on a high-fat diet is responsible for their social deficits.

The investigators next wanted to know the specific bacterial species that could be affecting the social behavior of the mice. Whole-genome shotgun sequencing revealed one type of bacteria, Lactobacillus reuteri, which was reduced more than nine-fold in the microbiome of mice born to mothers on the high-fat diet.

“We cultured a strain of Lactobacillus (L.) reuteri originally isolated from human breast milk and introduced it into the water of the high-fat-diet offspring. We found that treatment with this single bacterial strain was able to rescue their social behavior,” Buffington says. Other ASD-related behaviors, such as anxiety, were not restored by the reconstitution of the bacteria. Interestingly, the authors found that L. reuteri also promoted the production of the “bonding hormone” oxytocin, which is known to play a crucial role in social behavior and has been associated with autism in humans.

Can mom’s diet during pregnancy impact offspring social behavior? In this video, Mauro Costa-Mattioli and colleagues at Baylor College of Medicine describe a potential link between mouse maternal diet-induced changes in the gut microbiome and autism-like social behavior in offspring.

The authors wondered whether the reward circuitry in the socially impaired mice was dysfunctional. “We found that in response to social interaction there was a lack of synaptic potentiation in a key reward area of the brain that could be seen in the normal control mice,” Costa-Mattiol says. “When we put the bacteria back in the maternal-high-fat-diet offspring, we could also restore the changes in synaptic function in the reward circuitry.”

The researchers believe that their work, which uses a human bacteria species to promote oxytocin levels and improve social behavioral deficits in deficient mice, could be explored as a probiotic intervention for the treatment of neurodevelopmental disorders in humans. “This is where the science is unexpectedly leading us. We could potentially see this type of approach developing quite quickly not only for the treatment of ASD but also for other neurodevelopmental disorders; anyway, this is my gut feeling,” Costa-Mattioli says.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=bmR_aQhHJLU

Diet, the Microbiome, and Autism

Source: neurosciencenews.com

[Constance]

Mind-altering microbes: how the microbiome affects brain and behavior

Snippet:

The vagus nerve contacts the gut lining, and extends all the way up to the brain stem itself. And this is the mechanism by which the bacterium called Lactobacillus rhamnosus effects depressive like behaviour in mice. In a task that measure depression like despair, mice that have been treated with this bug, exhibit less depressive-like symptoms and this is not seen if the vagus nerve is not severed.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=FWT_BLVOASI

Mind-altering microbes: how the microbiome affects brain and behavior: Elaine Hsiao at TEDxCaltech

[Constance]

I've shared this work by Bonnie Bassler on another thread here called How bacteria communicate.
This might also be helpful in bringing together how our microbiome affects our behaviour.

[Constance]

Food for thought: How your belly controls your brain

This video is an affirmation of Bonnie Basslers work above, How bacteria communicate and ties in with link #6, How parasites change their hosts behaviours.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=awtmTJW9ic8

Food for thought: How your belly controls your brain | Ruairi Robertson | TEDxFulbrightSantaMonica

[Constance]

A brain parasite might be making us angrier.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=oA_Gg5NEROk

Toxoplasma gondii Infection:

Relationship With Aggression in Psychiatric Subjects

Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) is a highly successful neurotropic protozoan parasite, infecting any warm-blooded animal including approximately one-third of all humans. Within the animal world, felids have been identified as the definitive host of T. gondii that localizes only in the gastrointestinal tract of any member of the cat family. Humans may be infected by T. gondii via ingestion of the parasite’s oocysts, which can spread from the feces of infected cats. Other routes of transmission include consumption of undercooked meat that has been infected with T. gondii cysts or ingestion of contaminated water; congenital infection, occurring if a mother has a primary infection during pregnancy and transmits T. gondii to the fetus, is relatively rare. Postnatal chronic “latent” infection is very common, minimally symptomatic in the immune competent host, and with an encephalitic picture in the immunocompromised.When ingested by an intermediate host, the parasite uses leukocytes to travel from the intestine to other organs, finally localizing in muscle and brain. Once in the brain, T. gondii hides within neurons and glial cells, forming characteristic cystic intracellular structures under the pressure of the immune system.5 Although it is thought to be relatively harmless in immunocompetent adults, latent toxoplasmosis has been linked to several psychiatric disorders (eg, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, personality disorders) and with suicidal behavior.

Read on...

[Constance]

We have to consider that exposure to environmental toxins are affecting our behaviours at the most subtle levels. Until we can fully awaken to all of the subtle elements that are affecting our very thoughts/feelings/behaviours, and until we are ready, willing, able, capable and have the capacity to deal with every aspect effecting our beings (see Brian Gerard Schaefers work) we cannot take ourselves seriously or personally. It also helps us to see where others are at and we can witness less than ideal behaviours with silent compassion.

Neurobehavioural effects of developmental toxicity

Disorders of neurobehavioural development affect 10–15% of all births, and prevalence rates of autism spectrum disorder and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder seem to be increasing worldwide. Subclinical decrements in brain function are even more common than these neurobehavioural developmental disorders. All these disabilities can have severe consequences—they diminish quality of life, reduce academic achievement, and disturb behaviour, with profound consequences for the welfare and productivity of entire societies.
The root causes of the present global pandemic of neurodevelopmental disorders are only partly understood. Although genetic factors have a role, they cannot explain recent increases in reported prevalence, and none of the genes discovered so far seem to be responsible for more than a small proportion of cases. Overall, genetic factors seem to account for no more than perhaps 30–40% of all cases of neurodevelopmental disorders. Thus, non-genetic, environmental exposures are involved in causation, in some cases probably by interacting with genetically inherited predispositions.
Strong evidence exists that industrial chemicals widely disseminated in the environment are important contributors to what we have called the global, silent pandemic of neurodevelopmental toxicity. The developing human brain is uniquely vulnerable to toxic chemical exposures, and major windows of developmental vulnerability occur in utero and during infancy and early childhood. During these sensitive life stages, chemicals can cause permanent brain injury at low levels of exposure that would have little or no adverse effect in an adult.
In 2006, we did a systematic review of the published clinical and epidemiological studies into the neurotoxicity of industrial chemicals, with a focus on developmental neurotoxicity. We identified five industrial chemicals that could be reliably classified as developmental neurotoxicants: lead, methylmercury, arsenic, polychlorinated biphenyls, and toluene. We also noted 201 chemicals that had been reported to cause injury to the nervous system in adults, mostly in connection with occupational exposures, poisoning incidents, or suicide attempts. Additionally, more than 1000 chemicals have been reported to be neurotoxic in animals in laboratory studies.

We noted that recognition of the risks of industrial chemicals to brain development has historically needed decades of research and scrutiny, as shown in the cases of lead and methylmercury. In most cases, discovery began with clinical diagnosis of poisoning in workers and episodes of high-dose exposure. More sophisticated epidemiological studies typically began only much later. Results from such studies documented developmental neurotoxicity at much lower exposure levels than had previously been thought to be safe. Thus, recognition of widespread subclinical toxicity often did not occur until decades after the initial evidence of neurotoxicity. A recurring theme was that early warnings of subclinical neurotoxicity were often ignored or even dismissed.David P Rall, former Director of the US National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, once noted that “if thalidomide had caused a ten-point loss of intelligence quotient (IQ) instead of obvious birth defects of the limbs, it would probably still be on the market”. Many industrial chemicals marketed at present probably cause IQ deficits of far fewer than ten points and have therefore eluded detection so far, but their combined effects could have enormous consequences.

In our 2006 review, we expressed concern that additional developmental neurotoxicants might lurk undiscovered among the 201 chemicals then known to be neurotoxic to adult human beings and among the many thousands of pesticides, solvents, and other industrial chemicals in widespread use that had never been tested for neurodevelopmental toxicity. Since our previous review, new data have emerged about the vulnerability of the developing brain and the neurotoxicity of industrial chemicals. Particularly important new evidence derives from prospective epidemiological birth cohort studies.

In this Review, we consider recent information about the developmental neurotoxicity of industrial chemicals to update our previous report. Additionally, we propose strategies to counter this pandemic and to prevent the spread of neurological disease and disability in children worldwide.

Unique vulnerability of the developing brain

The fetus is not well protected against industrial chemicals. The placenta does not block the passage of many environmental toxicants from the maternal to the fetal circulation, and more than 200 foreign chemicals have been detected in umbilical cord blood. Additionally, many environmental chemicals are transferred to the infant through human breastmilk. During fetal life and early infancy, the blood–brain barrier provides only partial protection against the entry of chemicals into the CNS.
Moreover, the developing human brain is exceptionally sensitive to injury caused by toxic chemicals, and several developmental processes have been shown to be highly vulnerable to chemical toxicity. For example, in-vitro studies suggest that neural stem cells are very sensitive to neurotoxic substances such as methylmercury. Some pesticides inhibit cholinesterase function in the developing brain, thereby affecting the crucial regulatory role of acetylcholine before synapse formation. Early-life epigenetic changes are also known to affect subsequent gene expression in the brain. In summary, industrial chemicals known or suspected to be neurotoxic to adults are also likely to present risks to the developing brain.
Figure 1 shows the unique vulnerability of the brain during early life and indicates how developmental exposures to toxic chemicals are particularly likely to lead to functional deficits and disease later in life.

Read on....

[Ernie Nemeth]

Thing is, though, humans are not machines. A machine gets dirt in its gears and it is only a matter of time before it seizes. For that matter, a machine is destined to malfunction at some time because parts wear out.

Mankind is unique. Is it the brain that makes the man? Or is it the man that makes the brain?

Two people fall off a scaffold on the sixteenth floor and one survives the impact with the ground.

Two people with horrible childhoods, one becomes a serial killer, the other a saint.

One cannot remove the ineffable from the human experience. Of course toxins affect the brain but the mind affects it more.

There was a study, I believe it was aired on Sixty Minutes or more probably Nova, that delved into the subject of brain disorders. In this show they were looking at various brain injuries and the effect on the individual. Using brain scans the affected area of the brain could be observed. There were many types of injuries from chemical damage to steel rods through the brain to severed corpus callosum. There was one particular person that was shown who had virtually no brain activity at all. Just a little bit of neuronal activity up front in the temporal lobe. (I made a mental note of this one because I keep a file in my mind of any exceptions to the rule in any subject) The scientists were extremely surprised to find this because the person exhibited no abnormal behavior and showed no sign of impaired mental function.

What I guess I'm trying to say here is that mankind is extremely resilient and can take care of and find a work around to almost any adverse environmental agent out there. That being said, not all can tap this higher function, although all have the innate capacity.imo

[Ernie Nemeth]

This might very well be the show I am referencing above:
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/m...the-brain.html

[Icare]

Thank you, Constance, for this really interesting thread. There's a lot of food for thought in these videos.

There is also an interesting clip about Jane Elliott doing the kind of experiment you posted above with her pupils with grown-ups. It's a workshop for adults about racism and is well worth watching.
Even though this is quite old now, it is still very topical.

Blue eye brown eye study

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Nqv9k3jbtYU

[Constance]

Hey Ernie

Thanks for your thoughts.

In relation to what you shared about brain disorders, I saw an amazing documentary years ago about individuals who had suffered from a severe form of encephalopathy.

These individuals, who varied in age from childhood to young adulthood, functioned perfectly normally in the world and yet their brains lacked physically what would be considered to be core and vital parts of the brain.

What I found incredible was that these individuals had only the outer shell of the brain and the brain stem remaining. What was most fascinating was that these individuals were able to completely compensate for a lack of a physical brain, so to speak. One of the individuals studied even played the piano!

The video was made at least 20 years ago and I don't know if a follow up was ever done on this individuals to see how they were coping with the world, or if they were still alive but it most certainly does beg the question, what is the brain and what is the mind? And I was reminded of Rupert Sheldrake's work, The Mind beyond the Brain

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=O-5gnp5l2kc

In relation to what you have said here...

What I guess I'm trying to say here is that mankind is extremely resilient and can take care of and find a work around to almost any adverse environmental agent out there. That being said, not all can tap this higher function, although all have the innate capacity.imo

Brian Gerard Schaefer addresses here in this video and in other videos (and more particularly in his book) in depth, how everyone can tap into this higher function and beyond, no matter what their circumstances. See post #25

Brian offers a conscious wholistic look at the nature of the mind, the origins of thoughts (what is a thought and where does it come from) the mind and body connection, inspirations on how to change how you think, how the breath affects our thoughts, how to gain control of your thoughts, how you are what you eat whilst you think, along with many other pieces of inspirational information. It addresses all the factors that many people may never have stopped to consider.

Relating now to your comment, Two people with horrible childhoods, one becomes a serial killer, the other a saint

Brian shares your interest regarding how and why this happens and if you haven't already watched his video, I warmly invite you to do so.

Posted by Ernie Nemeth (here)
Thing is, though, humans are not machines. A machine gets dirt in its gears and it is only a matter of time before it seizes. For that matter, a machine is destined to malfunction at some time because parts wear out.

Mankind is unique. Is it the brain that makes the man? Or is it the man that makes the brain?

Two people fall off a scaffold on the sixteenth floor and one survives the impact with the ground.

Two people with horrible childhoods, one becomes a serial killer, the other a saint.

One cannot remove the ineffable from the human experience. Of course toxins affect the brain but the mind affects it more.

There was a study, I believe it was aired on Sixty Minutes or more probably Nova, that delved into the subject of brain disorders. In this show they were looking at various brain injuries and the effect on the individual. Using brain scans the affected area of the brain could be observed. There were many types of injuries from chemical damage to steel rods through the brain to severed corpus callosum. There was one particular person that was shown who had virtually no brain activity at all. Just a little bit of neuronal activity up front in the temporal lobe. (I made a mental note of this one because I keep a file in my mind of any exceptions to the rule in any subject) The scientists were extremely surprised to find this because the person exhibited no abnormal behavior and showed no sign of impaired mental function.

What I guess I'm trying to say here is that mankind is extremely resilient and can take care of and find a work around to almost any adverse environmental agent out there. That being said, not all can tap this higher function, although all have the innate capacity.imo

[Constance]

Thank you for sharing Icare. I very much appreciate it!

Posted by Icare (here)
Thank you, Constance, for this really interesting thread. There's a lot of food for thought in these videos.

There is also an interesting clip about Jane Elliott doing the kind of experiment you posted above with her pupils with grown-ups. It's a workshop for adults about racism and is well worth watching.
Even though this is quite old now, it is still very topical.

Blue eye brown eye study

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Nqv9k3jbtYU

[Constance]

I came across this video today. It was a series of experiments conducted back in 2016. It was very interesting what was uncovered.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=WjmDwWUhEpg

Racial profiling by stores, landlords and companies: Are we racist? (CBC Marketplace)

In this video, there is a test that was conducted by CBC/Harvard regarding racial biases. I went looking for it because I was curious as to what was involved in the test.

I found it and just for fun, I took the test. If you want to do the test, you can remain anonymous. You don't need to register your email address.

https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/

[Mike]

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[Constance]

Thanks to Onawah for this video here on 'no-touch' torture.

[Constance]

This could explain a lot of the confusion and cognitive dissonance that people are experiencing at the moment.

It's called, the Alice in Wonderland technique



0:00 - Alice In Wonderland Technique
4:48 - Aren't We All Having The Alice In Wonderland Technique Used On Us?
10:27 - Who Is The Target?
15:04 - Are You Here Because Of Yourself?
19:18 - How Do We Actually Live?


Q&A Section
23:31 - I Talked About AI And I Saw Wild Stuff In My Feed
24:42 - What Do You Do When You Are Subjected To The Technique?
29:13 - Do You Question Your Own State Paranoia At Your Door?

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=lGSMPWHKD1w