Thank you for this very helpful article! I particularly like how you connected your economic analysis with the alleged debunking of SSRIs. As you note, neuroscientists never said that depression was caused solely by low serotonin; that was a media misunderstanding (or misrepresentation). It’s useful to listen to people who actually know something about a topic!
One thing about Wikipedia is that anyone can edit it, but those editing it are more committed to their truth. I edit Wikipedia but on non-controversial topics usually. At the top of each page is a "watch" tab that alerts you if a page you watch has been changed. The "team" with the most determined editors usually wins. Also, since one has to cite an article to make a point the side with more published articles gets the final say. I can't, for example, cite this Substack article because Wikipedia won't allow citations to websites (stupid) but the weight of truth lies in academic journals, so it is sort of a loaded process.
Thanks. As a “shoulda majored in math” retired clergyman then lawyer (and relatively newly obsessed stock market addict), I appreciated the ability to exercise my amateur geek. Informative and enjoyable.
Thank you for this very helpful article! I particularly like how you connected your economic analysis with the alleged debunking of SSRIs. As you note, neuroscientists never said that depression was caused solely by low serotonin; that was a media misunderstanding (or misrepresentation). It’s useful to listen to people who actually know something about a topic!
There's always more to the story.
One thing about Wikipedia is that anyone can edit it, but those editing it are more committed to their truth. I edit Wikipedia but on non-controversial topics usually. At the top of each page is a "watch" tab that alerts you if a page you watch has been changed. The "team" with the most determined editors usually wins. Also, since one has to cite an article to make a point the side with more published articles gets the final say. I can't, for example, cite this Substack article because Wikipedia won't allow citations to websites (stupid) but the weight of truth lies in academic journals, so it is sort of a loaded process.
Thanks. As a “shoulda majored in math” retired clergyman then lawyer (and relatively newly obsessed stock market addict), I appreciated the ability to exercise my amateur geek. Informative and enjoyable.
This is a topic about which I know basically nothing, so this post was very interesting. Thanks!