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Deric Bownds

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Deric Bownds writes Deric's MindBlog, a personal blog at mindblog.dericbownds.net about science and health. Since 2007, 8 different Hacker News readers have linked it 23 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-12, and you can follow it by feed.

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23mentions?
8HN people?
2007–2019first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 7 in 2011

Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN readers link this blog's posts on brain science: psilocybin and LSD effects on brain connectivity, MRI evidence on hypnosis, and beliefs. Comments cite or link them as see-also references.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

What Hacker News says?

  1. See also how brain connectivity gets changed by psilocybin (magic mushrooms): http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/2014/12/psilocybin-changes-b... (and the actual paper: http://rsif.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/11/101/201408... ). In short: you get more long-range correlations, so the perceived synesthesia may have very "hardware" basis.

    Comment linking /2014/12/psilocybin-changes-brain-connectivity.html

    on “Brain scans reveal how LSD affects consciousness”
  2. Submitted Our microbiome challenges our concept of self as a story · 100 points

    HN discussion
  3. http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/2017/03/crony-beliefs.html

    Comment linking /2017/03/crony-beliefs.html

    on “Revised executive order bans travelers from six countries from getting new visas”
  4. Submitted The narcissism epidemic is dead? as a story · 55 points

    HN discussion
  5. MRI evidence on how hypnosis works http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/2010/07/mri-evidence-on-how-...

    Comment linking /2010/07/mri-evidence-on-how-hypnosis-works.html

    on a deleted thread
  6. Submitted MRI evidence on how hypnosis works as a story · 21 points

    HN discussion
  7. Submitted The God Effect as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  8. Submitted Effects of blue light on our memory, cognition, and circadian thythm as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  9. Submitted Income inequality drives female sexualization as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  10. Submitted Mind wandering and mental autonomy as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  11. Submitted Studies on Brain Renewal and Enhancement as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  12. Submitted Brain correlates of successful cognitive aging as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  13. Submitted The coding of perception in language is not universal as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  14. Submitted IQ scores are malleable as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  15. Submitted Stress and the City as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  16. Submitted Black Swan Technology as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  17. Submitted Limited prosocial effects of meditation as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  18. Submitted Aging is a fundamental feature of multicellular life as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  19. Submitted Crony Beliefs as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  20. Submitted Musical Expertise Boosts Language Perception as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  21. Submitted Does cognitive training work? as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  22. Submitted Why Ketamine (Special K) Makes you Happy as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  23. Submitted Social influence undermines "The Wisdom of Crowds" as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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