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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.
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?
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”Submitted Our microbiome challenges our concept of self as a story · 100 points
HN discussionhttp://mindblog.dericbownds.net/2017/03/crony-beliefs.html
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on “Revised executive order bans travelers from six countries from getting new visas”Submitted The narcissism epidemic is dead? as a story · 55 points
HN discussionMRI 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 threadSubmitted MRI evidence on how hypnosis works as a story · 21 points
HN discussionSubmitted The God Effect as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Effects of blue light on our memory, cognition, and circadian thythm as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Income inequality drives female sexualization as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Mind wandering and mental autonomy as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Studies on Brain Renewal and Enhancement as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Brain correlates of successful cognitive aging as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The coding of perception in language is not universal as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted IQ scores are malleable as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Stress and the City as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Black Swan Technology as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Limited prosocial effects of meditation as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Aging is a fundamental feature of multicellular life as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Crony Beliefs as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Musical Expertise Boosts Language Perception as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Does cognitive training work? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Ketamine (Special K) Makes you Happy as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Social influence undermines "The Wisdom of Crowds" as a story · 1 points
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