tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008122866340502585.post3641877110384000085..comments2024-03-24T05:50:07.033-07:00Comments on Biologizing: It Kills to Not Sleep...ApparentlyPeter Houlihanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00961900865379520219noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008122866340502585.post-46431245202561411042021-07-23T16:59:06.234-07:002021-07-23T16:59:06.234-07:00I was diagnosed as HEPATITIS B carrier in 2013 wit...I was diagnosed as HEPATITIS B carrier in 2013 with fibrosis of the<br />liver already present. I started on antiviral medications which<br />reduced the viral load initially. After a couple of years the virus<br />became resistant. I started on HEPATITIS B Herbal treatment from<br />ULTIMATE LIFE CLINIC (www.ultimatelifeclinic.com) in March, 2020. Their<br />treatment totally reversed the virus. I did another blood test after<br />the 6 months long treatment and tested negative to the virus. Amazing<br />treatment! This treatment is a breakthrough for all HBV carriers.MATINAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10558912772822043673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008122866340502585.post-77399387662407344522017-03-03T19:47:51.931-08:002017-03-03T19:47:51.931-08:00Wow! Just wow! This really is kind of bizarre beca...Wow! Just wow! This really is kind of bizarre because the correlation between these two subjects isn't really logical. It is important to look for the proper information in data and clearly this article/study did not possess it. It seems that the article did not include how the boys tested were chosen because there was most likely not a viable reason. A study like this has a lot of confounding factors which you've seemed to mention. For example, anxiety and depression could be considered confounding factors. A study like this, if done properly, could be very intruiging. However, the idea that these events are related to each other is unlikely in my opinion. I really enjoyed reading this! Some of the news we put out there is so completely bizarre! <br /><br />Posted by Anna PotorskiPeter Houlihanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00961900865379520219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008122866340502585.post-4044054050982730382017-03-03T13:17:17.760-08:002017-03-03T13:17:17.760-08:00Quoted from the article: "Daytime drowsiness ...Quoted from the article: "Daytime drowsiness is associated with poor attention. Take poor attention as a proxy for poor brain function. If you've got poor brain functioning, you're more likely to be criminal."<br /><br />Okay, what. This guy gets a gold medal in Olympic mental gymnastics. His entire conclusion revolves around this syllogism, which, if deconstructed to even the smallest degree, is clearly flawed in that it assumes that poor attention is a "proxy" for poor brain function. There are so many variables that can occlude this reasoning. For example, if someone is in class, not paying attention, it doesn't mean that they are displaying 'poor brain function', it just means that they are not engaged in the topic. They could be doodling or thinking about a personal project or anything they find more interesting instead, which does not correspond to 'poor brain function' (a definition that is, in itself, flawed due to its subjectivity).<br /><br />Posted by Owen Mulledy<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04967897665663294849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008122866340502585.post-10446649060907389492017-03-03T06:28:49.413-08:002017-03-03T06:28:49.413-08:00I completely agree with all the other comments bec...I completely agree with all the other comments because this study was not specific. They don't explain why boys were selected and then I believe it may have been a coincidence that some of the boys were later found to be part of the population of criminals. There really wasn't any comparison to other boys at a younger age and no background knowledge in their lifestyle.<br />Posted by Ana Carolina Nepomuceno Peter Houlihanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00961900865379520219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008122866340502585.post-2343073034207098242017-03-02T19:19:52.778-08:002017-03-02T19:19:52.778-08:00This study is extremely random and has no logical ...This study is extremely random and has no logical sequence whatsoever. As you said earlier there was definitely an issue with how the researchers selected the participants. Also why did they pick just boys? Also shouldn’t they have had a control group set up in place? Also teenagers in general need more sleep than the current school schedule allows for so obviously they are going to be tired! I also think that the research study failed to see the difference between correlation and causation. There could be so many other factors that caused the boys to commit crimes and going off of that point we don’t even know what the crimes really were! Over all a really poorly done study, but it was definitely interesting to see the flaws in it!<br /><br />Posted by: Kate Masterson (Group C)Peter Houlihanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00961900865379520219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008122866340502585.post-6300438742557154772017-03-02T18:50:05.270-08:002017-03-02T18:50:05.270-08:00Yes I absolutely agree. He just looked up criminal...Yes I absolutely agree. He just looked up criminal records 15 years later and just happened to come across some of the children he had studied prior. Also the fact that he just checked 15 years later without even following the kids lives is ridiculous as well, just as you said. So many things could have occurred such as a natural disaster, family tragedy, or other tragic situation that could have caused them to have to commit a crime to survive. Sleep didn't cause that, the need for survival did. So many things are wrong with the study, I'm glad more than one person agrees.<br /><br />Posted by Nicolas Baltayan (Group A)Peter Houlihanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00961900865379520219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008122866340502585.post-67251396257642613372017-03-02T18:45:26.333-08:002017-03-02T18:45:26.333-08:00I couldn't agree more Caitlin. This was one of...I couldn't agree more Caitlin. This was one of the the most random and non-convincing studies that I have ever seen. Every single part of it could essentially be connected to some other factor other than what was being studied. Complete and utter waste of time, you hit it directly on the head.<br /><br />Posted By Nicolas Baltayan (Group A)Peter Houlihanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00961900865379520219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008122866340502585.post-36230766436447473442017-03-02T18:08:36.747-08:002017-03-02T18:08:36.747-08:00This entire experiment just sounds completely inac...This entire experiment just sounds completely inaccurate and done very poorly! Everything just seems, as Caitlin said, very random. The first paragraph talks about how the teens were interviewed about their sleep deprivation, and then said that their teachers were also interviewed on how social these students were. What correlation does that have to do with sleep deprivation? (I guess more sleep deprived could POSSIBLY mean less social) Or if anything, I would say how social they are is suggestive of possibly other issues. Adrian also looked up the criminal records of the boys he studied 15 years later, but what occurred in their lives within that time frame? How can you pinpoint sleep deprivation as the problem at hand when you haven't been studying the students over the time being? A lot can go on within 15 years..so basing his conclusions off of his initial studies done 15 years beforehand is just absurd! <br /><br /><br />Posted by Natalie Nou Peter Houlihanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00961900865379520219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008122866340502585.post-45704534905745954052017-03-02T13:25:22.893-08:002017-03-02T13:25:22.893-08:00What really baffles me about this study is the ran...What really baffles me about this study is the random association being studied. To try and relate sleep deprivation 15 years before a crime was even committed is insane! Even if a correlation was found, which based off of the information given seems nearly impossible, that - in no way - proves causation. There are several factors, most of which you pointed out, that makes this entire study seem like a huge waste of time and resources. The two factors being observed appear to be completely independent from one another!<br /><br />Posted by Caitlin LohrPeter Houlihanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00961900865379520219noreply@blogger.com