Perplexed comments on Chemicals and Electricity - Less Wrong

6 Post author: lionhearted 09 May 2011 05:55PM

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Comment author: Perplexed 09 May 2011 08:22:18PM 7 points [-]

And he also made the point that if we want to take some conscious control, we may need to use a very kludgy pathway - for example, pumping iron before making a sales call so as to increase testosterone levels.

I suspect that what V_N is reacting negatively to is the naive-seeming use of words like "electricity" and "chemicals" in the posting as if they were two powerful, but mysterious brands of magic. But I didn't see anything objectionable in what the posting actually said.