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Thank you for writing up your thoughts, Qiaochu!
I feel the need to offer one very minor correction:
It's actually sympathetic dominance over the parasympathetic side that does this. Both the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems are running all the time, and that's really quite essential. You cannot stand up without the sympathetic system, for instance, nor can you lie down without going into a panic without the parasympathetic side doing its job.
But as long as you replace "activity" with "dominance," I think we're good!
The statement as he made it is correct, you are not correcting it but making a narrower, also correct, version of his statement.
(I think I need to gzip that sentence.)
Really? I'm not so sure. Sympathetic nervous system activity isn't necessarily unpleasant or unhealthy. It's what makes you sweat and have a fast heart rate when exercising. It's very unhealthy not to have that!
But if others interpret Qiaochu's comment in a way that accurately reflects reality, then the fact that it's different than how I read it is not terribly relevant. I was only concerned that some here might come away with a mistaken idea of what the message of that particular CFAR unit was. If there are no such mistakes, then all is good!