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Qiaochu_Yuan comments on Thoughts on the January CFAR workshop - Less Wrong Discussion

37 Post author: Qiaochu_Yuan 31 January 2013 10:16AM

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Comment author: ESRogs 01 February 2013 09:02:53AM *  3 points [-]

In its current form,

sympathetic nervous system dominance over the parasympathetic nervous system, which governs the fight-or-flight response, is unpleasant, ...

I couldn't figure out what the sentence was trying to say either.

Would it still be correct to say, "For example, dominance of the sympathetic nervous system (which governs the fight-or-flight response) over the parasympathetic, is unpleasant, ..."?

Comment author: Qiaochu_Yuan 01 February 2013 05:16:43PM 0 points [-]

That's probably less confusing. Thanks! Edited.