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Archive for January 20th, 2025

@forrestbrazeal on the Twitter post appreciation system

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/01/20

[Wayback/Archive] Jeroen Wiert Pluimers @wiert@mastodon.social on X: “RT @forrestbrazeal: Let me see if I have this straight: – Retweets are when you like something good – Likes are when you like something bad…”

Responses then talk about replying to a tweet or sharing it:

  • paying to the loud
  • add another Tesla share to Elon’s pay package

I so much love Forrest’s contributions on Twitter!

Start:

https://x.com/forrestbrazeal/status/1800918914148520314

--jeroen

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How your brain functions when you go from calm via alert and alarm to fear and terror

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/01/20

Boy was I surprised how bad a human brain functions when getting more stressful:

Figure 6
STATE DEPENDENT FUNCTIONING
“STATE” CALM ALERT ALARM FEAR TERROR
DOMINANT
BRAIN AREAS
Cortex
(DMN)
Cortex
(Limbic)
Limbic
(Diencephalon)
Diencephalon
(Brainstem)
Brainstem
ADAPTIVE “Option”
Arousal
Reflect
(create)
Flock
(hypervigilance)
Freeze
(resistance)
Flight
(defiance)
Fight
ADAPTIVE “Option”
Dissociation
Reflect
(daydream)
Avoid Comply Dissociate
(paralysis/catatonia)
Faint
(collapse)
COGNITION Abstract
(creative)
Concrete
(routine)
Emotional Reactive Reflexive
FUNCTIONAL IQ 120-100 110-90 100-80 90-70 80-60

I got the table from a Tweet by Andrea Walraven-Thissen (see below).

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