Maxwell A

Lifelong Mets and Rangers fan. Part time thinker with a deep interest in cognitive development and philosophy of mind, also an occasional ghost hunter.

[Maxwell A @M_C_Alexander]

Published preliminary research on a computational implementation of the Curiosity, Clarity, Valence (CCV) framework. The model generates psychological trajectories that align directionally with established psychology, including differential trauma responses, learned helplessness, and preference for actions over words. All patterns emerge from the same core structural dynamics. #PhilosophyOfMind #ComputationalPsychology #EmergentCognition #CognitiveScience

Preprint: https://t.co/wQVYsyLA6p
Original Theory: https://t.co/FqcTz9VwIY

[Maxwell A @M_C_Alexander]

@Awk20000 I see Asmon is in the nascent stages of his own Madagascar plan.

[Maxwell A @M_C_Alexander]

I dislike Stearns, but there is no denying that he is playing the long game. Nobody knows how the chips are going to fall after the league and the player's union finish their negotiations. We are already locked into a lot of long-term money that may bite us in the ass post-lockout.

[Maxwell A @M_C_Alexander]

Agreed. I also think there is some irony here; if psychology/psychiatry were more esoteric/mystical, then it would probably be far more beneficial practice; through therapeutic dialogue, introspective journeys, etc.

Instead, we get SSRI's, benzos, and a plethora of other chemicals meant to inhibit the human experience and suppress states of Being that we decided were too difficult to deal with.

[Maxwell A @M_C_Alexander]

I read your article, and I even agree with you on a lot of the larger points - corruption, overdiagnoses, and even an element of pseudoscience being baked into the cake.

I guess where I disagree with you the most isn't so much in sentiment, but in presentation. I do think you are correct when it comes to there being a plethora of pseudoscientific approaches in psychology, but it seemed like you were saying psychiatry doesn't exist (religion vs. reality) on one hand, and then saying that psychiatry is negatively affecting our lived experience through the alteration of our brain's chemical systems on the other.

Something cannot be both esoteric mysticism and a physical reality. Psychiatry is real. Our brains and bodies have many systems that affect our lived experiences. Psychiatry, psychology, cognitive science, neuroscience, and many other fields probe and study these very real systems. You can acknowledge that something is real whilst also acknowledging that its use in society is steeped in corruption, misinformation, and profit-seeking.

All that being said, I enjoyed the article. It was an interesting read for sure.

[Maxwell A @M_C_Alexander]

@europa I'm sorry, but murder kinda overrides any "previous good character." If you murder someone then you were never a good person. Good people don't commit murder.

[Maxwell A @M_C_Alexander]

@FrankLeeSG @DrSuneelDhand Psychiatry is focused far more on biological realities than some esoteric idea of the "mind." There's a case to be made that psychology sometimes falls into that realm, but psychiatry and psychology are different practices.

[Anthony DiComo @AnthonyDiComo]

Juan Soto, grand slam. And he knew it.

[Maxwell A @M_C_Alexander]

@HantsPolice @smg1664 Even if he would have died anyways, surely dying being comforted by people trying to save your life would have been preferable to dying in handcuffs whilst the authorities call you a liar and attempt to comfort the man that just put a hole in your chest.

[Thundrea @thundrea_]

The "Develop Destiny 3" petition has reached almost 260k signatures. Can we get 300k by the end of the day?

[Maxwell A @M_C_Alexander]

What I never understood was the general sentiment that conservatives liking The Boys was somehow a "gotcha" moment. Vought aligns primarily with the left-wing movement in corporate America; inflated and over-valued HR and PR department, a decision-making process based around how others view the decision rather than the effects of the decision itself, and a general sacrifice of things that matter for things that don't matter - or matter significantly less.

Homelander was a left-wing creation, not a right wing one (from the lens of the actual narrative of show).

[Maxwell A @M_C_Alexander]

@HoodieAlonso I blame the decision making on the coaching staff and pre-game preparation. It's easy to look at this team and see how unprepared they are on both sides of the game every single day.

[Maxwell A @M_C_Alexander]

@JoeCruzNYC @TheMetsX Ah yes, the one bad month that is still better than any month this season. They let those guys walk over 1/6 months of bad offense and replaced it with 6/6 months of bad offense.

[Maxwell A @M_C_Alexander]

Maybe the Mets organization just isn't up to snuff when it comes to coaching and developing players, from the minors all the way to the big-league club. #mets

[Maxwell A @M_C_Alexander]

@metsbatflip1 They had the 4th best offense in the majors last year and decided to blow up the offense and barely improve the pitching. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that maybe you should fix the things that are broken and leave the things that aren't alone.

[Maxwell A @M_C_Alexander]

@LangmanVince Because pro athletes live and breathe a sports game from adolescence to adulthood.

[Maxwell A @M_C_Alexander]

Not that hard to comprehend. People tend not to complain when they’re winning. Mets sucked and fans looked at Stearn’s roster construction. Mets showed signs of life and the fans started the think that maybe they were just unlucky and the law of averages is swinging us the other way. Mets suck again and the fans realize that the aberration was them playing well, not them playing poorly.

[Maxwell A @M_C_Alexander]

@TRobinsonNewEra Too many judges out here thinking that their rulings are what turn people into "criminals" rather than the criminal acts the individuals commit. Corrupt to the core.

[Maxwell A @M_C_Alexander]

@ultramet Pretty sure the Mets biggest rivals will always be themselves.

[Maxwell A @M_C_Alexander]

@MetsMuse It’s gotta be a mental difference for him. Hard for a player to succeed when they know they’re just here to fill a roster spot, especially in the high-pressure market of NY. Lack of pressure and a legitimate place on the team has probably contributed more than anything else.

[Maxwell A @M_C_Alexander]

@artiebucco_chef What is he supposed to be? Because the only thing I expect him to be is a rookie learning what it's like to pitch a season in the big leagues. Fan expectation does not equal real expectation.