@limitlesstack a man is a retard who has no control and no consideration for his body. Amphetamines have higher abuse potential, because they actually work better. They are cope. Modafinil is better. WTF did I just read?
@NoCopesX PFS patients are no evidence either. I believe neurosteroids are linked to mental state,however:
1.we have no direct measurements from the brain
2. they might've already had those issues before starting Fin
3. They might've developed because they developed depression on their lwn
@NoCopesX rats have different iso-enzymes.
their brain DHT gets absolutely nuked with Finasteride.
They are also given much higher doses, comparable to grams of Finasteride for a human adult.
This is not evidence.
@NoCopesX that's new to me and that's not what you wrote.
In any case, you'd have to show that the Type III isoenzyme is being down-regulated. It's most prominent in the brain, if it isn't a Fin substrate, why would it down-regulate? Such gene expression changes are very tissue specific.
@BStarcrash34293@NoCopesX no one said it didn't cross the BBB, it doesn't fucking bind to the 5-AR subtype in the brain.
It has no affinity, it doesn't inhibit it.
It has 100x lower type 3 affinity than type 2, it's compared to itself.
It can't nukes 60% scalp DHT only.
Much, much less in the brain.
@NoCopesX (4/4)
"Actual PFS" is so rare that it probably has a different explanation/people with PFS already had very rare and vulnerable cognitive architectures that could go to shit from just anything.
@NoCopesX (3/n)
Finasteride also binds to 5-AR type II only, it has 100x lower affinity for Type I and Type III, type III being the predominant isoform expressed in the human brain.
There is no evidence that Finasteride interferes with the 5-AR dependent cascade in the human brain.
@bryan_johnson I really appreciate what you are doing.
But I still think that there is no evidence that what you are doing is going to greatly extend your lifespan. Unless radical new advances occur, you won't be able to add more than a ~decade to your lifespan.
@GutFirstHealth to advance the fields of science/medicine/engineering, for the betterment of humanity.
they aren't for everyone.
you need them if you have ADHD, you need them if you want to do works of great value for humanity.
you must not become dependent on them, however.
@GutFirstHealth the are tasks the brains of the vast majority of people aren't equipped to handle.
Like intensive studying, deep diving into scientific research, integrating and remembering huge amounts of information.
Amphetamines allow you to do that for 8-12 hours straight.
@GutFirstHealth it's not cope.
they are in an entirely different league.
that's why you have to be mindful about how much and for what purpose you use them.
@Thorin good thing we don't have stuff like this in CS!
Fucking Parivision playing a "PARI Universe" event, what a massive conflict of interests.
(We don't have it as long as you don't think too hard about who owns Falcons and ESL)
@Diridol__ but more Jews died per capita.
they were targeted for their ethnicity, not even necessarily their religion.
it's still depressing to see what we as humans are capable of at our worst, to become so efficient at mass massacre.