My PhD in Neuroscience!

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Hello everyone, I am proud to announce that I have received a PhD in Neuroscience with a focus on Neuropsychology from Stanford University! To help teach what i heave learned, I can share an abstract of the article which got me my thesis. My study primarily concerns chess, which is why i have made my effort to present this information to you.
 
Abstract
 
Students have long complained about a decrease in chess ability after enrolling in AP bio. Even after knowing that this dangerous class puts students in a psychologically damaging situation, still, ironically, the number of students taking AP bio is more or less not getting reduced to a desirable extent. In this study, we analyze a cohort of chess-playing high school students (n=134). We will divide those into students who will be taking and have not taken AP bio. Each group of 67 people will have their brains scanned before and after taking the class.
 
We conducted MRI and CT scans on the brains of those who took AP bio. We have discovered shocking findings:

Brain of high school student before AP bio Brain of high school student after AP bio

Figure 1.1: CT scans of the brains of high school students before and after AP bio
 
In no less than 97% of cases, those who scored under a 1 on AP bio showed evidence of a cactus shaped abnormality in their brain. Testimony from the students revealed that they were forced to inhale a cactus seed as punishment. From these startling findings, we can only conclude that a cactus (Cactaceae) has been growing in their brain asymptomatically. As it has started to reach the frontal lobe, it has affected their ability to think, reason, and understand how positions work.

We can conclude that taking AP bio is extremely detrimental to one's chess potential. As a matter of fact, chess ratings have decreased markedly within 6 months of finishing the school year. As a result, we strongly urge high schoolers to refrain from taking AP bio until further research is done.

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this is quack nonsense.

you're claiming neurological activity measured by CT? I call .

you mean MRI and PET, don't you?


and what does this have to do with chess?
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meant i call b s.
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#2 agreed, he's just a spammer

but drama is sweet, *chomps on popcorn*

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AmericanChadAGC wrote:

#2 agreed, he's just a spammer

but drama is sweet, *chomps on popcorn*

chomp on hanging pieces

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Congratulations! 

Random question, but can you dig into why people decide to troll for validation on the internet?

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BasixWhiteBoy wrote:

Congratulations!

Random question, but can you dig into why people decide to troll for validation on the internet?

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my dad has a phd in neuroscience...

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ChanMan4 wrote:

my dad has a phd in neuroscience...

I think he would be impressed by my paper...

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https://youtube.com/shorts/85VCJOo7cys?feature=share

GUYS look magnus playing with his CAT

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this thread is actually really funny and i hope mods don't kill it. op is obviously just having fun
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I believe it's a rabbit, put there by the scanning device. Careful, it could breed.

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Congratulations. I'm a roads scholar.

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DreamscapeHorizons wrote:

Congratulations. I'm a roads scholar.

Congratulations!

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BasixWhiteBoy wrote:

Congratulations!

Random question, but can you dig into why people decide to troll for validation on the internet?

They took AP bio, inhaled a cactus seed as punishment for failing it, and a cactus grew into their brain and took out their frontal lobes.

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only math, physics, programming related courses are valid, rest are mental illnesses