Alex Mendelsohn, PhD
@alexmendelsohn.bsky.social
Physicist who writes about the psychiatric system. Currently in long-term recovery from generalised anxiety disorder.
The Psychiatric Multiverse: https://psychiatricmultiverse.substack.com/
The Psychiatric Multiverse: https://psychiatricmultiverse.substack.com/
...As an example, if I was asked if I agreed with the bipolar diagnosis, I would've said no, saying that I have never experienced anything close to a manic episode, never been impulsive etc. Then I could say something like 95% of my symptomatic experience is anxiety-related and go from there.
July 18, 2025 at 8:43 PM
...As an example, if I was asked if I agreed with the bipolar diagnosis, I would've said no, saying that I have never experienced anything close to a manic episode, never been impulsive etc. Then I could say something like 95% of my symptomatic experience is anxiety-related and go from there.
Thanks Monty. Good question! And I have many thoughts. Narrowing to one, and this might seem simple: I was never asked if I agreed with the diagnosis - they were sort of given to me. I was never invited into the process. (I'm not sure whether there is a clinical reason why this isn't done?) ...
July 18, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Thanks Monty. Good question! And I have many thoughts. Narrowing to one, and this might seem simple: I was never asked if I agreed with the diagnosis - they were sort of given to me. I was never invited into the process. (I'm not sure whether there is a clinical reason why this isn't done?) ...
I got slightly carried away with interpretations of "Seven eights kg":
a) 7 8's through adding: 8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8 = 56 kg
b) 7 "eights": 88888888 kg
c) assume list; 7, then infinite 8's, then kg: 7, 88888888888...., kg
d) AI assumed typo so: 7, 8, skg
Moral? english is a terrible way to comm. nums
a) 7 8's through adding: 8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8 = 56 kg
b) 7 "eights": 88888888 kg
c) assume list; 7, then infinite 8's, then kg: 7, 88888888888...., kg
d) AI assumed typo so: 7, 8, skg
Moral? english is a terrible way to comm. nums
June 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I got slightly carried away with interpretations of "Seven eights kg":
a) 7 8's through adding: 8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8 = 56 kg
b) 7 "eights": 88888888 kg
c) assume list; 7, then infinite 8's, then kg: 7, 88888888888...., kg
d) AI assumed typo so: 7, 8, skg
Moral? english is a terrible way to comm. nums
a) 7 8's through adding: 8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8 = 56 kg
b) 7 "eights": 88888888 kg
c) assume list; 7, then infinite 8's, then kg: 7, 88888888888...., kg
d) AI assumed typo so: 7, 8, skg
Moral? english is a terrible way to comm. nums
Gosh, 10 years! I guess my surprise is indicative of the normalisation of 2-3 year postdocs...
June 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Gosh, 10 years! I guess my surprise is indicative of the normalisation of 2-3 year postdocs...
Hallelujah!
(Ironically, I made a mistake when I first tried to post this thread. I forgot that in a Bluesky feed, you only see the first post in a thread!)
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(Ironically, I made a mistake when I first tried to post this thread. I forgot that in a Bluesky feed, you only see the first post in a thread!)
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June 7, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Hallelujah!
(Ironically, I made a mistake when I first tried to post this thread. I forgot that in a Bluesky feed, you only see the first post in a thread!)
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(Ironically, I made a mistake when I first tried to post this thread. I forgot that in a Bluesky feed, you only see the first post in a thread!)
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Fittingly, that last link "mistake" was Douglas Corrigan, who possibly flew over the Atlantic on purpose - but maintained throughout his life it was a mistake.
Eighth time's the charm!: psychiatricmultiverse.substack.com/p/a-litany-o...
#psychiatry #medsky #mistakes
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Eighth time's the charm!: psychiatricmultiverse.substack.com/p/a-litany-o...
#psychiatry #medsky #mistakes
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A litany of medical mistakes
From serotonin syndrome to six years of misdiagnosis and mistrust
psychiatricmultiverse.substack.com
June 7, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Fittingly, that last link "mistake" was Douglas Corrigan, who possibly flew over the Atlantic on purpose - but maintained throughout his life it was a mistake.
Eighth time's the charm!: psychiatricmultiverse.substack.com/p/a-litany-o...
#psychiatry #medsky #mistakes
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Eighth time's the charm!: psychiatricmultiverse.substack.com/p/a-litany-o...
#psychiatry #medsky #mistakes
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Noooooooo...... that was the time French operator SNCF discovered the 2,000 trains it had ordered were too wide for regional platforms (costing 15 bn euros)
Abracadabra!: eu.amarillo.com/story/lifest...
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Abracadabra!: eu.amarillo.com/story/lifest...
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Bridges column: 'Wrong Way' Corrigan took infamous transatlantic flight
Whether the flight to Europe was planned or whether it really was an accident has been debated for many years.
eu.amarillo.com
June 7, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Noooooooo...... that was the time French operator SNCF discovered the 2,000 trains it had ordered were too wide for regional platforms (costing 15 bn euros)
Abracadabra!: eu.amarillo.com/story/lifest...
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Abracadabra!: eu.amarillo.com/story/lifest...
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Dang it! That was when a NASA Mars Orbiter flew into Mars instead of around it after Lockheed Martin used Imperial instead of metric units when designing the thrusters and then didn't convert into metric - used by NASA in space missions.
pleeeassseee: www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-e...
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pleeeassseee: www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-e...
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French red faces over trains that are 'too wide'
The French train operator SNCF has discovered that 2,000 new trains it ordered at a cost of 15bn euros are too wide for many regional platforms.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 7, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Dang it! That was when a NASA Mars Orbiter flew into Mars instead of around it after Lockheed Martin used Imperial instead of metric units when designing the thrusters and then didn't convert into metric - used by NASA in space missions.
pleeeassseee: www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-e...
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pleeeassseee: www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-e...
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I don't got this. That was the story of the "Wicked Bible". Robert Barker in 1631 accidentally omitted the word "not" in the seventh commandment while re-printing the Bible for King Charles I resulting in 1000 copies saying:
"Thou shall commit adultery"
🙏: www.simscale.com/blog/nasa-ma...
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"Thou shall commit adultery"
🙏: www.simscale.com/blog/nasa-ma...
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How NASA Lost a Spacecraft From a Metric Math Mistake | SimScale
How NASA lost a spacecraft due to a mistake with metric units and unit conversion. Learn about the Mars Climate Orbiter incident.
www.simscale.com
June 7, 2025 at 8:21 AM
I don't got this. That was the story of the "Wicked Bible". Robert Barker in 1631 accidentally omitted the word "not" in the seventh commandment while re-printing the Bible for King Charles I resulting in 1000 copies saying:
"Thou shall commit adultery"
🙏: www.simscale.com/blog/nasa-ma...
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"Thou shall commit adultery"
🙏: www.simscale.com/blog/nasa-ma...
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