chewychewymango's comments

To be fair, the words "change the world" are almost never next to "for the better".

Judging by the linkedin profiles of Emu's employees, the lead engineer only had iPhone experience. In fact, it's unclear whether anyone had Android experience.

The real story here is between the lines.

Yes, you're wrong.

1. Eich is prejudiced against gays (how did he arrive at this conclusion?).

2. From history (e.g., experience), we can soundly argue this type of prejudice is wrong and incompatible with modern society. The differences between anti-miscegenation statutes and Prop 8 are superficial at most. Likewise, Prop 8 was struck down.

3. Since only one side is prejudiced, the bigotry only goes one way.

It's also worth noting we would not be having this discussion if he donated money to a neo-nazi group.

Sorry but you're on the wrong side of history.

It's obvious you don't know very much about serotonin. Here's why:

SSRIs bind to the serotonin transporter SERT. The 'selective' part means that it has a much higher affinity for SERT than other monoamine transporters (e.g., DAT or NET). Although you're correct that there are various serotonin receptor subtypes, there is only one known SERT (there is only one gene).

SSRIs do exhibit extremely weak affinity to serotonin receptors but it is so low that it doesn't matter which subtype has a higher affinity than another. If you want to latch on to 5HT receptors with interesting ratios and affinities, the correct psychiatric drug would be an antipsychotic.

Please stop defending the chemical imbalance model when you do not understand the science at all. Thank you.

So long as the chemical imbalance myth is perpetuated and one in ten Americans are on anti-depressants, all SSRI prescriptions are sacrosanct. Sadly, society isn't ready to have this discussion.

It's probably worth pointing out that the person with the bug in the story, Jay Maynard, is also Tron Guy.