“Not getting enough sensory input” as a causal theory of depression. Anosmia as an example. By @slatestarcodex
A priori this seems unlikely, but it fits a lot of my personal experience, particularly with seasonal affective disorderhttps://slatestarcodex.com/2020/04/17/depression-the-olfactory-perspective/ …
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I treat SAD effectively with lights that are MUCH brighter than any commercially available. This works pretty well, but has drawbacks (they are hot, noisy, only illuminate a small area adequately, etc)https://meaningness.com/metablog/sad-light-led-lux …
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Replying to @Meaningness @slatestarcodex
In the unlikely case you haven't read it yet: another instance of treating SAD with "fiat lux!", used as an illustrative case in teaching metasystematicity:https://equilibriabook.com/an-equilibrium-of-no-free-energy/ …
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Yes… his first public mention of this was about three months after my first post on it :)
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After a day of thinking: would "single-pixel AR glasses" help? Basically, put a layer of some sort of colloid on the glasses, and illuminate it with a LED. Added illumination across most of the visual field, without glare, but you can't see into dark areas with the feature on.
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I don’t know! Interesting possibility
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