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I realize this question is extremely petty, but it has professional implications for me. Chat GPT-4 gave my dissertation a B+ and GPT-5 gave it an A. The dissertation is in analytic metaphysics. Which model is more reliable for this kind of cognitive task?
Alive and conscious/sentient are not the same. Something must be sentient to be harmed. Plants are alive. You eat salad, right?
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Yea, I have. I ordered one from vagus.net in February 2023. Over 6 months, it forcibly kicked me off a 20 year SSRI prescription. I've been using it now for about 2 years, weekly if not daily, and although I still regularly feel depressed about the world, I also feel my other feelings (which were blunted on those SSRIs). I no longer live in a state of fight/flight, though I'm quick to walk away when approached by strangers. Overall the tVNS has been lifesaving for me and my autistic-AFAB-CPTSD friends. (Autism by itself involves vagus dysfunction.)
Ancient metaphysical dispute between Platonists and Aristotelians (nominalists) debunked as disagreement between neurotypicals and Autistics, who have deficits in high-level vision.