Measuring Ambient CO2 Is A New Microtrend For Nerds, Apparently

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CO2/ventilation sleep experiment - Gwern.net
Maddimax/MadCO2

Typically with the assumption that it's bad. The gwern article cites a study purporting that ambient CO2 decreases mental performance on several scales (but raises it on one).

 

[Steven Bussinger]

The nootropics crowd has no narrative prism with which to generate context. Without context, you can't make good decisions.

 

[haidut]

CO2/ventilation sleep experiment - Gwern.net
Maddimax/MadCO2

Typically with the assumption that it's bad. The gwern article cites a study purporting that ambient CO2 decreases mental performance on several scales (but raises it on one).

Increasing CO2 concentrations beyond a certain level will have a sedative effect. But to say that is bad is like saying GABA being sedative is bad. Both are strongly protective and the ability to relax is indicative of good energy production. If a person is in situation requiring focus and strong mental performance, clearly raising CO2 or GABA levels beyond a certain point would be counterproductive (even though it would still be healthy). However, cognitive abilities AFTER a session of increased CO2 (e.g. bag breathing) or GABA would be much higher than baseline due to improved brain oxygenation, higher OXPHOS, lower lactate/serotonin/FFA/etc. Older studies found improved performance for up to 24 hours after increased brain GABA/CO2 levels.
As an example, methylene blue is a known nootropic even among the mainstream biohacking crowd, and its main effects in the brain are lowering lactate and raising CO2.

 

[Hugh Johnson]

What haidut and Steven said. Nonetheless, those guys might invent tools that are useful to us, even if we are trying to do the opposite.

 

[michael94]

What haidut and Steven said. Nonetheless, those guys might invent tools that are useful to us, even if we are trying to do the opposite.

using the enemys weapon against them?
enemy is not a proper term but

 

[Literally]

Interesting comments, guys. Thanks.

 

[Peater]

This is the most logical conclusion of the endless CO2 IS BAD AND WE'RE ALL GONNA BURN propaganda

 

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Associations of Cognitive Function Scores with Carbon Dioxide, Ventilation, and Volatile Organic Compound Exposures in Office Workers: A Controlled Exposure Study of Green and Conventional Office Environments

There are some interesting comments here Associations of Cognitive Function with Carbon Dioxide and Ventilation (2016) | Hacker News