Dr. Michael Kilgard

They don't have a dog in the race.

This, that, or the other thing, what is the pro and con?

And we're now getting to the point where we can, partly because of your work, have people really understand how they work.

Don't take an antidepressant because it's antidepressant.

That's just what we called it.

It doesn't mean that that's what it evolved for.

That's a label.

You can say anti-PTSD and say this must be anti-PTSD because it's called anti-PTSD.

We have to be careful about these labels.

Antidepressants typically are selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, but some selective norepinephrine.

Reuptake inhibitors.

Some are both.

Some have kind of complex off-target effects.

But they're all lumped because of what they do.

And as you said, whether it's in pathogens or psychedelics, these are given names because of the things we see.

And the things we see are real.

People see them, and this is the effect that they have on mood, on whatever.

They all happen.

The question is a practical one.

What will the long-term outcome be?