succeeded. so it failed as a happiness drug, but turns out it works as an autism drug. it failed on schizophrenia. so we go through these studies, but really study why it failed. that tells you what to look for next. and doing these experiments in america is a hurdle, because government gets in the way. they do, you can get some levels, but you need lots of approval and money to move forward. they say they want to make sure people are safe. that is right, but in fact science is the study of failure, right? we go, we fail, keep trying, the history of medicine is full of these happy accidents. so these fda safety rules may make us less safe by stopping experiments? exactly, we have to balance the kind of expected benefits with the costs. we don t want to hurt people, but also want to develop the drugs that help save people s lives. but they don t stop you from doing that. they make it more difficult.
paul zack has done other experiments with oxytocin that have succeeded. it also failed on autism and schizophrenia. paul: why it fails does you what to look for next. john: doing this experiment in america say hurdle of government gets in the way? paul: you can get fda approvals and lots of money to move forward. john: they say they want to make sure people are saved to. paul: that s true but we fail them to keep trying and you know the history of medicine is full of these happy accidents. john: so the fda safety rules may make us less safe by stopping experiments? paul: exactly so we have to balance the expected benefits but the cost. they want to develop these these drugs is how people s lives. john: they don t stop you from doing that. paul: they make it more difficult.