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I am not attacking you. I don't work in neuroscience or biology.

You used a term (SPW) I'm not familiar with without defining the term, the three articles you referenced did not include the term, in the end we find the term is not an acronym, I have no knowledge of your training or background and my background is different from yours.

I was intrigued enough to briefly search for SPW but seeing nothing clearly enlightening, I asked for clarification.

My reference to your needing a nap is because you didn't initially define the term SPW, since most reading your post were likely unfamiliar with. No harm was intended. Not everyone knows what you know or thinks about what you think about, especially technical jargon.

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A simple CTRL+F (CMD+F Mac) "SPW" comes up with 7 results in the Wikipedia article I sent you. I didn't define it, but I mentioned why it was interesting, and I linked to an entire paper discussing the phenomenon! Anyways, I hope you read more and share your thoughts. Please no more personal remarks, just focus on the content!

When I searched for the string "SPW" at the wikipedia URL you originally posted (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuramoto_model ) I found nothing. Hence my queries.

It is true that the article you posted later in response to my queries does indeed contain references to the term "SPW". Thank you for providing that clarifying link.

Unfortunately the terminology and origin of the term "SPW" (or "SPW-R")remains unknown to me, despite the second article using it freely. The article says, for example:

"... John O'Keefe investigated SPW-Rs in more detail in 1978 while studying the spatial memory of rat..."

Queries on Google seem to indicate that the term "SPW-R" refers to the same concept as the acronym "SWR" (a true acronym), but I'll never know, being too impatient to consider the matter further.

It is up to you. I tried to point you to the best of my ability. Let it be known. Anyways, I would appreciate if you removed the downvotes -- there is no good reason you have downvoted my responses to you.

AFAIK, no one can downvote responses to their own comments.

Apparently someone else found your posts to be dissatisfactory.

Well, what are you supposed to do when a user who is asking for clarification is really just trolling you?

I'm not sure if English is your first language, but giardini's first comment in response to yours does not seem to be in any way "trolling" or "attacking" you. None of his later responses seem to, either. You may want to check yourself, because there was no good reason to accuse him of trolling you. You are the one out of line. You started this with your overly-confrontational attitude.

> Anyways, I would appreciate if you removed the downvotes -- there is no good reason you have downvoted my responses to you.

As for this, obviously somebody thought your responses were inappropriate. I agree with them, and would have done the same if I had the necessary reputation.

Quoting the HN Guidelines: > Please resist commenting about being downvoted. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading.

I have every right to feel provoked if I believe someone else is intentionally wasting my time. That user, from my point of view, did not seem genuine in his interest in what I had to say.

Don't respond. Don't feed the troll.

For what it's worth, at this point, both SPW and SPW-R are commonly used. SPW == Hippocampal sharp waves, SPW-R == Hippocampal sharp wave ripples. Often referred to as just sharp waves or sharp wave ripples.

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