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Science Faction: 07.09
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Exploring links between neurology and human consciousness via art, culture, technology, music, design, and science. Subtlety = Officially Over. Jesus, this a bit brutal, isn't it? I'm gonna have nightmares. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Neurophenomenon - Mostly Brain. Neurophenomenon - Mind and Brain. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. TED: How the Mind Works. The Carlat Psychiatry Blog. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. I Have Tourettes But Tourettes Doesnt Have Me. Phantoms in the Brain.
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Science Faction: 11.08
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Exploring links between neurology and human consciousness via art, culture, technology, music, design, and science. Neuro-Consciousness Focus Group Part 2: Girl Talk. In sort of an odd twist of fate, my good friend Alex. Got me a ticket to see Girl Talk. A few posts ago. We went for a drink after the show and my friend Oliver was frustrated with the song playing at the bar. Not realizing he was joking, I asked why he didn't like it. "It won't change! And it's not mashed up with anything! I can't imagine ...
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Science Faction: 05.09
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Exploring links between neurology and human consciousness via art, culture, technology, music, design, and science. Care of Philip at Furious Seasons:. Earlier this month I noted. That news had come out that Merck had- with the help of major academic medical journal publisher Elsevier- had created a fake medical journal earlier this decade, which then presented studies that were basically gigantic advertorials for Merck's products. Now there's news that the same academic publisher has admitted. I'm getti...
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Science Faction: Ouch, my brain
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Exploring links between neurology and human consciousness via art, culture, technology, music, design, and science. Ouch, my brain. Man, these hurt. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Neurophenomenon - Mostly Brain. Neurophenomenon - Mind and Brain. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. TED: How the Mind Works. The Carlat Psychiatry Blog. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. I Have Tourettes But Tourettes Doesnt Have Me. Phantoms in the Brain. Proust Was a Neuroscientist. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.
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Science Faction: Fake Pharmaceutical Publications
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Exploring links between neurology and human consciousness via art, culture, technology, music, design, and science. Care of Philip at Furious Seasons:. Earlier this month I noted. That news had come out that Merck had- with the help of major academic medical journal publisher Elsevier- had created a fake medical journal earlier this decade, which then presented studies that were basically gigantic advertorials for Merck's products. Now there's news that the same academic publisher has admitted. The Head ...
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Science Faction: 04.09
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Exploring links between neurology and human consciousness via art, culture, technology, music, design, and science. Newsflash: Satan is Dead. New Hope First Babtist Church interrupts your regular programming to bring you some breaking news - Satan is dead. The killer was indeed identified as Mr. Jesus Christ.of.heaven. This is a sad day for hell and a happy day for the saints and residents of Greenville Mississippi. There may be too many soundbites to list.just watch. Of which Stevie is a big fan. The He...
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Science Faction: 01.09
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Exploring links between neurology and human consciousness via art, culture, technology, music, design, and science. Fast Cheap and Out of Control. My friend Kevin recommended I see Fast, Cheap and Out of Control. Recently. He knew (and was right) that it was in my wheelhouse and actually sent me a copy from Amazon. Merry Christmas, Kevs. It's a very unique Errol Morris. It's funny to watch that idea in action with this collection of robot videos. Labels: Fast Cheap and Out of Control. Are holding a goat ...
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Science Faction: 09.08
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Exploring links between neurology and human consciousness via art, culture, technology, music, design, and science. Gaming Leads to Science? Cool article in Wired. One of the reasons kids get bored by science is that too many teachers present it as a fusty collection of facts for memorization. This is precisely wrong. Science isn't about facts. It's about the. I really like this description, it reminded me of the process of writing music. It's often painful, but the moments of discovery are always wo...
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Science Faction: 07.08
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Exploring links between neurology and human consciousness via art, culture, technology, music, design, and science. A Shepard tone, named after Roger Shepard, is a sound consisting of a superposition of sine waves separated by octaves. When played with the base pitch of the tone moving upwards or downwards, it is referred to as the Shepard scale. This creates the auditory illusion of a tone that continually ascends or descends in pitch, yet which ultimately seems to get no higher or lower. To be calm....
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