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- RealmDown, on 05/15/2009, -0/+10Women.
- Rudegar, on 05/15/2009, -0/+10if the human brain were simple enough for the human brain to comprehend
it it would be too small to comprehend it - WhiskeyLemur, on 06/30/2009, -0/+9Is it just me, or does this article sound like it was written by a high school cheerleader? I kept expecting to run into a "Like wow, TOTALLY!!" any minute. I guess this gem was close enough: "Let's row our boat over to the next page and investigate the mysterious case of human memory."
(Like wow, TOTALLY!) - Garr3tJax, on 05/15/2009, -1/+8according to best scientists of Kazakhstan females have smaller brains.
- Nboy514, on 05/15/2009, -0/+6I study anesthestic action in the brain, and let me tell you, across all fields of neuroscience there are way more facts than theories that they can be incorporated in. It's ridiculous. It's amazing.
- Snoogs, on 05/15/2009, -0/+6mind= blown
- seanayb, on 05/15/2009, -0/+5Not all of those have been answered conclusively, by which I mean, having answers that are well-established, scientific, objective matters-of-fact.
- muxaulo, on 05/14/2009, -0/+5We know so much and then we know so little when we think about it
- emjaymj, on 05/15/2009, -0/+4In my experience, this is a general rule with expertise. Every piece of knowledge we have just opens the door to more questions... the more we know, the more we realize we really DON'T know. I think this says a lot about the people that think they know it all.
- inactive, on 05/15/2009, -0/+4You have no idea what you're talking about.
- lasidar, on 05/15/2009, -0/+3"There are some things -- like breathing and maintaining a regular heart beat -- that we don't have to think about."
You are now breathing manually. Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.... - meruru, on 05/15/2009, -0/+36) Why some otherwise perfectly capable people seem incapable of using theirs
- Snoogs, on 05/15/2009, -1/+4For the interested crowd: Your spinal cord actually does a lot of thinking for you as well... In studies of the rate of fire on neurons, some muscle reactions (hot, pain sensory) could not happen if the signals had to go *all the way* to the brain and back. The spine is actually interpreting these things on a minute scale.
The study of consciousness is also not new as they say in the article. Scientists have been trying to determine which animals posess a consciousness for a long time, using cues like eye contact, sense of self, and mirror games. Determining where it resides in the brain is kind of mind blowing though. - derek20cali, on 05/15/2009, -0/+3I think my brain just divided by zero
- derek20cali, on 05/15/2009, -0/+3Epistemic pretentiousness? Really?
- 28dayslater, on 05/15/2009, -0/+36. The Placebo Effect.
- funkyloki, on 05/15/2009, -0/+3I have never, in my life, heard a cheerleader use the words "row our boat". I agree, the writing was poor, but your analogy was even weaker.
- tehphoberer, on 05/15/2009, -0/+2The consciousness section was *****...
"It's possible that something like free will could enter into the equation at the last possible moment, overriding the decision made by the brain."
***** you, dualists! - rikwakefield, on 05/15/2009, -0/+2Isn't it "Sweet Dreams Are Made Of THESE" not this.
- wthulhu, on 08/29/2009, -0/+2www.instantrimjob.org
- frostbyt, on 05/15/2009, -0/+2Brains are mushy
- nikhil760, on 05/15/2009, -0/+1who cares as long as they show their vagin.Looks like no one got Borat(so 2006) reference.
- wthulhu, on 08/29/2009, -0/+1Dugg for Encyclopedia Brown. I almost want to pick one up from the library just to see if I'll love it as much as I used to.
- Snoogs, on 05/15/2009, -1/+2www.instantrimshot.com
- seanayb, on 05/15/2009, -0/+1It wasn't written very well (I thought there was too much filler) but it was interesting. I think there's a lot of epistemic pretentiousness in society about how the brain works and its relationship to mind, behavior, etc. despite the fact that we know *so* little about it.
- rikwakefield, on 05/15/2009, -0/+1http://www.howstuffworks.com/framed.htm?parent=5-b ...
- valmira, on 05/15/2009, -1/+2But he told me it is not the size but what you do with it.
- tmonster1, on 05/15/2009, -0/+1weak article
- PlanckTime, on 05/15/2009, -0/+1Does that mean we only use 10% of our brain?
- emjaymj, on 05/15/2009, -0/+1Bigger head doesn't mean bigger brain.
But as a general rule (in the animal kingdom), the proportion of brain size to body size DOES correlate with intelligence. - yaosio, on 05/15/2009, -0/+1Wow, it's possible scientists can learn more about something? Amazing!
- m3arvk, on 05/15/2009, -0/+1How about when you feel someone looking at you? Surely that implies an emanation of some kind of energy. How does the brain emanate energy across space? Anyone? Anyone?
- wthulhu, on 08/29/2009, -0/+1Wow, it just got better, that was a really fascinating article. +Favorite
- seanayb, on 05/16/2009, -0/+1...yes. I'm not sure what your objection is.
- PlanckTime, on 05/15/2009, -1/+1Two interesting things I noted -
1. the author implies that sleeping is more dangerous now because a predator might come eat us (in my house?) as opposed to back in the day when there were sabre tooth tigers prowling around at night, likely outside a tent or cave. How in the world does that make any sense?
2. In the part relating to Eternal Sunshine, the reference for discussing what was going on in Carrey's head in the movie was Carey. - Djthunderballs, on 05/15/2009, -0/+0Asians can do math, but can't drive. The mysteries grow bigger and bigger
- Grueslayer, on 05/15/2009, -0/+0I'm only going to analyze the pictures associated with each mystery:
5. These boy "detectives" aren't very smart considering all they have to do is look in the mirror at how dorky they look to figure out how much of an impact their parents will have on them.
4. Anybody that wraps their head like that does tell the world they have a disordered brain.
3. Probably the same reason why they stay up all night screaming at the top of their lungs because their bottle is not in their mouth but half an inch away from it.
2. This "detective" appears to be clueless since all the post-it notes are blank.
1. What he's really thinking is "Why do my parents always make me wear the stupidest things?" and "When I get older I'm going to sue them for screwing me up." - eilowny, on 05/15/2009, -0/+0meh. I just liked the literary references in the article.
- steveotron, on 05/15/2009, -1/+0True, and brain size does not equal higher intelligence. And for what it's even worth, females generally have bigger heads in proportion to body size.
- fandyllic, on 05/14/2009, -5/+2Only 5? Still, it was a good article. There are alot of other questions though. Like, how did W. become president with no brain? Ok, just kidding.
I'd like to know about multi-tasking, how does the brain know when its awake, how does the brain prioritize signals, does all thinking happen in brain neurons, etc. So many questions. - mjoe, on 05/15/2009, -10/+1Buried for innaccuracy, and many of these questions have been answered already.
"Scientists don't know where the brain ends and the mind begins. Are they the same thing? What about souls? Are these located in our brains?"
"the brain is likely involved in some way with our conscious thoughts."
"Scientists are also trying to figure out the relationship between conscious and unconscious experiences. There are some things -- like breathing and maintaining a regular heart beat -- that we don't have to think about. How are these unconscious actions wired differently than the conscious ones?"
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