Category: Materialism
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Changing the brain. Closing the TV…
Scientists showed that they could alter brain activity of rats and either wake them up or put them in an unconscious state by changing the firing rates of neurons in the central thalamus, a region known to regulate arousal. The study, published in eLIFE, was partially funded by the National Institutes of Health. (1) Increasing…
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Naked humans. Frightening earthquakes…
Foreigner arrested as Malaysians blame nude mountain pictures for earthquake? (1) Authorities in Malaysia have arrested a foreign national for allegedly posing naked for pictures on the country’s highest peak, Mount Kinabalu, an act some Malaysians have said angered the spirits of the mountain and caused an earthquake. News reports said those involved in the…
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Simple questions 1: What is matter?
The simplest questions are the harder to answer...
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Search the garbage... There is no matter!
There is no matter as such, as Planck said. Search the "garbage" of Harmonia Philosophica. They might contain gold...
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Music with the eyes. I mean the brain. I mean the…
Ever since musician Eduardo Miranda met a patient with locked in syndrome 11 years ago, he has been on a mission to create a way for the paralyzed to make music. His latest invention is the brain computer music interface (BCMI) which allows people to create music using just their eyes. By connecting electrodes to…
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