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The Corpus Callosum is an occasional journal of armchair musings, by a suburban, reality-based, slightly-left-of-center guy, who reserves the right to be highly irregular at times. Topics: social commentary, neuroscience, politics, science news. Mission: to develop connections between hard science and social science, using linear thinking and intuition; and to explore the relative merits of spontaneity vs. strategy.
Corpus Callosum is written by a psychiatrist at a small community hospital somewhere in the USA. Email to cc.scienceblogger at gmail dot com.
January 28, 2009
Category: Chatter
Our man in Chicago turned me on to Charlie Stross. Little did I know, Stross' writings have become something of a sensation in the academic world. One of the first blogs I read was Crooked Timber. I think it was...
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January 27, 2009
On 26 January 2008, major employers in the USA announced 60,000 jobs would be lost. The market responded positively, as it often does. The S&P 500 gained 0.56%. Clearly the best thing that businesses could do would be to fire...
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January 26, 2009
Category: Neuroscience
On 14 January, 2008, the US FDA approved milnacipran for use in treatment of fibromyalgia. It is ( or soon will be) available in tablets of 12.5, 25, 50, and 100mg. It has been marketed as an antidepressant in Europe...
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January 24, 2009
Category: Photos of Interest
This photo is from Wikimedia; it shows a Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) in the Jigokudani Monkey Park in Nagano Prefecture,Japan. The photo is in the public domain. The Park features natural hot springs. There are more photos here and here. ...
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January 23, 2009
Category: Photos of Interest
This is precious. It is a screen shot from The Economist, from an article (The frat boy ships out) on the departure of George W. Bush. I recall that The Economist ended up endorsing Kerry, saying something like it was...
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January 22, 2009
Category: Armchair Musings
Today I received an email from the hivemind, saying, in part: In his first speech as President-elect last November, Barack Obama reminded us of the promise of "a world connected by our own science and imagination." He recently stated, "promoting...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 7:44 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 19, 2009
Category: economy
If the only thing Obama does, is to not do the bad things that Bush did, then he will be a success. A disappointment, yes, but also a success. Above is a clip of Olbermann, summarizing in about 9 minutes...
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January 15, 2009
Category: Antidepressants
There is a thought-provoking editorial in the openly-accessible Journal of Psychiatry of Neuroscience (JPN): Has the time come for clinical trials on the antidepressant effect of vitamin D? (45 KB PDF). In it, the editor of the the Journal, Simon...
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January 12, 2009
Category: Armchair Musings
Two things happened to the New York Times recently. For one, they announced that they will place advertisements on their front page. Two, they are publishing Opinion columns written by Bono. I suspect the two are not unrelated. Which is...
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January 11, 2009
Category: Photos of Interest
Xinhua has helpfully posted the top 10 astronomy photos of the year (2008), according to National Geographic....
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