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The Omnibrain is a psychology graduate student at an online university. He hopes that the three weeks and $29.95 that he is spending on his Ph.D. will get him a job at a Tier 1 research university. Do online universities have postdocs? Ok...just kidding, The Omnibrain is a real graduate student at a real school somewhere in the continental United States - or maybe Europe.
January 31, 2007
Category: Psychology
How do you know a mouse is tripping balls? It's not like you can show them crazy tapestries and play Pink Floyd and ask them how they feel.
Posted by The Omnibrain at 10:25 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Neuroscience
A team of researchers from UCLA has created a model of how the brain could potentially tell time and has also tested a part of the model on human subjects. "If you toss a pebble into a lake," he explained, "the ripples of water produced by the pebble's impact act...
Posted by The Omnibrain at 3:13 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Art
Ties with squids and their brains on them. sweeet.
Posted by The Omnibrain at 10:48 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Humor
I went to Memphis this past weekend seeking a scientific understanding of Graceland
Posted by The Omnibrain at 10:41 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Brain Toys
It's the Brainy Electra™ Plasma Lamp. "Electric charge passing through a hand-blown glass brain hypnotizes you with an amazing lightning show." Lightning! It's not the only brain lamp around, though. There's a Nuart Lamp with Unique Brain Globe for just $399.00. " This is a very nice Art Deco antique....
Posted by Sandra Kiume at 9:00 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 30, 2007
Category: Mental Health
Not safe for work, but not exactly arousing either.
Posted by Sandra Kiume at 6:00 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Neuroscience
GW Pharmaceuticals has developed a diet drug derived from Marijuana which suppresses the appetite. This is especially surprising for obvious reasons - perhaps a little ironic?! Clearly the marijuana plant contains many many different compounds - but who would have thought that one of them suppressed the urge to...
Posted by The Omnibrain at 12:18 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Religion
If you reject the Big Bang as being intelligent - after acknowledging that it created so many books and other works of art, it leaves you with no test for intelligence.
Posted by The Omnibrain at 12:14 PM • 54 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Philosophy
The trolley problem is redefined in Can Bad Men Make Good Brains do Bad Things? Consider the following case: On Twin Earth, a brain in a vat is at the wheel of a runaway trolley. There are only two options that the brain can take: the right side of...
Posted by Sandra Kiume at 9:57 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Policy & Politics
Women say pull out!
Posted by The Omnibrain at 1:05 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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