Category Archives: neuroscience

The brain runs in four dimensions?

April 3, 2007 – 11:01 am

Uptil yesterday, I used to think that thinking in 4 spatial dimensions is a purely analytical play (and “Time” as the 4th dimension never seemed intriguing enough anyway). But I just finished reading “The Möbius Strip” by Clifford Pickover, and now I believe I am actually able to mentally and somewhat visually integrate at least [...]

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What’s next for the hu-man race?

March 25, 2007 – 1:24 pm

Man is nature’s supreme creation. It took evolution billions of hu-man years to achieve this level of perfection. The question is.. what lies next?
Is it heading anywhere at all? Does it need to head anywhere? Maybe we are already perfect and there is nothing more to be gained by further individual enhancement?
If we were to [...]

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The Brain, the body, and survival

February 23, 2007 – 12:57 pm

Does the brain exist and evolve to prolong the survival of the body? Or does the brain use the body to prolong its own survival? Or are they one and the same thing and should not be discussed as two separate entities?
Hypothetically, is it possible to “evolve” a brain as complex and intelligent as a human’s, [...]

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