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Author Topic: SCIENCE, Gravitational waves, and the whole LIGO OST!  (Read 512966 times)

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Re: SCIENCE, Gravitational waves, and the whole LIGO OST!
« Reply #4245 on: September 19, 2016, 05:11:47 pm »
Yeah I saw discussion about the idea some time back but didn't know they had it in a testable version yet.
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« Reply #4246 on: September 22, 2016, 03:26:56 am »
https://science.slashdot.org/story/16/09/20/1426232/when-blind-people-do-algebra-the-brains-visual-areas-light-up

Basically, the did MRI's on blind people when they're working out algebra, and they use the visual cortex to perform the calculations, whereas that region doesn't light up when sighted people do the same tasks. It seems blind people are co-opting that area of the brain to do other processing.
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« Reply #4247 on: September 22, 2016, 03:49:06 am »
I wonder if it's different for people who used to have sight, though.
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« Reply #4248 on: September 22, 2016, 07:36:21 pm »
Not apparently currently up on their website, but the Ig Nobels have been announced.

But is it wrong that I think that this picture says 2016 and 2122?
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Re: SCIENCE, Gravitational waves, and the whole LIGO OST!
« Reply #4249 on: September 23, 2016, 06:57:51 pm »
Quote from: Reelya on September 22, 2016, 03:26:56 am
https://science.slashdot.org/story/16/09/20/1426232/when-blind-people-do-algebra-the-brains-visual-areas-light-up

Basically, the did MRI's on blind people when they're working out algebra, and they use the visual cortex to perform the calculations, whereas that region doesn't light up when sighted people do the same tasks. It seems blind people are co-opting that area of the brain to do other processing.
Reminds me of how they've done scans on the blind people who can do that echolocation stuff and found that that was one of the big reasons why sighted people had difficulty trying to do it; the blind people were utilizing their visual cortexes for the processing.
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« Reply #4250 on: September 23, 2016, 07:25:56 pm »
does this mean that if i add an extra visual cortex to my brain i can start using it for stuff right away
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« Reply #4251 on: September 23, 2016, 07:59:58 pm »
Quote from: Egan_BW on September 23, 2016, 07:25:56 pm
does this mean that if i add an extra visual cortex to my brain i can start using it for stuff right away
Ummm, no, but given brain plasticity I wouldn't be surprised if you managed to figure out how to use it for stuff in the space of a couple of years! :P
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« Reply #4252 on: September 24, 2016, 05:17:23 am »
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« Reply #4253 on: September 24, 2016, 08:41:45 am »
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« Reply #4254 on: September 24, 2016, 09:12:32 am »
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« Reply #4255 on: September 24, 2016, 11:41:08 am »
I've been spending too much time around the wrong people. M2C2, ozone depletion, and DDT are/were all actual problems, right? Not hoaxes?
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« Reply #4256 on: September 24, 2016, 11:44:50 am »
I don't remember m2c2, but the other two were definitely things.
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« Reply #4257 on: September 24, 2016, 12:55:27 pm »
Man-made climate change. Global warming, specifically artificial global warming (AGW).
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« Reply #4258 on: September 24, 2016, 01:02:46 pm »
Yes, it's a thing. BTW, AGW stands for anthropogenic global warming.
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« Reply #4259 on: September 24, 2016, 01:25:36 pm »
Ah. And, yeah. As per IP. It's a real thing. Not a hoax.
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