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    Human Brains Better Than Squids, Science Decides

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    Image of Blue_Thark Blue_Thark
    09/12/09

    In reply to Human Brains Better Than Squids, Science Decides
    So I just need to figure out a way to reduce the impedance of gray matter by a factor of 3/13. Then I could finally become smart enough to destroy all of y... I mean, solve global warming!
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    Boas_MC promoted this comment Edited by Blue_Thark at 09/12/09 5:50 PM Blue_Thark was starred Blue_Thark was unstarred
    Image of Jack of all Tirades R.O.A.C.H. Jack of all Tirades R.O.A.C.H.
    09/12/09

    In reply to Human Brains Better Than Squids, Science Decides
    Ha ha! Stupid squid! U - S - A!! U - S - wait, what? Oh. M - A - M - M - A - L!!!
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    Image of Anekanta - Go Play! Anekanta - Go Play!
    09/12/09

    In reply to Human Brains Better Than Squids, Science Decides
    I love me some calamari... mm mmm. Meanwhile, they're thinking "It's a trap!"
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    09/12/09

    In reply to Human Brains Better Than Squids, Science Decides
    I could have told them we were better. You don’t see any squid out there who’ve figured out how to deep fry people and pair them with tzatziki. Mmm deep fried people . . .
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    Edited by RandomFrequentFlierDent at 09/12/09 12:41 PM RandomFrequentFlierDent was starred RandomFrequentFlierDent was unstarred
    Image of Bookdust Bookdust
    09/12/09

    In reply to Human Brains Better Than Squids, Science Decides
    So it took them seventy years to decide that perhaps a squid wasn't the closet thing to a human brain they could find? And that maybe, just maybe a mammalian mind would be a more accurate approximation of how the human brain works?

    Science is grand.
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    09/12/09

    @Bookdust: This was my thought as well. It's a little shocking that no one bothered to follow-up on those results in all these years.
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    Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock
    09/12/09

    @92BuickLeSabre: Some squids have neurons so large they can be seen with the naked eye. That made them far far simpler to work with in the lab.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    09/12/09

    @Chip Overclock: Oh, you and your facts.
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    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    09/12/09

    In reply to Human Brains Better Than Squids, Science Decides
    So if we are brainier, canI please get my underwater secret underwater base!!! It just means if ive got better brains, the squids wont bully me!!
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    Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock
    09/12/09

    @CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): Since when has having a bigger brain kept you from being bullied?
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    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    09/12/09

    @Chip Overclock: Squids are bastards. I locked myself in a jar once, and they just opened it!!!
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    Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock
    09/12/09

    @CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): If only we had a Mega-Shark, that'd show them!
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    Image of GreyHammer GreyHammer
    09/12/09

    In reply to Human Brains Better Than Squids, Science Decides
    im no biologist, but doesnt it stand to reason that a brain like a squid would work faster as it only has so many imperatives? The human brain is dealing with much more complex problems than "find fishie. eat da fishy. swim xbillion". if im wrong cool, but someone explain it to me.
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    Image of The_Thing The_Thing
    09/12/09

    @GreyHammer: You may be correct, but when this article talks about efficiency, it is talking about the energy efficiency of neuron to neuron transmission, not the efficiency of the brain as a whole.
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    GreyHammer promoted this comment The_Thing was starred The_Thing was unstarred
    Image of GreyHammer GreyHammer
    09/12/09

    @The_Thing: so just the conveyance of impulse between synapses then?
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    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    09/12/09

    In reply to Human Brains Better Than Squids, Science Decides
    This makes my consistent tic-tac-toe losses to squids all the more embarrassing.
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    Image of UgoAesacus UgoAesacus
    05/13/09

    In reply to Brain-Hacking May Cure Tourettes — Or Weaponize It
    May I humbly recommend my story "Brain Wars" in my RIBOFUNK collection as dealing precisely with these weaponized aspects....?
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    05/13/09

    @UgoAesacus: Not that I believe you are really Di Filippo but that was a great story.

    Wait a minute, Penguin!

    Have I posted this comment yet?

    Your adoring fan,

    CENSORED
     Reply
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    05/12/09

    In reply to Brain-Hacking May Cure Tourettes — Or Weaponize It
    Fuck that shit.
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    Image of geekgrrl geekgrrl
    05/12/09

    In reply to Brain-Hacking May Cure Tourettes — Or Weaponize It
    Or even cause a temporary abnormality in people, to reduce their self-control?


    we already have that, it's legal, and my coworkers can't live without it.

     Reply
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    Image of geekgrrl geekgrrl
    04/24/09

    In reply to New Technology Allows Hands-Free Twittering Via Brainwaves
    i wonder if you'd have a choice to balk at this method of communication because it only uses caps. goddamn, i hate all caps.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    04/24/09

    @GEEKGRRL: WHY SO MUCH HATE?
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    04/24/09

    @Grey_Area: WORD. IF I HAD THIS SYNDROME, EVERYTHING I'D MANAGE TO GET OUT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO ME!


    you can set it to all lowercase, probably.

     Reply
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    Image of DustbinCarbonara DustbinCarbonara
    04/24/09

    In reply to New Technology Allows Hands-Free Twittering Via Brainwaves
    GO BADGERS?
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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    04/24/09

    @DustbinCarbonara: He's not rooting for a team, but rather yelling at a small group of vicious animals that have invaded his bedroom.
     Reply
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    04/24/09

    @Garrison Dean: Out, damn badger, out!
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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    04/24/09

    In reply to New Technology Allows Hands-Free Twittering Via Brainwaves
    Twittering and Status Updates are inherently lies.


    The answer to what are you doing now should always be, "I am typing a status update."

     Reply
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    04/24/09

    In reply to New Technology Allows Hands-Free Twittering Via Brainwaves
    alternate title for applications in internet message boards:
    New Technology Allows Hands Free Hand-Waving via Brain Waves
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    Image of Kevin Jones Kevin Jones
    04/24/09

    @tetracycloide:


    Semaphore?

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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    04/24/09

    @Kevin Jones: i was refering to the prevelant specious aguments.
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