Neuroscience Quotes...

ffetcher: I thought I'd share a couple of (paraphrased) quotes from Todd Murphy.

On prayer: "I pray every day, the way I was taught by a Comanche. First I pray thanksgiving - it doesn't matter how small the thing is, but thanksgiving. Then I pray for other people, and lastly for myself. The Comanche term for 'Great Being' also translates as 'Great Mystery'. So I pray to the Great Mystery. That Way I can't be wrong. And more than the truth, scientists like to be right"

On belief: "I want my daughter to grow up in a world where nobody believes in God, but where everyone pretends that they do, in order to get the benefits that go with belief; where everyone knows that everyone is pretending and where no-one is upset if someone else pretends something different."

Sam: 250 BUCKS???!!! When did Persinger's mob get into marketing? I note that I can't use the damn thing anyway because I have a history of "all of the above" and am obligate ambidextrous - meaning there are some things I have to do with my left hand that I should really be doing with my right.

ffetcher: the cheap shot would be to saythat Persinger's crowd have been into marketing from the start, but in reality, thanks for spotting the merchandising, because a couple of people asked me how much the hat cost and I didn't know. In fairness to the 'mob', two points: firstly there's a reasonable amount of free- or shareware downloads as well as the hat, and secondly, I doubt that if I were working for the national minimum wage I could turn out the adjustable band thingy at a hundred bucks and warrant it against manufacturing faults. Sure the stuff is expensive, but maybe not over-priced.