Friday 9 May 2008

Points of Interest 09. May, 2008

1. Women should use their intelligence to aid their husbands. A truly beautiful article from the Treasury of women's morality (1894):

Intelligence for women


2. Neurolaw will be an upcoming field of study in my opinion. What we are going to do if scientists tells us that we have no free will? Who is to blame for crimes? Our brain?

Perceived moral blame can change the memory of a crime


3. Epimenides was a Cretan who made one immortal statement: "All Cretans are liars."

When is it okay to lie? Teens answer


4. "Research by NTT DoCoMo Research Laboratories has shown that the human pupil carries a slight positive charge, compared to the more negative white part of the eye. [...] The human eye has the properties of a battery."

Electrical eyeballs controlling our gadgets


5. "[...] the earliest predictive information is encoded [...], up to 10 seconds before it enters awareness [...], presumably reflecting the operation of a network of high-level control areas that begin to prepare an upcoming decision."

Our brains can choose our actions 10 sec before awareness

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