LOLFutures - brilliant!
House spoilers, ho! covers eyes I want to go into this season knowing NOTHING.
The rugby player with the tooth buried in his skull? Now THAT'S the way to play the game!
They are exceptionally sunny and cheerful and loving, but their families and caretakers have to be super-vigilant because they've got no instinct for doubt, skepticism, self-preservation, and they make great targets for everything from bullies to sexual abusers because they're so thoroughly guileless and trusting. They haven't got a mean, conniving, un-sweet bone in their bodies, and they're completely, physiologically incapable of imagining that any human being could ever wish harm on them or anyone else.
Is that how we'll be in the perfect world/heaven? If everyone were like that, would it be a bad thing? (I'm going for yes, but I was born cynical.) The brain fascinates me. I love reading Oliver Sacks and suchlike.
I saw a medical program featuring one such girl and was absolutely amazed that despite the removal of half her brain there seemed to be no discontinuity of her identity or personality. I gather there were symptoms and reduced function issues during the adjustment period, but she was notably still the same person.I believe I saw the same program. I think it only worked so well because she was so young. But still, if the "person" isn't in the whole brain, where is it? How come damage to a tiny part of the brain can change everything about a person, but removal of an entire half can just leave one with a few motor issues.
Then there's the weird cases where the two hemispheres are separated (usually to fight epileptic seizures). It's amazing how little side effects are experienced. And then there's all the interesting research on weird effects of this surgery....Where the left hand literally doesn't know what the right hand is doing? Weird. It's like there's two people in there now, but only one can speak.
I love The Angry Toxicologist!
ita? You're taking pole dancing lessons? boggle swoon