. . . in a futile attempt at following a non-existent and mythical
god, christ, and holy spirit.
Do good, live long, prosper. Love one another, hope for an
afterlife if you wish but know we're all in this together, life is
the only certainty, and we're all headed to the same place (in
all likelihood).
Dispense with belief in perceptions of existence cooked up
by the ancients. Get with the program. Live for today.
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Details:
Your heart? See Cut To the Heart:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/heart/
The Virtual Body - The Human Brain
http://www.medtropolis.com/vbody/brain.html
A Brief Tour of the Brain
http://suhep.phy.syr.edu/courses/modules/MM/Biology/biology.html
The Whole Brain Atlas
http://www.med.harvard.edu/AANLIB/home.html
Brain Functions and Map
http://www.neuroskills.com/tbi/brain.html
Explore the Brain and Spinal Cord
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/introb.html
Mr. Brain Fly Through
http://www.crd.ge.com/esl/cgsp/projects/medical/brain.mpg
The Brain: A Work In Progress (L.A. Times)
http://www.latimes.com/HOME/NEWS/SCIENCE/REPORTS/THEBRAIN/
The Human Brain
http://www.feedmag.com/brain/favlobe.html
Excerpt from How Does Our Memory Work?
http://www.msnbc.com/news/278710.asp
"What science knows about remembering and forgetting - If a Jaz disk
can hold two gigabytes of retrievable data, can someone please explain
why I can't recall my own Visa number? Perhaps the most amazing
thing of all about the information revolution is that, somehow, a few
decades of computer engineering appear to have outmatched a billion
years of nervous system natural selection. ..."
Excerpt from Remote Control Humans:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_375000/375521.stm
"Could computers one day control peoples' brains? ... Essentially, as
long as an achievement is physically possible then there is no reason
why we cannot learn to do all sorts of things just by thinking about
them. Driving a car, making a cup of coffee and operating a computer
are obvious examples, although anything that requires movement and
can be automated is fair game - and that means just about everything."
Excerpt from Mind Over Matter:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_374000/374377.stm
"Controlling a robot arm by brain power alone sounds like science fiction,
but experiments involving rats' brains have brought it closer to reality. Dr
John Chapin, of the MCP Hahnemann University School of Medicine in
Philadelphia, has shown for the first time that brain cell activity can be
used to control a robotic device."
Excerpt from It's All In the Brain:
http://www.hhmi.org/senses/a/a110.htm
"We can recognize a friend instantly-full-face, in profile, or even by the
back of his head. We can distinguish millions of shades of color, as well
as 10,000 smells. We can feel a feather as it brushes our skin, hear the
faint rustle of a leaf. It all seems so effortless: we open our eyes or ears
and let the world stream in. Yet anything we see, hear, feel, smell, or
taste requires billions of nerve cells to flash urgent messages along
cross-linked pathways and feedback loops in our brains, performing
intricate calculations that scientists have only begun to decipher. ..."
Excerpt from Why Dogs Smile and Chimpanzees Cry:
http://www.discovery.com/sched/domestic/maps/990509dsc.html
"New technologies of brain imaging and genetic testing, coupled with
observations of animals who are learning a human language, confirm
what many pet owners already know: that animals experience an
enormous range of emotions."
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-Dan Fake, Atheist #1468 - Freethinker #2b - Humanist #2b2
