Supergrunch
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I noticed, you keep inviting me to join. I would, but unfortunately I equate cucumbers with messengers from heaven.
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There's an old story about "may you live in interesting times" being a Chinese curse, based on the idea that "interesting" is much the same thing as unpleasant. What you said made me think of it. Apocryphal basically means "bollocks" in this context, and it sounds fun so I like to use it.
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May you live in interesting times. Apparently the thing about that being a Chinese proverb may be apocryphal.
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So, saw episode 4 of after story, which was pretty good. Japanese is such a cool language for over the top arguments and rhetoric. Thus concludes the Sunohara arc - it seems we have Misae's next. Good at this is, I can't wait until after story proper kicks in.
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A glottal stop.
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I'd never get a tattoo, but if I did it would be something absurdly geeky like this: Anyway, I've still got freshers' flu. Damn freshers - none of them seem to have it.
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It is, if you're trying to establish a theoretical framework that accurately explains things outside direct human experience. It may seem odd, but that's because you're evolved to function in the immediate world around you.
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Memories selectively, safely erased in mice
Supergrunch replied to Dante's topic in General Chit Chat
I'm well aware of that, but we aren't told that what's done, and I would like to know the experimental method, which would be in a paper. Also, the claim is that over-expression of the αCaMKII protein when a particular memory is being recalled causes that memory to be forgotten. That's all very well, but I can't see a way of devising an experiment that ensures the mouse is recalling a particular memory, especially as spatial memory (or any memory for that matter) is hardly atomic, apart from maybe at the synaptic level. Surely a maze experiment would contain far too many memory variables for you to really see what was going on, even if you're able to turn off expression of the protein at will. -
Hmm, I find that worryingly preachy.
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Happy birthday Coolness, from another Clannad watcher.
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You may be pleased to hear that one of my lecturers has recommended people watch Fargo on at least three separate occasions.
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So, I just finished my first arts essay since 2005. Fun stuff.
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Memories selectively, safely erased in mice
Supergrunch replied to Dante's topic in General Chit Chat
Erm, this is slightly insane. I wouldn't get your hopes up until after peer review. (also, their methods aren't really explained - how do they know the mouse is attempting to recall a particular memory?) Anyway yeah, need a paper. -
Lol at "Children today seem to like everything so loud." What caused you to be in this article?
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I think it's just the admins who are also site staff, which isn't that many.
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There's a full list of such things here, which can be reached by clicking "view forum leaders" near the bottom of the main page of the forums.
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Yep, perfectly possible. It happens a lot in particle physics experiments.
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Yep, I'm pretty sure that's a psychologically documented phenomenon, though I've forgotten what it's called in the literature. I suppose it mostly occurs because you realise that the relationship between the meaning of the word and its form (i.e. between the sign and the signifier if you're into Saussure) is totally arbitrary. There seems to be something else going on as well though, because the word starts to sound not only random but alien. Anyway, I get it loads, and not only with words - grammatical constructions and so on as well. It comes from looking at them so much - one of our lecturers often says things like "I remember thinking this sounded right before I studied it, but now I don't really know."
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Awesomeness, thanks.
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The latter, apparently English and Danish are two of a very small number of languages it's possible in. (heh, ended that one with a preposition)
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Talking of Danish, could you possibly end a Danish sentence with a preposition for me, ideally with a word-for-word translation? I suppose it's kind of related to this thread...
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Happy Birthday Thread Bonanza Hyper Mega Super!
Supergrunch replied to ReZourceman's topic in General Chit Chat
Mega super ultra happy birthday to you all. -
Hmm, are you sure you couldn't use cereal packets or anything? I'd send you train tickets if I had any, but, alas, I have none.
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Right, people always think schizophrenia refers to split personalities, but it doesn't - the actual psychological term for this is disassociative identity disorder, or DID. By contrast, schizophrenics are those who have an abnormal perception of reality, so may hear voices, or have hallucinations and so on. This is a cool thread nonetheless.
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Man, I keep hearing people when they use dark ls. It becomes hard to stop noticing them after a while.