“Stefan Debener, a brain researcher at the MRC Institute of Hearing Research in Southampton, England and coworkers examined the occurrence of the brain-fart,………………………. "to create monitoring devices to warn people before committing errors on the job.”
If it were also discovered that brain-farts are connected with methane emission these devices could in turn serve to diminish an as yet unrealized source of this most worrisome greenhouse gas. It never occurred to me that wrong thinking might be a factor contributing to climate change. Perhaps some of those concerned commentators over on the LHC posting should ramp up to warn us all of the possible dangers posed and present a risk assessment. Imagine, we worry how many lights are burning, while perhaps we should also give thought to preventing some from flickering off from time to time.
It never occurred to me that wrong thinking might be a factor contributing to climate change.
Notwithstanding the question whether wrong thinking contributes to climate change, it is defintely the factor hindering all our attempts to deal with it in a timely manner. A global fart problem so to say ;-)
“Notwithstanding the question whether wrong thinking contributes to climate change, it is defintely the factor hindering all our attempts to deal with it in a timely manner. A global fart problem so to say ;-)”
Most certainly!
Best,
Phil (acting with Glaucon’s proxy) :-)
7:25 AM, May 15, 2008
Back in Waterloo. The visitor who was sharing my office left today, after dutifully producing this paper with Yidun and having covered the blackboard with loads of equations that however seem to be completely unrelated to that paper. So possibly there's more to come. Kinda scary, people who are so productive while I chew pens (so much about my New Year's resolution).
Either way, Waterloo is rainy today, but considerably greener than when I left two weeks ago. Here's some infotainment that I came across recently
If you've been jetting back and forth from the USA to Germany as many times as I, you'll have noticed that Germans don't smile as permanently, and as widely as the average American. Since the USA keeps on slipping in the international life-expectancy ratings, I want to inform you that a Prof. Dieter Zapf of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt has claimed that constant smiling can be bad for your health and can lead to depression, high blood pressure and cardiovascular problems. See 'Spiegel: Don't Smile Too Much, German Shop Assistants Warned'. (The reason Americans grin so much more is of course that they spend lots of money on bleaching their teeth, and then they want to show off with it.)
Stefan Debener, a brain researcher at the MRC Institute of Hearing Research in Southampton, England and coworkers examined the occurrence of the brain-fart, and found that about 30 seconds prior to making a mistake a brain region becomes active that is usually engaged when a person is relaxing. Dr. Debener suggests then "to create monitoring devices to warn people before committing errors on the job." Yeah, I guess some people's farts are other people's ideas. See Globe and Mail: Cutting back on errors on the job.
Just in case you missed it, Stefan and me, we've had a very insightful conversation with the LHC defense on our earlier post 'Black Holes at the LHC-again' (see comment section). Feel free to add your 99 cent.
Quotation of the week:
"Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum."
(Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.) ~Cicero
posted by Sabine Hossenfelder at 4:11 PM on May 14, 2008
"This and That"
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Hi Bee,
“Stefan Debener, a brain researcher at the MRC Institute of Hearing Research in Southampton, England and coworkers examined the occurrence of the brain-fart,………………………. "to create monitoring devices to warn people before committing errors on the job.”
If it were also discovered that brain-farts are connected with methane emission these devices could in turn serve to diminish an as yet unrealized source of this most worrisome greenhouse gas. It never occurred to me that wrong thinking might be a factor contributing to climate change. Perhaps some of those concerned commentators over on the LHC posting should ramp up to warn us all of the possible dangers posed and present a risk assessment. Imagine, we worry how many lights are burning, while perhaps we should also give thought to preventing some from flickering off from time to time.
Best,
Phil
11:54 PM, May 14, 2008
Hi Phil,
It never occurred to me that wrong thinking might be a factor contributing to climate change.
Notwithstanding the question whether wrong thinking contributes to climate change, it is defintely the factor hindering all our attempts to deal with it in a timely manner. A global fart problem so to say ;-)
Best,
B.
6:52 AM, May 15, 2008
Hi Bee,
“Notwithstanding the question whether wrong thinking contributes to climate change, it is defintely the factor hindering all our attempts to deal with it in a timely manner. A global fart problem so to say ;-)”
Most certainly!
Best,
Phil (acting with Glaucon’s proxy) :-)
7:25 AM, May 15, 2008