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Memory
March 22, 2015 at 10:52 am
Some interesting information on memory. To me, it seems that there may be more questions rather than answers in this finding. Research on flatworms and their memory, originally thrown to the pits of pseudoscience, has surfaced again.
Quote:McConnell fed bits of trained flatworms to their untrained brethren. As a result, McConnell claimed, the untrained flatworms performed behaviors that the trained flatworms had previously learned.
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RE: Memory
March 22, 2015 at 11:13 am
So, if I'm reading this right, I need to be there when Hawking dies.
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RE: Memory
March 22, 2015 at 11:22 am
If you are into 'long pig'.
You make people miserable and there's nothing they can do about it, just like god.
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God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
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Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
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RE: Memory
March 22, 2015 at 1:52 pm
I was not expecting to read a story that included Ted Kaczynski, a Simpsons reference, and tadpole tails with functioning eyes. Interesting research.
Also, a sincere thank you is in order. I'm always on the lookout for good writing that is also informative. I had never heard of The Verge before, but will have to add it to my 'Pulse' list.
