Thoughts on Thoughts: The Mind Under Extreme Duress

Wednesday, 25 November 2009, 19:18 | Category : Health, Psychology, Uncategorized
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So two stories I came across recently made me think about the brain’s ability to cope under extreme stress. The first is the story of the recently-freed Iranian-Canadian Journalist, Maziar Bahari, who was held captive for 118 days following election protests in Iran. He was arrested and held under suspicion of being a spy. During […]

The Disappearing Male

Sunday, 9 November 2008, 10:42 | Category : Future, Health, Policy
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An excellent CBC doc that talks about how plastics and chemicals are affecting male reproductive health…Must see: OR you can watch this and other great docs on CBC.ca’s player, at: CBC Documentaries Player

Virtual You

Yesterday I chanced on an amazing show on Discovery called Next World: Future Life on Earth (think Beyond 2000, from a beyond-2000 perspective) and caught a segment about Transported Presence. The idea is that our video and audio projections will be so high in quality, we wouldn’t physically need to travel anywhere; the mere projection […]