On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 7:05 AM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > doubtful. research coming out of the Max Planck Institute in Leipzig > Germany has shown otherwise with Sufis, various hindu mystics and Zen > Buddhist masters. While they do show a remarkable control over their > physiology, its not at the cellular level. The single muscle unit > training methods work at the level of a single muscle fiber. There's > some really cool research going on at Walter Reid that's helping vets > with brain trauma or significant nerve damage retrain their system > using this set of techniques.
I saw something on either "Now" or "Nova" that I thought you were talking about. Had to do with unconscious training (muscle memory) vs. the "old school" conscious approach that was the standard (and had far less productive results, apparently). I remember the mom saying how she didn't think the techniques would work, because they were so common sense. Guess that was something different though. Hrm, now that I think about it, what I saw might have been in the show about the plasticity of the brain. > As for being able to train yourself look at what's being done with > athletics right now. But generally I think it depends on what you want > Personally I think its a lot of work with a minimal return for most > people. Balance and whatnot is probably good for everyone. You don't have to take it to the "pro" level to get some pretty amazing results (compared to doing nothing). Watching the ice skating for the Olympics made me think about how far the sport has evolved in such a short time. Snowboarding, skating (on the boards with wheels), and break dancing (etc., etc.) have all gotten to crazy levels, compared to where they were just a bit ago. And the thing is, kids can do the new stuff. It's not a result of years and years of training or some such. Seems more like "monkey see, monkey now know it's possible, monkey do" perhaps. > As for the Douglas Adams quote, well it shows nothing. It could also > be the result of Invisible Pink Unicorns, or Reds under your bed. I wasn't talking about the earth itself, I was talking about the "studying". Maybe a little bit about the "observer" problem. This looks good: http://stevenpoole.net/articles/the-observer-problem/ Oddly, it ties back into the deal about "will" (in my mind, which is obviously messed up). And the idea of "personal responsibility". Do you think there's an objective reality? I find it funny how science and philosophy are like, rather similar. :DeN -- Youth does not require reasons for living, it only needs pretexts. Jose Ortega y Gasset ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:312855 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
