Hi Marc, >Do you think that matters what gender one is? > >I have this strange idea inside my mind that the male feels more closer to >objects...
Hmmm. I'm not sure I should comment. I'll have to be careful-ish. It is said, mainly by rich folk who no doubt have their social stirring-things-up sticks out, that 'diamonds are a girls best friend', but I don't think that really counts as any real evidence to discount your strange-idea. But then, at the same time, I'm sure certain sections of society would rather have diamonds strapped around their necks than ping-pong balls taped to their eyes. On the other hand, I don't know. I just have things I think may be the case, but can always think of something to contradict them. Maybe ask some females? On 14/1/2009, "marc garrett" <[email protected]> wrote: >Hi James, > >>Place your hand under a table, and a second person taps/strokes your hand >>- it's vital this cannot be seen. At the same time, the person also >>taps/strokes the top of the table. Eventually, if it works, you feel the >>taps/strokes as if they come from the table itself. Described in the >>book: "the table has been temporarily iincorporated into your body >>schema. it has become part of 'you'." > >Woah... > >Do you think that matters what gender one is? > >I have this strange idea inside my mind that the male feels more closer to >objects... > >marc > > >> Hi Marc, >> >> I've just finished reading Paul Broks "Into the Silent Land - travels >> in neuropsychology", there was a couple of pages describing the >> pinocchio trick, and a less dramatic variant of the rubber-hand trick: >> >> Place your hand under a table, and a second person taps/strokes your hand >> - it's vital this cannot be seen. At the same time, the person also >> taps/strokes the top of the table. Eventually, if it works, you feel the >> taps/strokes as if they come from the table itself. Described in the >> book: "the table has been temporarily incorporated into your body >> schema. it has become part of 'you'." >> >> Now, I've gotta go look for ping-pong balls... :) >> >> ..and find the 'the strange case of dr jekyll and mr hyde' which >> apparently has an appendix 'a chapter on dreams' where r.l.stevenson >> describes the little people he dreams about who create the stories he >> writes. i think they'd be useful... >> >> >> On 13/1/2009, "marc garrett" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>> Hack your brain. >>> >>> How to hallucinate with ping-pong balls and a radio >>> Text by Johan Lehrer, graphics by Javier Zarracina >>> >>> DO YOU EVER want to change the way you see the world? Wouldn't it be fun >>> to hallucinate on your lunch break? Although we typically associate such >>> phenomena with powerful drugs like LSD or mescaline, it's easy to fling >>> open the doors of perception without them: All it takes is a basic >>> understanding of how the mind works. >>> >>> The first thing to know is that the mind isn't a mirror, or even a >>> passive observer of reality. Much of what we think of as being out there >>> actually comes from in here, and is a byproduct of how the brain >>> processes sensation. In recent years scientists have come up with a >>> number of simple tricks that expose the artifice of our senses, so that >>> we end up perceiving what we know isn't real - tweaking the cortex to >>> produce something uncannily like hallucinations. Perhaps we hear the >>> voice of someone who is no longer alive, or feel as if our nose is >>> suddenly 3 feet long. >>> >>> more... >>> http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/graphics/011109_hacking_your_brain/ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> NetBehaviour mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> >> > >_______________________________________________ >NetBehaviour mailing list >[email protected] >http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
