31. Physiological methods - Epigenetics - Hacking the genome
(Neurohacking/Methods & Technology)

... spurt of human brain & body growth is the wiring and extensive use of the left frontal lobe. When young people begin reading and writing, this wiring takes place (the genome assuming that it is needed ...

32. Alternatives to work
(Homeworld/School & Work Alternatives)

... want a regular wage, the good news is you only need to do that a couple of hours a day. The rest of the time you can spend writing your own stuff, teaching, or just messing around. An extra benefit is ...

33. Preliminary Statement
(Workshop/Pillars Of Nobility)

... me to consider the act of writing such a story as one of the highest and noblest deeds a human being might ever accomplish. I was about 17 at the time and this kind of deed still lingers among the five ...

34. Cognitive science - Formal Reasoning & Truth-Detection -The Basics
(Neurohacking/Basics)

... my words passively. The example analyses of scientific writing will give you the tools to do this; the exercises will give you feedback on your progress and the chance to put into practice what you have ...

35. Books: The Nature of Being Human
(Neurohacking/Resources)

... and the sciences. Writing broadly and personally, Fromm explores our views of nature and how we write about it. He ties together ecology, evolutionary psychology, and consciousness studies to show that ...

36. Glutamate & Empathy
(Neurohacking/Drugs & Chemicals)

... acknowledged. The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research had no further role in study design; in the collection, analysis and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; and in the ...

37. Methods & Technology Intro - Part II: Technology
(Neurohacking/Methods & Technology)

... in widespread use was the cochlear implant, with replacements for aspects of the visual system coming a close second. At the time of writing [2010] the first feasible brain-computer interface devices ...

38. Methods & Technology Intro - Part I: Methods
(Neurohacking/Methods & Technology)

...  WORD COMPREHENSION, READING, AND WRITING These tests screen for aphasia. Some causes for aphasia include: * Head trauma * Senile dementia (Alzheimer's type) * Stroke * Transient ...

39. Books: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
(Neurohacking/Resources)

... of a Marathon Runner   Reading, writing and running: three skills I did not expect to encounter alongside each other with much passion. I grew up playing sports and desired a physically active ...

40. ICMM 5 System Information (chain reaction)
(Workshop/I've Changed My Mind)

... and reading/writing can be a lifeline for intelligence in children who are socially deprived. We really want the input relevant to the bit of brain we are currently growing, but beggars cannot be choosers, ...

41. ICMM 6 Run (COMP)
(Workshop/I've Changed My Mind)

... dress, who kept getting inexplicable embarrassed and offended looks from Japanese dignitaries (the arty Japanese writing on the dress, presumably copied from some random sign by a non-Japanese designer, ...

42. ICMM 7 View (perception & programming)
(Workshop/I've Changed My Mind)

... we're disgusting and dirty for playing in a puddle and sent to bed with no supper. All of these experiences add up to give us our own custom built concept for 'mud'. Rewriting those concepts on purpose, ...

43. ICMM 8 Setup (a workspace)
(Workshop/I've Changed My Mind)

... the advice that you would be best writing your own, so just nick the ideas off it that are useful to you. Here are my categories: Experiment Number: Date: Time: Place: Victim; sorry, subject: ...

44. ICMM 10 Memory Editors (enhancing & wiping)
(Workshop/I've Changed My Mind)

... emotions raised during the second part of this hack (rewriting the past) turned out for me to be only surprise, relief, and not a little awe at the incredible flexibility of intelligence. I had really ...

45. ICMM 11 Processor Upgrade (conditioning & learning)
(Workshop/I've Changed My Mind)

... reason to be interested is not anything like as strong as genuine interest (as anyone who has ever slogged through writing an essay on something really boring will confirm). We take an interest in things ...

46. ICMM 12 Security & Firewalls (protection)
(Workshop/I've Changed My Mind)

...  Resistance is of course not futile; it is fun, which is why I am here writing this. Let's see what we've got on our side in the security war. 1. Blocks and Filters Forewarned is forearmed. We have ...