Comments on: Speeding up the Brain https://blog.speculist.com/brain/speeding-up-the-1.html Live to see it. Thu, 16 Dec 2021 08:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: mdk https://blog.speculist.com/brain/speeding-up-the-1.html#comment-4627 mdk Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:46:30 +0000 http://localhost/specblog/?p=1910#comment-4627 Interesting. I wonder though, if these convoluted pathways (and what with the organic nature of the brain, I’m assuming convolutions) may not be essential for things like intuitive leaps and other types of brain work that we often find very useful.

Yes, you get from New York to Chicago faster, but you never stop at that great out of the way diner and discover that meatloaf that becomes a family favourite recipe… I’m quite interested in how this will pan out.

]]> By: Stephen Gordon https://blog.speculist.com/brain/speeding-up-the-1.html#comment-4626 Stephen Gordon Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:59:44 +0000 http://localhost/specblog/?p=1910#comment-4626 Well, time for N.I.H.M. to start breeding rats.

You know, there are times in my life that I could have used an extra 60 IQ points.

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