When I take the time to notice, I realize I enjoy and am amazed by lots of stuff.
For example, I received a mass-email yesterday, the gist of which I'll repeat here:
It is physically impossible to rotate your left ankle in a clock-wise motion while simultaneously tracing the number "6" in the air with your left index finger.
Friggin' Dang! Give it a try.
The brain is a neat thing. Or how about this:
Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer
in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, olny taht the frist and
lsat ltteres are at the rghit pcleas. The rset can be a toatl mses
and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do
not raed ervey lteter by ilstef, but the wrod as a wlohe.
How does our brain do that? It makes me want to learn more about language acquisition and brain function.
Little anomalies like these that go against what we would intellectually take for granted help to keep me on my toes and interested in things. Though trivial, the innumerable small surprises I come across in my daily life help to keep me excited about the mysteries I have yet to uncover. They remind me that no matter how old I get, I'll never know everything, and that's comforting.
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Language acquisition and neurology, right up my alley and in May I'll be one Master's degree closer. Or anything and neurology, right up my alley. Higher education facilities that offer advanced degrees are beginning to offer things that combine programs in learning disabilities and neurology. It's sad, but the experts on the brain know what needs to happen in the classroom, regardless of their ability to deliver it. Teachers typically don't have access to that information. Education is just now beginning to see the importance of combining the two. Should I get a PhD, I want it in a combined areas of neurology and learning disability, or something of the sort. The brain is a marvelous mystery, both in its function and dysfunction.
The best reason to believe in reincarnation, is so that we can come back and learn stuff we missed in previous lives. It's really quite a comforting thought to me, far more than going to heaven.
Brains are neat.
I love yours.
Er, ehem. Nice brain, man. It' so...
big.
My barin wndres how the aknle trick was divcesored.
Test one: rotate wrist - speak with lisp
Test Two: Raise middle finger - mouth expletive
Test three: rotate ankle - draw 4
an so on.
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