Monthly Archives: June 2009

Psychopaths (sociopaths): White matter, unplugged

June 29, 2009
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Psychopaths (sociopaths): White matter, unplugged

Psychopaths have more or less intact brain regions, but it's the wiring between them that's the problem. Discussion of a recent report of psychopath white matter disconnect.

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Forget the regulators, report to ZeroHedge

June 29, 2009
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Forget the regulators, report to ZeroHedge

Zerohedge, our new regulator of financial markets.

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Friday Dysfunctional Roundup, Belgium Waffles: 6 Dysfunctional things about Belgium.

June 26, 2009
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Friday Dysfunctional Roundup, Belgium Waffles: 6 Dysfunctional things about Belgium.

Belgium, diamonds, guns, horrible atrocities against children, corruption, and a recipe for Belgian Waffles with a secret ingredient.

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Goldman Sachs Conspiracy Club: Update

June 25, 2009
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Having first promulgated a Goldman, Sachs Conspiracy last October (Goldman Sachs- Cheney – Paulson: A conspiracy theory) and then ridiculed by no less than the NYT,  (New York Times Sez Neurological Correlates Sustains Crazy Goldman Sachs Conspiracy Theory) and then finding that I’m not just an anonymous blogger metaphorically holed up in a scrap...

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My plan to live forever by regrowing myself with stem cells; See also, Old Jews Telling Jokes

June 22, 2009
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I would like to regrow myself from top to bottom, sans some brain cells encoding an episodic memory circa 1997.

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Friday Dysfunctional Roundup: 1., Posting slow down but don’t take me off your RSS!!! It’s temporary I promise! and 2) Citizen Journalists Change Power Balance

June 19, 2009
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Friday Dysfunctional Roundup: 1., Posting slow down but don’t take me off your RSS!!! It’s temporary I promise! and 2) Citizen Journalists Change Power Balance

Citizen journalists prove the pen/the pixel is mightier than the sword. Plus, posting slowdown temporary.

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Fake data demonstrates fake result predominately most of the time

June 11, 2009
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Fake data demonstrates fake result predominately most of the time

Science isn't any more or less fraud resistant than any other field.

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Neuroeditorial, Omnibus edition: Neuroscience and the Law – Dumb, dumb, dumb

June 8, 2009
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Neuroeditorial, Omnibus edition: Neuroscience and the Law – Dumb, dumb, dumb

If you're going to base judicial decisions on biology, at least don't screw it up.

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5 things Social Defeat Does To Your Brain

June 4, 2009
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Bullying and insults mess with your neurons. Anti-anti-oxytocin may be a new happy pill.

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Exhibitionism: What’s up with flashers so to speak?

June 2, 2009
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Exhibitionism: What’s up with flashers so to speak?

Eminem fully clothed in a temper tantrum is far more exciting and exotic than Bruno in silver lame backless chaps. Exhibitionism research discussed.

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