Who Wants To Be a Cognitive Neuroscientist Millionaire?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Thursday November 9, 2006 @07:39AM from the science-beats-voodoo-any-old-day-of-the-week dept.

ThePolynomial writes "Last night Ogi Ogas, a cognitive neuroscientist and Homeland Security Fellow, became the first person to face the million-dollar question on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? in three years. He now has a first-person narrative on seedmagazine.com where he describes using techniques from cognitive science to think of answers on the show." From the article: "I used priming on my $16,000 question: 'This past spring, which country first published inflammatory cartoons of the prophet Mohammed?' I did not know the answer. But I did know I had a long conversation with my friend Gena about the cartoons. So I chatted with Meredith about Gena. I tried to remember where we discussed the cartoons and the way Gena flutters his hands. As I pictured how he rolls his eyes to express disdain, Gena's remark popped into my mind: 'What else would you expect from Denmark?'"

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wow by thejrwr · 2006-11-09 07:41 · Score: 0, Offtopic

That show is still on the air, dam i though that show was cancled some 3 years ago
Gena's mental state by bstadil · 2006-11-09 07:57 · Score: 0, Offtopic

The article forgets to mention that Gena is mildly retarded and has acquired little knowledge of the outside world

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Re:Another cool millionaire by josquint · 2006-11-09 10:37 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I saw that live.
That dude was ICE COLD.

I loved the fact that he needed NO lifelines, and he use the phone a friend to call his dad and tell him he was going to win.

Not to mention he worked for the IRS, and probly kept a better share of the $1M than most people.