Because obviously the most violent places in the world, like parts of Africa, Afganistan / Pakistan and the Colombian drug forests have far too many violent video games.... and where are the studies saying that Hockey, Football, etc... cause violent behavior?
This wasn't done as standard peer-review research, obviously. But several of the texts I've used to teach undergrads Sensation and Perception have mentioned it.
Nope, actual reality. I'm a neuroscientist and I study vision for a living.
It's not only real, but completely understood since we know everything about opsin proteins from their structures to the DNA segments that code for the opsins in the different cones.
During world war 2 some soldiers were given a form of vitamin A that slightly changed the structure of the opsin molecule which the eye uses to detect light.
This resulted in soldiers being able to see further into the red end of the spectrum and there are some reports that a few soldiers even saw the top of the infrared spectrum.
Unfortunately a retinal implant won't help in this situation. However depending on where the stroke was there are other options such as thalamic and cortical implants.
Unfortunately they carry more risks and generally don't provide much resolution.
If the stroke included areas in V1 (primary visual cortex) then there really isn't anything that can be done.
Although it can be fair to argue about whether or not the industry studies are biased, I think it goes the other way too.
There are A LOT of people out there who are 'convinced' that cell phones and wi-fi cause cancer. And it doesn't matter how many studies you show them that it doesn't, they just won't believe you.
And if you consider that many of these so-called 'independent' studies are in fact paid for by fringe anti-science groups, then perhaps their results are aren't as unbiased as they would have you believe.
You are correct and there are a lot of bad fMRI studies out there. However the statistical analysis used in this study did not suffer from the same kinds of errors used in the dead salmon paper and other work.
The current study a whole host of problems that are unrelated to the fMRI methodology, which basically makes this a study about a single piece of good data in a mountain of useless data.
5 of 54 patients who underwent this procedure. Showed a possible response.
3 of those 5 it turned out showed awareness to normal stimuli and were either mislabeled by doctors, or their condition changed.
So basically that leaves 2 patients out of 51 seeming to "be able to modulate their brain activity". And only ONE of those was able to "correctly answer 5 of 6 yes/no questions"
This could be legit, but there is also PLENTY of room for statistical chance to have created this "result".
The bottom line is that too much of a big deal is being made out of a tiny kernel of good data in a mountain of null results.
You could help them build a processing plant to purify it and then eventually have your own little nuclear reactor. All the other kids in the neighborhood will be soooo jealous!
I haven't bought a new console for exactly those reasons... but like you I do enjoy PC gaming... at least it's the most open thing out there right now.
I'm so sick of DRM, proprietary hardware, and other BS like this from Microsoft & Sony.
In this case its particularly annoying that they won't present any evidence of the supposed modding and its likely that many people who didn't mod their systems got banned.
All this content management seems like its directed at killing the secondary sales market for both consoles and video games.
This is like a one-strike law run by a big business behind closed doors to ban people from the internet.
Stuff like this is why I still haven't bought an X-Box, PS3, or Wii... I'm so sick of this proprietary crap. I'm just waiting for an open source gaming system... oh yeah... I've got a PC:)
This book is perfect for your course, especially given the way that it approaches politics and takes a view of humanity from the perspective of an outsider.
I'd also recommend Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card for the great way that it tackles socio-political issues.
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Because obviously the most violent places in the world, like parts of Africa, Afganistan / Pakistan and the Colombian drug forests have far too many violent video games. ... and where are the studies saying that Hockey, Football, etc ... cause violent behavior?
I guess we should ban that too.
I'll look for it.
This wasn't done as standard peer-review research, obviously. But several of the texts I've used to teach undergrads Sensation and Perception have mentioned it.
I'll try to find one of them.
Nope, actual reality. I'm a neuroscientist and I study vision for a living.
It's not only real, but completely understood since we know everything about opsin proteins from their structures to the DNA segments that code for the opsins in the different cones.
Nope, actual reality. I'm a neuroscientist and I study vision for a living.
During world war 2 some soldiers were given a form of vitamin A that slightly changed the structure of the opsin molecule which the eye uses to detect light.
This resulted in soldiers being able to see further into the red end of the spectrum and there are some reports that a few soldiers even saw the top of the infrared spectrum.
Unfortunately a retinal implant won't help in this situation. However depending on where the stroke was there are other options such as thalamic and cortical implants.
Unfortunately they carry more risks and generally don't provide much resolution.
If the stroke included areas in V1 (primary visual cortex) then there really isn't anything that can be done.
My condolences.
Almost none of these comments bought into the complete bullshit of those predictions!!
So does this mean I can sue Walmart for selling me shoes online that were made using slave-labor in the 3rd world?
Although it can be fair to argue about whether or not the industry studies are biased, I think it goes the other way too.
There are A LOT of people out there who are 'convinced' that cell phones and wi-fi cause cancer. And it doesn't matter how many studies you show them that it doesn't, they just won't believe you.
And if you consider that many of these so-called 'independent' studies are in fact paid for by fringe anti-science groups, then perhaps their results are aren't as unbiased as they would have you believe.
You are correct and there are a lot of bad fMRI studies out there. However the statistical analysis used in this study did not suffer from the same kinds of errors used in the dead salmon paper and other work.
The current study a whole host of problems that are unrelated to the fMRI methodology, which basically makes this a study about a single piece of good data in a mountain of useless data.
5 of 54 patients who underwent this procedure. Showed a possible response.
3 of those 5 it turned out showed awareness to normal stimuli and were either mislabeled by doctors, or their condition changed.
So basically that leaves 2 patients out of 51 seeming to "be able to modulate their brain activity". And only ONE of those was able to "correctly answer 5 of 6 yes/no questions"
This could be legit, but there is also PLENTY of room for statistical chance to have created this "result".
The bottom line is that too much of a big deal is being made out of a tiny kernel of good data in a mountain of null results.
True, but most basic scientific research happens in academia.
I guess I prefer the model where people get paid by contributing to society ... whether with a physical product or an intellectual one.
Sure, but my understanding is that the RELATIVE pay of researchers in China is much higher than average.
Thus making it lucrative there ... but not in the US.
Things are seriously backwards here when some of the most educated people in the world are paid so poorly.
Most post-docs doing basic research get paid between 30-40K. Perhaps if we paid scientists what they are worth there would be less brain drain.
The argument that this is being designed for car chases is complete BS. And while the technology is very cool, the potential for abuse is tremendous.
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You could help them build a processing plant to purify it and then eventually have your own little nuclear reactor. All the other kids in the neighborhood will be soooo jealous!
I don't mind the fight to stop cheaters ... but kicking people offline without providing any evidence and hiding the criteria you use is BS.
I haven't bought a new console for exactly those reasons ... but like you I do enjoy PC gaming ... at least it's the most open thing out there right now.
I'm so sick of DRM, proprietary hardware, and other BS like this from Microsoft & Sony.
In this case its particularly annoying that they won't present any evidence of the supposed modding and its likely that many people who didn't mod their systems got banned.
All this content management seems like its directed at killing the secondary sales market for both consoles and video games.
This is like a one-strike law run by a big business behind closed doors to ban people from the internet.
I call shenanigans!
I do have to agree with you on the lack of LAN play, but perhaps that will change in the future.
Clearly they're trying to prevent piracy, but maybe a future update, once sales have slowed, will include LAN play.
Stuff like this is why I still haven't bought an X-Box, PS3, or Wii ... I'm so sick of this proprietary crap. I'm just waiting for an open source gaming system ... oh yeah ... I've got a PC :)
They should be OK as long as they don't use any of those damned Klingon Crystals. Otherwise they'll need access to the nuclear wessels.
I like the way you think ... it would be really funny to have kids going home to their parents and saying that they just don't grok them :)
This book is perfect for your course, especially given the way that it approaches politics and takes a view of humanity from the perspective of an outsider.
I'd also recommend Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card for the great way that it tackles socio-political issues.