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Scientists discover the 'beautiful' secret of how memories are made
Scientists have discovered the secret of how memories are made - the brain makes two copies of every event, in a discovery they described as “beautiful”.
Researchers said even they were surprised when they realised the secret of how recollections are created and stored.
They found that the brain “doubles up" by simultaneously making two memories of events.
One is for the present and the second is for the long-term, they found.
It had been thought that all memories start as a short-term memory and are then slowly converted into a lifetime version.
Experts said the findings from MIT in the US and a team from Japan were “beautiful and convincing”.
Two parts of the brain are involved in collecting and storing personal experiences.
The hippocampus collects short-term memories while the cortex retains long-term memories.
That discovery was made in the 1950s after the case of man whose hippocampus was damaged as a result of epilepsy surgery.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/04/07/scientists-discover-beauti...
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The science on climate change
The science on climate change: "Human activities are changing Earth's climate. At the global level, atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping greenhouse gases have increased sharply since the Industrial Revolution. Fossil fuel burning dominates this increase."
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Very interesting, Thom. That
Very interesting, Thom. Brains and memory are things that I think about.
You must trust the magazine Science to cite and link it here. I don't know your feelings about climate change, but my sister's work on carbon fluxes in soils is featured in the 31 March, '17 issue, the one before the one you cited. This is the cover of the issue in which her work appeared, including being featured on the cover.
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My thoughts (not feelings) on
My thoughts (not feelings) on climate change (in no particular order)....
It is happening
It has always happened
We have no way of knowing how much anthropomorphic activities are responsible
That it will not be the end of the world
That it has been highly politicized
That it is being used as as excuse for increased government control by the left
That the pro side has hidden evidence that refutes their theories
That climate models used by scientists are unreliable (too many unknown factors involved)
That the current models used can not even come up with the current climate conditions, much less the future ones.
That there is no way to de-industrialize without returning to a 17th century economy
That humans are responsible for less than 5% of CO2 emissions
That even if we were able to cut that amount in half (we aren't) it wouldn't have much of an effect on the outcome
That this being true, if things are as bad and dire as the pro side says they are there is nothing substantial that we can do about it
That things are not as bad or dire as the pro side says they are
That science (driven by democratic capitalist societies) will have solutions
That life will go on
Hope that clears it up. And no, I'm not coming back here to debate the issue. I'll leave that to you guys. You asked, I answered.
Post about memory, talk about climate change. Gotta love the Zone.
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>> We have no way of knowing
>> We have no way of knowing how much anthropomorphic activities are responsible
>> That humans are responsible for less than 5% of CO2 emissions
which is it?
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it's almost like he knows he
it's almost like he knows he's full of shit and hates himself for it, yet can't control it.
amazing.
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the globalists have had
the globalists have had versions of weather control for decades now, and have completely screwed up the earth, in an attempt to cover this up, and also keep adding to the mayhem, the climate change propaganda machine roars ahead....
its part of the bigger story, about nibiru, alien disclosure, and the impending tidal wave of galactic energy hitting the solar system, which will cause rapid paradigm shift, and the globalists will lose the power and control they have..
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Judy Judy Judy...
Judy Judy Judy...
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Hey Thom - you forgot this
Hey Thom - you forgot this thought on climate change:
That Scott Pruitt is a fucking ding-dong who has no clue about much except paying back his donors by ruining the environment just so they can make HUGE profits..
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>>And no, I'm not coming back
>>And no, I'm not coming back here to debate the issue.
No shit. You never do.
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I used to know how memories
I used to know how memories are made, but apparently I've forgotten this.
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>Post about memory, talk
>Post about memory, talk about climate change. Gotta love the Zone.
Post about the science behind memory and deny the science behind climate change. Gotta love Thom
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> Gotta love Thom
> Gotta love Thom
Not necessarily, Nanc. I need to see some verifiable evidence first, you know, for science.
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Thom brings balance here. We
Thom brings balance here. We need that. Otherwise it would just be a bunch of bleeding-heart liberal BS, right?
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science isn't bleeding heart
science isn't bleeding heart liberalism, it's just truth
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The cool thing about facts is
The cool thing about facts is that they are true whether you, me or Thom believes them or not.
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Truthier than thou? Puuu-leez
Truthier than thou? Puuu-leez.
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Nice work jonny.
Nice work jonny.
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thanks for noticing JR....
thanks for noticing JR....
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Adenda
Addenda 1:
Why I don't trust "experts" on climate change.....
From killer diesel fumes to ruinous floods, every green initiative imposed on us by politicians has ended in disaster... and this is the great folly of our age
His light-bulb moment came when he learned that diesel emits less CO2 than petrol. What a brilliant way it would be to save the planet, he thought, to manipulate the tax system to encourage motorists to make the switch — which millions did.
And here we are 15 years later, being told that, as an unexpected side-effect, more than ten million diesel vehicles on Britain’s roads are chucking out so much nitrogen oxide and other toxic pollutants they are being linked to 12,000 premature deaths a year.
This is only the latest in a seemingly endless flow of examples of supposedly ‘green’ government schemes which, one after another, turn out to have been standing common sense on its head, at a cost which is rocketing up by billions of pounds a year.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-4392220/Green-initiatives-disa...
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Addenda 2:
The earth is more resilient than we know.
Addenda 3:
Three senior House Democrats asked U.S. teachers Monday to destroy a book written by climate scientists challenging the environmentalist view of global warming.
The Democrats were responding to a campaign by the conservative Heartland Institute copies of the 2015 book, “Why Climate Scientists Disagree About Global Warming” to about 200,000 science teachers. Democratic Reps. Bobby Scott of the Committee on Education, Raúl M. Grijalva of the Committee on Natural Resources, and Eddie Bernice Johnson of the Committee on Science, Space and Technology all issued a statement telling teachers to trash the book.
“Public school classrooms are no place for anti-science propaganda, and I encourage every teacher to toss these materials in the recycling bin,” Scott said. “If the Heartland Institute and other climate deniers want to push a false agenda on global warming, our nation’s schools are an inappropriate place to drive that agenda.”
http://dailycaller.com/2017/04/04/house-dems-ask-teachers-to-destroy-boo...
Like Stalinist everywhere, the pro side wants to shut down all debate. Thus the "Denier" label that is purposefully employed to harken up memories of the holocaust and make people who question the science behind climate change as eqivilent to Nazis.
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Human pollution is a hoax
Human pollution is a hoax
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So who are the “anti-science”
And in support of my contention that , regardless of the merits of the issue, for the left this is simply another opportunity for a power grab...
So who are the “anti-science” authors of a book that dares to tell the truth about government-funded global warming alarmism?
The book’s three authors all hold doctorates and taught climate or related science at the university level. The book was written by former Arizona State University climatologist Dr. Craig D. Idso, James Cook University marine geology and paleontology professor Robert M. Carter, and University of Virginia environmental scientist Dr. Fred Singer.
When it comes to the Earth’s climate, Democratic Congressmen Scott, Grijalva and Johnson are entirely ignorant. But what they do know is that the whole point of global warming hysteria is to give the government more power over the economy. That, they are in favor of! The excuse is mostly irrelevant.
Why do you think our federal government has funded global warming alarmism to the tune of $40 billion? It is all about power and money. And if you blow the whistle on the liberals’ scam, your book should be thrown in the trash! We wouldn’t want America’s students to get a balanced view of the facts relating to climate, not when so much money is at stake.
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2017/04/democrats-lose-argument-tr...
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Thom, this stuff is about
Thom, this stuff is about government's response to anthropomorphic climate change. Governments are made of people, and people being what they are, they make mistakes and act on emotion or ego-satisfaction or greed.
The facts, however, are the facts:
1. Adding CO2 to the atmosphere makes it warmer.
2. We have been and are adding CO2 to the atmosphere.
3. It's getting warmer.
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The facts, however, are the
And these facts are the conclusions of scientists doing years-long scientific measurements and studies.
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Supported by 97% of climate
Supported by 97% of climate scientists.
Is there any chance the "other" climate experts are correct?
Of course there is.
About a 3% chance.
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Thom! You came back. Must
Thom! You came back. Must give you respect for that.
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I don't know how memories are
I don't know how memories are made but I have a solid understanding about how to lose them....
oh and pollution is destroying this planet
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Science, what is it good for?
Science, what is it good for?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/sessions-orders-justi...
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"Climate Change is a
"Climate Change is a Conspiracy by the Left to Control the World" - there is SO MUCH Dipshittery in that Assertion it makes my head spin. Thom's parents surely wasted their $$$$ sending him to Prep school.
As someone who spent quite a considerable amount of time Planning for Climate Change/Sea Level Rise, it's pretty Indisputable that human caused climate change is as real as it gets. In fact, the climate change we've already experienced is the result of gases emitted in the late 1800's/early 1900's. We have not even experienced the climate change as a result of the last 50 - 100 years. It'll be a real Doozy. Here's NASA's take, but oh yeah, they Faked the Moon Landings lol:
https://climate.nasa.gov/
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Power grab by the bleeding
Science discovers how memories are made....which leads us to a power grab by the left. Fuck yeah, I like it.
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the tall flowering plants on
the tall flowering plants on the cover of the March issue of Science that judit posted are known as Compass Plant, a native prairie perennial which can live up to 100 yrs.
and
what Fly said...lol
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The "Normalization" of Thom
The "Normalization" of Thom
You go Deadhead!
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>>>From killer diesel fumes
>>>From killer diesel fumes to ruinous floods, every green initiative imposed on us by politicians has ended in disaster... and this is the great folly of our age
You never drove the NJ Turnpike in the seventies and saw the black dome that hung over NYC before clean air legislation took effect?
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If you were writing a
If you were writing a fictional screenplay on this administration which character's assassination would do the most good?
I'm going with the Bannon or Sessions character.
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The guy with the little hands
The guy with the little hands.
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As usual, John Oliver hits it
As usual, John Oliver hits it outta the park:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjuGCJJUGsg
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LOL @ science
LOL @ science
Did you know that it turns out that Pluto ISN'T a planet after all??????? It's all BS
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Not all BS. There are
Not all BS. There are standards for planets, and Pluto just doesn't measure up.
You do know how science works, right? It continually updates and corrects itself.
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Candles, wine, and herb is
Candles, wine, and herb is how the good memories are made
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We get this all straightened
We get this all straightened out?
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Except for science deniers,
Except for science deniers, flat earthers, and Bigfoot hunters, yes.
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hey maaaan, Bigfoot is real!
hey man, Bigfoot is real!
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I'd rather have Bigfoot as
I'd rather have Bigfoot as president than Littlehand.
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Bigfoot has died and Bigfoot
Bigfoot has died and Bigfoot is risen. Bigfoot will come again.