Man as machine
More and more lately, I hear from those who would reduce man to a machine. Certain outspoken scientists proclaim life as random, the result of chemical interactions and natural processes, and free will...
View ArticlePoints of Interest 2/16
It has been an exciting week wandering the web. I am especially proud to announce that yours truly has been recognized by the Brain blogging carnival for my series on depression. Check it out, for a...
View ArticleBipolar disorder, a firsthand account
While I have described my intimate familiarity with social phobia, generalized anxiety, and major depression, I (thankfully) cannot say the same about manic-depression, or bipolar disorder. I ran upon...
View ArticleThe soul- an embodied mind and spirit
Joseph Smith taught that A very material difference [exists] between the body and the spirit; the body is supposed to be organized matter, and the spirit, by many, is thought to be immaterial, without...
View ArticlePerformance enhancing drugs-for doctors?
Thanks to the Frontal Cortex, I recently stumbled across an article on the online journal n+1 that describes firsthand a new and disturbing trend in higher education, Adderall abuse. Adderall is...
View ArticlePoints of interest 3/1
My, my my what a week. My reader is getting bloated, I need to figure out a way to decompress. The internet is just too darn big. I think I need to take up meditation and perhaps do an every other...
View ArticleGood Friday carnivalia
The every other week Brain blogging carnival is up. Check it out for a great collection of posts “related to the brain and mind that go beyond the basic sciences into a more human and multidimensional...
View ArticlePoints of interest 3/29
Welcome one and all readers of my blog. I am having a bit of writing block right now, but hey, it seems failures are as important as successes. In my surfing, here are some of the many successes I have...
View ArticleApril fools, Grand Rounds, Encephalon, Giblets and assorted fun
For All folks who care to know the week in medicine and healthcare blogging, The very long April 1st edition of Grand Rounds is out starting at GruntDoc and taking one wild, winding, twisting,...
View ArticlePoints of interest 4/5
I just wanted to announce that the twice monthly Brainblogging carnival is out and excellent as always, moving beyond the neuroscience into more personal psychosocial side of the brain. It seems I am...
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