andygates Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 This is fascinating: http://boingboing.net/2012/03/04/what-its-like-to-wear-a-brai.htmlTDCS is low-voltage to stimulate (or depress) specific bits of brain. Apply 2mA to your right temple and stimulate flow.Flow on demand? I'd pay good money for that. That's ... the best thing ever. That's dancing in your kitchen, catching a wave, carving a bermy singletrack and hacking something wonderful. It's also learning tricky skills well, which might have all sorts of applications both nerdy and fitnessy (maximise that training session!).Must... experiment... on brain... Quote Link to comment
shutterpillar Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 Very interesting. Brains intrigue the hell out of me. Actually, the human body as a whole is extremely fascinating. Quote "resistance is futile." Link to comment
DAO Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 http://www.ludism.org/mentat/This is what I thought of as soon as I read "Brain Hacks." Some interesting stuff if you're willing to put time to it. Quote Link to comment
Ryan Sannar Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 That would be cool. I wonder if there is anyway to produce this effect naturally. Quote Link to comment
cracked_belle Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 Will it create a Morlock/Eloi-like social divide where the rich can afford to be smarter and leave everyone else behind?I thought this was an interesting topic to bring up.though honestly, I can see this becoming more of an addiction. if a social divide situation were to occur on account of this practice, I think that the users would eventually make an addiction out of it, needing it constantly, finding that the only way they can feel like they're existing is via the electrodes and such.in fact, aren't there already a ton of movies and books out in a similar vein...? Quote there is never a sudden revelation, a complete and tidy explanation for why it happened, or why it ends, or Why or Who you are. you want one and I want one, but there isn't one. it comes in bits and pieces, and you stitch them together wherever they fit, and when you are done you hold yourself up, and still there are holes and you are a rag doll, invented, imperfect. and yet you are all that you have, so you must be Enough. there is no other way. ― Marya Hornbacher, Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia Link to comment
161803398874989 Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 That would be cool. I wonder if there is anyway to produce this effect naturally.Yeah, it's called having a semblance of motivation. Quote Quare? Quod vita mea non tua est. You can call me Phi, Numbers, Sixteen or just plain 161803398874989. Link to comment
andygates Posted March 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 Oh no. There's a ton of difference between shlepping your ass along, and flow. Really.As for class difference, when the kit should cost mere pounds, how would that happen? Quote Link to comment
161803398874989 Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 Oh no. There's a ton of difference between shlepping your ass along, and flow. Really.Flow can be practiced. It's called meditation. Quote Quare? Quod vita mea non tua est. You can call me Phi, Numbers, Sixteen or just plain 161803398874989. Link to comment
CthulianDreams Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 It's Epiphany-in-a-Can TM! Quote Human Adventurer Lvl 1Str: 1 | Con: 3 | Wis: 5Dex: 2 | Sta: 2 | Cha: 2 Link to comment
Ryan Sannar Posted March 9, 2012 Report Share Posted March 9, 2012 I meant things we can do to supplement with hardwork and motivation. Like if meditation will increase our focus, or however.... Quote Link to comment
161803398874989 Posted March 9, 2012 Report Share Posted March 9, 2012 I meant things we can do to supplement with hardwork and motivation. Like if meditation will increase our focus, or however....It does:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17672382Short term as well:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20363650Those are just two studies, but there's a large volume of research backing this. Note that by 'meditation' I'm talking about 'mindfulness', which is what most people do. Quote Quare? Quod vita mea non tua est. You can call me Phi, Numbers, Sixteen or just plain 161803398874989. Link to comment
andygates Posted March 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2012 I'm hilariously bad at it. Might be why I cherish flow when it comes. Quote Link to comment
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