May 2012
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May 31st
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“[Giving] rise to the question of the free will to do evil: Advances in...”
– Arguing that We Have No Free Will [via]. The irony being that you may not have control over your actions, but someone else could. 
May 29th
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May 29th
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thoughtfulcynic asked: Hello, Thanks for a great tumblr. I subscribed to the Neuro Ethics blog, as well. In your post from 1/5/12 on the neuroscience of desire, the second link (entitled "Somebody a long time ago had it right") is dead because a video has been removed from youtube. Is it possible to tell me what video this was? I feel certain I can find it elsewhere on the web. Thanks again, Karen
May 29th
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May 29th
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May 27th
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May 24th
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May 24th
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May 23rd
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May 20th
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May 20th
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May 16th
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“Write exactly what you would want to read, what you wish someone else had...”
– Neuroscientist, David Eagleman replying to: “What advice would you give to an aspiring author?” [via]    …Meanwhile: this ol blog she aint what she used to be, aint what she used to be…
May 16th
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May 16th
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Anonymous asked: you just paired seen and not seen with a post about amygdalae involvement in fear recognition and I fell in love
May 15th
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May 15th
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May 14th
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“I am sure that if the devil existed, he would want us to feel very sorry for...”
– Martha Stout, The Sociopath Next Door I highly recommend this book to anyone that is interested in sociopathy or psychopathy. I linked the amazon page above. (via approachingsignificance) —It’s like I need to start a secret blog about all this. Because no.
May 12th
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May 11th
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May 9th
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May 7th
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May 6th
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May 6th
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“Well I be dropping the new science and kicking the new ka-knowledge. MC to a...”
– Paul’s Boutique, track six,“The Sounds of Science”. Beastie Boys
May 4th
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May 3rd
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May 3rd
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May 2nd
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May 1st
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May 1st
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