Comments on: A brain cell, you shouldn’t have! http://movingform.net/2006/11/21/which-brain-cell-is-for-moving-form/ Musings and Newsings by Misagh Habibi Mon, 08 Dec 2008 06:57:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Ashkan M http://movingform.net/2006/11/21/which-brain-cell-is-for-moving-form/#comment-48 Ashkan M Wed, 06 Dec 2006 15:16:52 +0000 http://movingform.wordpress.com/2006/11/21/which-brain-cell-is-for-moving-form/#comment-48 Wow Misagh, that is one brilliantly articulated article u got there. Its Good to know that there is at least one brain cell in my brain that's actually working properly .hehe. Anyhoo, i was surfing the net (google to be percise) searching for interesting brain facts and after million mouse clicks or so i found myself engaged in your Brain Cell Article. Keep Up The Good Work. -AM Wow Misagh, that is one brilliantly articulated article u got there. Its Good to know that there is at least one brain cell in my brain that’s actually working properly .hehe. Anyhoo, i was surfing the net (google to be percise) searching for interesting brain facts and after million mouse clicks or so i found myself engaged in your Brain Cell Article.

Keep Up The Good Work.

-AM

]]> By: Misagh http://movingform.net/2006/11/21/which-brain-cell-is-for-moving-form/#comment-45 Misagh Fri, 01 Dec 2006 22:39:50 +0000 http://movingform.wordpress.com/2006/11/21/which-brain-cell-is-for-moving-form/#comment-45 Don't mention it Jenna, you deserve that prime real estate. We're expecting a boom soon, so you're in a good spot. Mind (science and spirit) is a favorite here at Moving Form so stay tuned! And welcome, I am honoured to make the cut for your exclusive (and very classy) procrastination websites. Don’t mention it Jenna, you deserve that prime real estate. We’re expecting a boom soon, so you’re in a good spot.

Mind (science and spirit) is a favorite here at Moving Form so stay tuned! And welcome, I am honoured to make the cut for your exclusive (and very classy) procrastination websites.

]]> By: Jenna http://movingform.net/2006/11/21/which-brain-cell-is-for-moving-form/#comment-42 Jenna Fri, 01 Dec 2006 09:28:07 +0000 http://movingform.wordpress.com/2006/11/21/which-brain-cell-is-for-moving-form/#comment-42 Thanks Misagh - prime cranial real estate and we've only just met! I am touched. As for the last paragraph, it’s great to be reminded of how wondrous thought actually is. Just how does a (structured) moosh of fat and fluid and blood and flesh produce coherent, illuminated ideas? How is it that this moosh can instantly process and respond to stimuli, and make us feel elated or pensive, hopeful or worried? It is indeed amazing. Happily adding your blog to my very exclusive and classy list of procrastination websites, JH Thanks Misagh - prime cranial real estate and we’ve only just met! I am touched.

As for the last paragraph, it’s great to be reminded of how wondrous thought actually is. Just how does a (structured) moosh of fat and fluid and blood and flesh produce coherent, illuminated ideas? How is it that this moosh can instantly process and respond to stimuli, and make us feel elated or pensive, hopeful or worried? It is indeed amazing.

Happily adding your blog to my very exclusive and classy list of procrastination websites,

JH

]]> By: Misagh http://movingform.net/2006/11/21/which-brain-cell-is-for-moving-form/#comment-33 Misagh Sat, 25 Nov 2006 00:33:04 +0000 http://movingform.wordpress.com/2006/11/21/which-brain-cell-is-for-moving-form/#comment-33 Sanisha, I think we compartmentalise everything in order to identify it and use it - and hence this neuronal specificity. But perhaps that is the only way it can be. What we ultimately learn though, as we advance further, is that every compartment is actually arbitrary and man-made, and their boundaries/definitions in flux. After all, what is a number? A name? A discipline? Etc... Is a number arbitrary? A mathematician may prove me wrong. This probably made no sense :-) Sanisha, I think we compartmentalise everything in order to identify it and use it - and hence this neuronal specificity. But perhaps that is the only way it can be. What we ultimately learn though, as we advance further, is that every compartment is actually arbitrary and man-made, and their boundaries/definitions in flux. After all, what is a number? A name? A discipline? Etc…

Is a number arbitrary? A mathematician may prove me wrong.

This probably made no sense :-)

]]> By: Misagh http://movingform.net/2006/11/21/which-brain-cell-is-for-moving-form/#comment-32 Misagh Sat, 25 Nov 2006 00:26:22 +0000 http://movingform.wordpress.com/2006/11/21/which-brain-cell-is-for-moving-form/#comment-32 I'm assuming that your Bill Clinton cell was either vacant and unlabelled before you heard of him, or perhaps an older, now obsolete politician was evicted to allow his residency. Either way, I think you'd suprise yourself of how many spare cells you have, even if you're heading down the hill towards dimentia! Hehe... Yeah I think we'd all hope to hang on to our more crucially devoted cells - our faith, family and identity, longer than the others... I’m assuming that your Bill Clinton cell was either vacant and unlabelled before you heard of him, or perhaps an older, now obsolete politician was evicted to allow his residency. Either way, I think you’d suprise yourself of how many spare cells you have, even if you’re heading down the hill towards dimentia! Hehe… Yeah I think we’d all hope to hang on to our more crucially devoted cells - our faith, family and identity, longer than the others…

]]> By: Barney http://movingform.net/2006/11/21/which-brain-cell-is-for-moving-form/#comment-31 Barney Tue, 21 Nov 2006 15:11:52 +0000 http://movingform.wordpress.com/2006/11/21/which-brain-cell-is-for-moving-form/#comment-31 Before I'd heard of Bill Clinton, did the Bill Clinton cell exist? Was it there in potential? Or did it slyly insert itself into my brain the first time I saw Mr C? Have I so much spare brain capacity that I can waste cells on Clinton et al? As I age, I'm leaking brain cells, my neurons are dying, I'm heading down the hill towards dementia. What happens then to the Clinton cell? I'd much rather hang on to the cells that are dedicated to Baha'u'llah and the Master, to my family, and to remembering who I am... Now, what was I saying...............? Before I’d heard of Bill Clinton, did the Bill Clinton cell exist? Was it there in potential? Or did it slyly insert itself into my brain the first time I saw Mr C? Have I so much spare brain capacity that I can waste cells on Clinton et al?

As I age, I’m leaking brain cells, my neurons are dying, I’m heading down the hill towards dementia. What happens then to the Clinton cell? I’d much rather hang on to the cells that are dedicated to Baha’u'llah and the Master, to my family, and to remembering who I am…

Now, what was I saying……………?

]]> By: Sanisha http://movingform.net/2006/11/21/which-brain-cell-is-for-moving-form/#comment-29 Sanisha Tue, 21 Nov 2006 07:11:24 +0000 http://movingform.wordpress.com/2006/11/21/which-brain-cell-is-for-moving-form/#comment-29 hi Misagh wow, how very thought provoking...i am wondering >> if the brain has billions of neurons available and all are potentially dedicated to a billion specific people....it seems unlikely that we would need that amount, or ever come across that many people or even have the energy to process it all...then i read this: "With almost as many neurons in the neocortex as stars in the galaxy, there still aren’t enough for every possible input, and the researchers suspect that brain cells get reserved only for important people—like Bart Simpson." so it seems, that despite having enough space in the brain...it becomes necessary to see the world in archetypes & maybe even stereotypes in order to make thought process simpler and quicker...therefore we dedicate one cell at a time to someone or somthing that represents all the other people you will never in your lifetime meet...? its sad, but it makes sense & seems fair from logistic/practical point of view.What do you think ? hi Misagh

wow, how very thought provoking…i am wondering >> if the brain has billions of neurons available and all are potentially dedicated to a billion specific people….it seems unlikely that we would need that amount, or ever come across that many people or even have the energy to process it all…then i read this:

“With almost as many neurons in the neocortex as stars in the galaxy, there still aren’t enough for every possible input, and the researchers suspect that brain cells get reserved only for important people—like Bart Simpson.”

so it seems, that despite having enough space in the brain…it becomes necessary to see the world in archetypes & maybe even stereotypes in order to make thought process simpler and quicker…therefore we dedicate one cell at a time to someone or somthing that represents all the other people you will never in your lifetime meet…? its sad, but it makes sense & seems fair from logistic/practical point of view.What do you think ?

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