Wanting and liking are separate urges controlled by different brain circuits and when combined at once, the impact on the brain is especially powerful, according to University of Michigan research.
Month: February 2009
Porn in the USA: Conservatives Biggest Consumers – New Scientist
Presidential matchup results for porn:
Eight of the top 10 pornography consuming states gave their electoral votes to John McCain in last year’s presidential election – Florida and Hawaii were the exceptions. While six out of the lowest 10 favoured Barack Obama.
Reverse crush…
(via iwastoldtheredbecupcakes)
Porn in the USA: Conservatives Biggest Consumers – New Scientist
OCTOPUS JAILBREAK: Octopus Dismantles Part Of Own Tank
(via iwastoldtheredbecupcakes)
–And then, he straight cold-blooded KILLED the lab shark on the way out. Because he could, and you do not fuck with octopii.
A Test of the Right to Drink a Beer on a Stoop Fizzles – NYT
“So when the weather turns warm, might he test the law again? ‘In all likelihood,’ he said.”
A Test of the Right to Drink a Beer on a Stoop Fizzles – NYT
John McCain Is Personally Using Twitter – New York Magazine
One asks, “but why?” And one imagines the most sublime of angers, the greatest of rages, pure resentment… Or the, joy of a good tweet?
Worthy of a click just for the picture.
For example, is the loss of the ability to have an unconscious emotional reaction to a loved one worth a change in pathological gambling behaviour?
Nature talks Side-Effects of Brain Implants (via Mind Hacks)
–What will be the kinaesthetic world of people with three arms? What happens to paranoia when one’s visual field is extended to 360 degrees? &c, &c.
Cancer Myths — Facts About Cancer – Redbook
(via iwastoldtheredbecupcakes) Note the byline…
Mindfuck Movies by Matthew Baldwin – The Morning News
Agreement aside, I appreciate what these people are doing here…
In fact, Mr. Cohen appears to see performance and prayer as aspects of the same larger divine enterprise. “There’s a similarity in the quality of the daily life” on the road and in the monastery, Mr. Cohen said. “There’s just a sense of purpose” in which “a lot of extraneous material is naturally and necessarily discarded,” and what is left is a “rigorous and severe” routine in which “the capacity to focus becomes much easier.”
Absalom, Absalom! 
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