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Why papercuts hurt so damn much
the rate of tissue damage is a direct function of protein in activation that, in turn, is a function of temperature. However, the amount of tissue damage is a function of both skin temperature and duration of stimulation. Since heat-induced pain depends only on the temperature attained by the cells of the skin and on duration of stimulation, pain ( Read more... ) -
Irving Biederman "The Neural Basis of Object Recognition"
About twenty years ago, a proposal was advanced that a considerable range of behavioral phenomena associate with human object recognition can be understood in terms of a representation positing an arrangement of simple part primitives distinguished by viewpoint invariant properties (= geons). Recent research on optical imaging as well as single ( Read more... ) -
Angels and Demons
What makes us honest? The process of natural selection that honed our minds is supposedly one of cutthroat competition. We’re quite obviously driven to succeed, but often we choose not to lie or steal or cheat even when we rationally expect no consequences. In the Freudian account, it’s the rational superego that restrains the selfish id. ( Read more... )
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