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Ayn Rand Lamp
- unixhero 11y agoThis is seriously awesome. That's enough internet for me today.
- purplerabbit 11y agoI'm with you on this
- throwawayukcyb 11y ago> "Her dramatic eye movements are self-stimulating her brain hemispheres, a technique called bi-lateral stimulation. By panning her eyes back and forth she is unknowingly using this technique to synthesize her brain hemisphere's memory and logic functions connecting complex ideas and accessing enormous amount of information." Is this satire?
- stinkytaco 11y agoI think so, but even if it's not, it's definitely Poe's law in effect.
- kriro 11y agoThat summary seems to be wrong as the technique helps with processing emotional information and not with connecting complex ideas. At least that's what I remember and what the wiki article says as well. It's been a while since I read about it. I know that it is a well researched and established method for treatment of Parkinsons (short term and midterm results have been empirically solid) and also used to treat PTSD.
- chris_wot 11y agoAccording to Scientific American, The journal Brain and Cognition found a correlation with moving your eyes from side to side with increased creativity and improved memory. [1] 1. http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/boost-your-creativity-with-eye-move-09-11-10/ http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/boost-your...
- autoreleasepool 11y agoAs an obsessive compulsive, I should not have learned that today... lol
- johndevor 11y agoIt's called EMDR: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_movement_desensitization_and_reprocessing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_movement_desensitization_a... The World Health Organization recommends it as treatment for PTSD. You can practice it right now on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlfQIRJEsYk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlfQIRJEsYk The idea is to think of something emotional that you may be struggling with and keep it in your mind while following the images on the screen. Whether or not the eye movement actually triggers the brain to reconfigure itself, or whether it's simply keeping the emotion "in focus" that brings the changes remains TBD, I think.
- psychometry 11y agoEnormous amounts of bullshit.
- vixen99 11y agoAm I on the Daily Mail by mistake? Lots of opinions there bereft of supporting observation or the merest smidgeon of reason to go along or not with the opinion ventured.
- boona 11y ago>Is this satire? Why do you say that?
- foobarbecue 11y agoBecause it's ridiculous, presumably. Nonsensical and pompous.
- jakejake 11y agoIn other words... Art.
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- scandox 11y agoI think it is satire but I like the ambiguity.
- kevinpet 11y agoIt's stuff like this that makes it hard to believe that Ayn Rand started out talking about the virtues of rationality. See also LessWrong.
- grandalf 11y agoNot sure what you mean...
- bitwize 11y agoModern art, ladies and gentlemen!
- foobarbecue 11y agoNope. Contemporary.
- chris_wot 11y agoWhat's the difference? edit: thank you to all those who responded. No thanks to the person who hit the downvote link.
- stephenc_c_ 11y agoModern refers to a period from the 1860s to the 1970s. Contemporary is present day.
- wickawic 11y ago'Modern' art is art made from ~1870 to ~1970 (an oversimplification). 'Contemporary' art just means art made in the present time.
- foobarbecue 11y agoModern Art includes Picasso, Van Gough, etc. Wikipedia says it ended in the 1970s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_art https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_art Contemporary means happening right about now.
- mgbmtl 11y agoSince there seems to be a lot of Ayn Rand articles lately, you might be interested in the excellent 3 part series by Adam Curtis called "All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace". It includes a segment on Ayn Rand, including segments from that interview, but also lots of really interesting interviews with silicon valley folks from the 90s, to high-freq stock market trading and "ecosystems". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Watched_Over_by_Machines_of_Loving_Grace_%28TV_series%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Watched_Over_by_Machines_o...
- awl130 11y agoi have a lot of friends who are recovering meth addicts and so when i first read ayn rand's atlas shrugged and came across john galt's ridiculous 60 page monologue (and no, i did not elect to read it word for word, you are a fucking moron if you do), my first suspicion, not knowing anything about her background yet, was that this sounded like someone high on amphetamines. sure enough, with a little research, i found that she was on benzos the entire time she was writing atlas shrugged. once i saw this interview with the shifty eyes i was convinced. she's tweaked out of her mind. to be clear, i think atlas shrugged is a significant work of art, but i also think parts of it are just the ramblings of someone high on speed, and i'll be damned if i'm going to read all of it.
- autoreleasepool 11y agoSorry to be pedantic, but benzos are not amphetamines and have almost the opposite behavioral effects. They're sedative and would make it much harder to write anything at all.
- awl130 11y agobenzedrine is an amphetamine. what am i missing here? or did i use the incorrect slang? don't know, wasn't alive during the 60s. she was on benzedrine, then dexedrine and dexamyl http://randwatch.blogspot.com/2011/03/was-ayn-rand-drug-addict.html http://randwatch.blogspot.com/2011/03/was-ayn-rand-drug-addi...
- autoreleasepool 11y agoYes, incorrect "slang". Not from the 60's, it's actually very 21st century. Benzos almost universally refers to Benzodiazepines (Xanax, Klonopin, etc...). Doctors even say Benzos, it's a legitimate abbreviation. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzodiazepine https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzodiazepine
- awl130 11y agoi stand corrected.
- microtherion 11y agoWhen I read the title, I expected something connected to Matt Ruff's novel "Sewers, Gas & Electric" http://www.bymattruff.com/my-novels/sewer-gas-electric/ http://www.bymattruff.com/my-novels/sewer-gas-electric/ which features Ayn Rand trapped in a hurricane lamp as one of the characters.
- johnhattan 11y ago"Oh, this is when science didn't need to have a purpose." - Mystery Science Theater 3000