Here is an extraordinary title for a recent paper published by Neuron: Neuroeconomic Approaches to Mental Disorders. I am simply thunderstruck by the level of post modern absurdity: " This review surveys the recent and productive application of game-theoretic probes (economic games) to mental disorders"
Wow...judging a mental disorder by the metric of what any sane person properly views as a mental disorder. Well I guess such turgid gobbledygook pawned off as science is to be expected with an ever increasing frequency so long as Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether are running the asylum.
Eratosthenes first measured the circumference of the earth from the shadows cast by the sun. Today, humanity's fitness to survive will be measured by our ability to conquer that same thermonuclear fusion that casts those shadows. Thus, Prometheus will truly be unbound.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Here is where the "mental disorder" evinces itself abundantly
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