Don't Turn Your Back on Your Brain


	Don't Turn Your Back on Your Brain

wildcat

2-13-2008 9:48 AM

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mind, fun, memory, perception, exploratorium

wildcat says:

go read all of it and have some fun with your mind

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2-13-2008 1:20 PM

abailart

Right on! "The mind is a cruel, lying, unreliable bastard that can't be trusted with even an ounce of responsibility"
puts it very well.

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