http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/35303 Feel Smart Again Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/35303/comment-page-1#comment-205665 Shasta Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:43:22 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=35303#comment-205665 I'm at work right now, so didn't click on the video. But I read Sacks's "Island of the Colorblind" recently and highly recommend it, particularly if you're interested in weird stuff about perception. I’m at work right now, so didn’t click on the video. But I read Sacks’s “Island of the Colorblind” recently and highly recommend it, particularly if you’re interested in weird stuff about perception.

]]> http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/35303/comment-page-1#comment-204845 PartiallyDeflected Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:23:11 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=35303#comment-204845 The other senses can also have hallucinations. Tactile and olfactory hallucinations are rare and are major cause for concern. The other senses can also have hallucinations. Tactile and olfactory hallucinations are rare and are major cause for concern.

]]> http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/35303/comment-page-1#comment-204844 Anthony Rick Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:22:17 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=35303#comment-204844 This is a great quote from Sacks. Interestingly, I have the same quote on my blog but with more of a philosophical context: http://mybrainbin.blogspot.com/2009/09/palinopsia.html I was not too impressed by his talk though. I have thoroughly enjoyed all of his books but he is not a very captivating speaker This is a great quote from Sacks. Interestingly, I have the same quote on my blog but with more of a philosophical context: http://mybrainbin.blogspot.com/2009/09/palinopsia.html
I was not too impressed by his talk though. I have thoroughly enjoyed all of his books but he is not a very captivating speaker

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