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Shaolin monks performing fingerstands

tags: shaolin, monk, fingerstand, meditation, zen

a clip of two shaolin monks balancing and then performing a fingerstand (a hand stand using only their fingers). The first monk performs it using one finger from each hand, and the second using two fingers from each. An amazing show of strength and focus.
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posted by reiwan  1 day 3 hours 21 minutes ago • 6 comments • 801 views

 
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National Geographic Explorer-Inside LSD

tags: National, Geographic, LSD, Inside, Explorer, Hoffman, Science, Grob, Human, Research, 50

LSDs inventor Albert Hofmann called it "medicine for the soul." The Beatles wrote songs about it. Secret military mind control experiments exploited its hallucinogenic powers. Outlawed in 1966, LSD became... more inside
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posted by Trancecoach  6 days 20 hours 23 minutes ago • 3 comments • 735 views
 
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23

Men's Brains vs Women's Brains

tags: mark, gungor, humor, men, women, brains, nothing, box

This is a ten and a half minute clip from Mark's DVD series called "Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage". I find it incredibly humorous how accurate he is about this, in a general sense.
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posted by Raigen  1 week 1 day ago • 1 comment • 841 views
 
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BBC Horizon - Why Do We Talk? (Aired 11-10-09)

tags: bbc, horizon, science, linguistics, language, why, do, we, talk

"Talking is something that is unique to humans, yet it still remains a mystery. Horizon meets the scientists beginning to unlock the secrets of speech - including a father who is filming every second of... more inside
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posted by Nonbrainwashed  1 week 1 day ago • 4 comments • 659 views
 
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Homemade fly-killing contraption

tags: fly, trap, swatter

The most wtf way to kill annoying flies. Would likely work better if you stuck something smelly on there, although maybe that picture is scented...
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posted by residue  1 week 3 days ago • 3 comments • 1485 views
 
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Impossible Object Optical Illusion: The box of disbelief.

tags: impossible, object, optical, illusion, box, of, disbelief, trick, eyes, vision, brain, woah

From http://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/06/optical-illusion-impossible-object-with-a-twist/ ...
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posted by ant  1 week 6 days ago • 3 comments • 887 views
 
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posted by gwiz665  3 weeks 3 days ago • 3 comments • 789 views
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Cheerleader Gets Flu Shot, Triggers Neurological Disorder

tags: cheerleader, desiree jennings, flu, shot, dystonia, neurological, muscle, spasm

Can't wait to hear someone attribute this to the swine-flu vaccine.
posted by demon_ix  4 weeks 1 day ago • 9 comments • 1721 views
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TED: How sound affects us

tags: TED, sound, Julian Treasure, effects, productivity

Playing sound effects both pleasant and awful, Julian Treasure shows how sound affects us in four significant ways. Listen carefully for a shocking fact about noisy open-plan offices.
posted by reiwan  4 weeks 1 day ago • 0 comments • 708 views
 
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New robotic hand can feel

tags: bionic, smart hand, brain, nerve, electronic, feedback, Terminator is almost here

A team of scientists from Italy and Sweden has developed what is believed to be the first artificial hand that has feeling. It has been attached to the arm of a 22-year-old man who lost his own hand through cancer. ... more inside
posted by cybrbeast  1 month ago • 2 comments • 401 views
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Illusion Cube Causes Brain To Fail

tags: mat, cube, illusion, brain, failure

More mesmerizing than the Hypnotoad.
posted by demon_ix  1 month ago • 15 comments • 2875 views
 
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Ego: Our Greatest Enemy

tags: ego, psyche, psychoanalysis, greatest, enemy, human beings

I had to watch this a few times over, and I still don't fully understand it. Fuck you, ego!
posted by EndAll  1 month 1 week ago • 7 comments • 577 views
 
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TED: Optical illusions show how we see

tags: TED Talks, Beau Lotto, eyes, brain, interpretation, confusion, illusion

Beau Lotto's color games puzzle your vision, but they also spotlight what you can't normally see: how your brain works. This fun, first-hand look at your own versatile sense of sight reveals how evolution tints your perception of what's really out there. -TED
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posted by cybrbeast  1 month 1 week ago • 0 comments • 559 views
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posted by jimnms  1 month 2 weeks ago • 5 comments • 762 views
 
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Derren Brown's Stewie Impression

tags: Family Guy, Mind Control, Casino, Fail, Smug Guesswork

Derren Brown posts a short video impression of Stewie from Family Guy. Hilarity ensues. (note the reference of his fail at the Casino was from the recently aired final episode of his Experiments series).
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posted by antonye  1 month 2 weeks ago • 2 comments • 763 views
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How the Brain Invents the Mind

tags: brain, science, neuroscience, consciousness, mind

The talk starts at 52:00, the first part is "just" an opening statement on something different.
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posted by gwiz665  1 month 2 weeks ago • 5 comments • 582 views
 
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posted by arvana  1 month 2 weeks ago • 17 comments • 3445 views
 
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There is a fault in reality

tags: mindbending, chop cup, donotadjustyourmind, weareom

It starts simple, but wait for it...
posted by dingens  1 month 2 weeks ago • 24 comments • 5207 views
 
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Creativity: The Mind, Machines, and Mathematics

tags: Ray Kurzweil, David Gelernter, ai, artificial intelligence, machine, mind

"Two of the sharpest minds in the computing arena spar gamely, but neither scores a knockdown in one of the oldest debates around: whether machines may someday achieve consciousness. (NB: Viewers may wish... more inside
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posted by gwiz665  1 month 2 weeks ago • 7 comments • 559 views
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The Human Spark - Running and Big Brains?

tags: Alan Alda, Dan Lieberman, brain, science

Alan Alda talks to scientist Dan Lieberman about why the human ability to run could be an important prerequisite for the evolution of our bigger brains -- and the emergence of our human spark. In "The... more inside
posted by gwiz665  1 month 3 weeks ago • 0 comments • 296 views
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