tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post5147634818796534883..comments2024-02-18T13:53:30.168-08:00Comments on Surgeonsblog: Revelation (or, Why Surgeons Shouldn't Think)Sid Schwabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-13701378045658662432012-01-10T14:53:22.539-08:002012-01-10T14:53:22.539-08:00Nice post! Speaking as someone who does not posses...Nice post! Speaking as someone who does not possess a medical background, the complexity of the human brain makes it difficult to determine how much freedom human beings have over any given thought. Presumably, they could theoretically consciously shift the chemical balance in their brains and thereby...I would daresay that (judging from your post) one could apply chaos theory to describe the brain's functions.<br /><br />With that said (and probably showing my ignorance), I wonder if consciousness can be compared to an energy field. It arises (seemingly spontaneously) when certain elements are in place and a the same time does not possess an ordered pattern or causal structure. However, it still depends on the proper functioning of numerous areas of the brain. So, while one cannot descry what part brain section A plays in contributing to the existence of consciousness (and its contribution may vary from moment to moment), consciousness absolutely depends on a properly functioning brain section A.<br /><br />Again, that is an off the cuff statement, I would have to research "consciousness," as I don't know much about the topic. <br /><br />Still my mind, er neurons, ponder...Anthony Hopperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708347177061466201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-55406639919747771182007-01-05T07:48:00.000-08:002007-01-05T07:48:00.000-08:00See, now my head hurts...
The one thing that has ...See, now my head hurts...<br /><br />The one thing that has always made me go "hmmm" is, do we each see colors the same way? What I see is blue, you also see as blue, but, if we were to look through each other's eyes, would the color look the same? Imagine what the world might look like through someone else's eyes...Legacy Userhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00167062990959988499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-10794556611593517322007-01-04T18:36:00.000-08:002007-01-04T18:36:00.000-08:00Excellent post! Dr. P says that it's your frontal ...Excellent post! Dr. P says that it's your frontal lobes job to filter out that sort of thing, however, the ambiance that is associated with any given moment is something we seem to "remember" on a deeper level than the more solid "event" memories from the same place and time.<br /><br />Lighting, smells (particularly smells,) background sounds ... have the power to send us back in time, or to another place, with memories that our bodies and senses remember more than we do.<br /><br />Keep 'em coming, Dr. Schwab! :o)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-51572637080221373542007-01-03T17:11:00.000-08:002007-01-03T17:11:00.000-08:00Dr. S.,
Wow. I really enjoyed this post. I see the...Dr. S.,<br />Wow. I really enjoyed this post. I see the connectedness of things every day and it always amazes me. People call them coincidences sometimes, but I just call it connectedness. To paraphrase a writer (who I can't remember), In seeing the connectedness of things we learn. That connectedness is the relationship between and among things.<br />I find myself thinking such "what if" scenarios as you have mentioned in your post. <br />Very cool.<br />And the idea of the hand holding as a way of demonstrating how the neurons are connected is a great one I plan to use in my next presentation about MS (if you don't mind).<br />ShaunaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-60335063624501583382007-01-03T15:01:00.000-08:002007-01-03T15:01:00.000-08:00That drawing on the board with both hands at the s...That drawing on the board with both hands at the same times must have been a thing with old time anatomy teachers.My anatomy professor regularly wowed us with that technique.james gaultehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537303135780186926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-91827961767884599462007-01-03T11:28:00.000-08:002007-01-03T11:28:00.000-08:00That's why a real surgeon can get into the lesser ...That's why a real surgeon can get into the lesser sac blindfolded.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-81323140061040341692007-01-03T10:58:00.000-08:002007-01-03T10:58:00.000-08:00I especially liked your post. I told my trauma sur...I especially liked your post. I told my trauma surgeon that one of the first memories I had when I woke up from my coma was of my neurosurgeon and him, standing in the doorway of my room. I actually remember the electricity in that moment, it was as if the air itself stood still in admiration of these men. Having just woken up from a coma and maybe still being in between life and death a little, the electricity in the room seemed to bow to their feet. Thank you for the interesting and fun way you explained electric brain activity!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-28918757242586438572007-01-03T10:35:00.000-08:002007-01-03T10:35:00.000-08:00mind boggling how you can zoom out from the cell m...mind boggling how you can zoom out from the cell membrane/ion stuff to human thought. it's incomprehensible like black holes and string theory, but just as elegant.Legacy Userhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17077340771895663776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-178062841586907392007-01-03T09:40:00.000-08:002007-01-03T09:40:00.000-08:00Hmm. Memo to Sid: don't send your frontal lobes on...Hmm. Memo to Sid: don't send your frontal lobes on vacation without you. It's their job to filter these things out.<br /><br />BTW, that seemed more like an anomia or visual agnosia you were describing about the keys. Not exactly an aphasia.Greg Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18422487877167541900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-44695914691206338592007-01-03T08:54:00.000-08:002007-01-03T08:54:00.000-08:00Yeah, I remember my first toke...
;)Yeah, I remember my first toke...<br />;)beajerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16721586072565803661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-4579998722311878102007-01-03T07:54:00.000-08:002007-01-03T07:54:00.000-08:00Yeah, I agree. Maybe surgeons shouldn't think. ;)...Yeah, I agree. Maybe surgeons shouldn't think. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-87739820517744448622007-01-03T06:57:00.000-08:002007-01-03T06:57:00.000-08:00Ha, I really liked this one. :)Ha, I really liked this one. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com