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www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/12/fear-brain-amygdala/


Anyone notice the abbrivations on the woman's name? Thought this was interesting.

I'm sure there is something science cannot do.

And that was an interesting read a week ago about the No-Fear Woman.

You should rename the thread: Brain Damage, your experience may vary.

Now we just need the power armour...

To be fair, none of the things they tested her on really scare me much. Like the horror movies and snakes and spiders.

So you got threatened with guns and knives and were just fine with it?

Goliath wrote:So you got threatened with guns and knives and were just fine with it?

That's just a normal Tuesday. Phil usually dosen't mix it up.

****in' magnets, how do they work?

A Black Ram wrote:****in' magnets, how do they work?

Worst. Song. In. History. Really.



Thats a pretty neat really. Thats another one of those things they are going to keep an eye on for future super humans. Same with certain forms of Downs syndrome. They are wanting to find a way to get the benefits from having Downs without the obvious draw backs. Manly because some forms of Downs has some incredible perks.

KingCracker wrote: They are wanting to find a way to get the benefits from having Downs without the obvious draw backs. Manly because some forms of Downs has some incredible perks.

Such as? (I'm just curious).

Hordini wrote:

KingCracker wrote: They are wanting to find a way to get the benefits from having Downs without the obvious draw backs. Manly because some forms of Downs has some incredible perks.

Such as? (I'm just curious).

Scavenger, Hard line, Ghost, Martydom, Second Chance and Commando to name a few.

Wow, Fearless USR, too bad she's gonna suffer from No Retreat! for the rest of her life... And yes, now we just need the PA...

Lets hope she never gets locked in battle with a walker or T8 monstrous creature...

Did silence of the lambs scare anybody even? It never scared me, although the climax did make e slightly claustrophobic..

if it made you afraid of small spaces then it gave you fear, the definition of being scared

Hordini wrote:

KingCracker wrote: They are wanting to find a way to get the benefits from having Downs without the obvious draw backs. Manly because some forms of Downs has some incredible perks.

Such as? (I'm just curious).

Ill have to try and find where I read it(I was waiting in a doctors office when I found it lol) But certain things like the incredible memory they can have and such. Damn...I just love being almost vague

SO far as we in the science community know, the basic laws of thermodynamics cannot be violated.

Science, It beats a bearded bored dude in the clouds.

KingCracker wrote:

A Black Ram wrote:****in' magnets, how do they work?

Worst. Song. In. History. Really.

You dont beleive in miricles?

Im joking, but the magnets line is hilarious

How about Toxoplasmosis, the brain parasite that slows your reaction times meaning you are more likely to be more promiscuous and be involved in a car crash.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxoplasmosis#Behavioral_changes

Howard A Treesong wrote:How about Toxoplasmosis, the brain parasite that slows your reaction times meaning you are more likely to be more promiscuous and be involved in a car crash.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxoplasmosis#Behavioral_changes

Wait... slower reaction times would make you more promiscuous?

..it makes it harder to get out of the way anyway.

When you can buy get a coke that doesn't rot your teeth and tastes good [indeed like the "real thing"] then I will accept this premise. Until then get back in your labs and keep studying Science persons.

[also no one has invented Zombies yet, fecking lazy these scientist types]

reds8n wrote:..it makes it harder to get out of the way anyway.

Thats so wrong... am i a horrible person for thinking of slowpoke?

Science hasn't proven the existence of UFOs and the supernatural. Though we all already know the answer.

This universe is so big you can probably never reach the end, how can there be only us?

So she has no amygdala, AND SHE SHALL KNOW NO FEAR!

Though I see nothing about feeling no pain, so I guess pain (or other discomfort) would have to serve as a replacement for fear in situations when fear would normally be a motivating factor. Threatened with a gun? Nothing. Jabbed in the ribs? Hand over that wallet!