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madandy,
although I'm sure others will find it interesting too. I promised
to scan this pic back in January, but completely forgot about it....
At the end of September 2004, Nature published a study in which scientists made ferrets watch the movie The Matrix. Is your mind boggling yet? I'll quote a little from the write-up this received in Scientific American (January 2005 issue). In case anyone was wondering why on earth I bought a copy of SA... it's a good ploy when visiting new doctors to keep a journal obviously poking out of your handbag. It lets them know that (a) you can read and (b) you might just see through their bullshit and (c) it makes me feel nostalgic for the days when I did worthwhile research.
1. Why did researchers make ferrets watch The Matrix? Answer: Because there are some things that rats just won't do.
2. Why did researchers make ferrets watch The Matrix? Answer: Because if they had made ferrets watch The Matrix Reloaded, animal rights groups would have been storming the laboratory. (God knows what would have happened if they'd made them watch The Matrix Revolutions!)
3. Why did researchers make ferrets watch The Matrix? Answer: To get a better handle on the nature of the perception of reality.
If anyone has mad urges to read about the actual subject of the research, you can find a press release here.
As for me? I haven't been made to watch The Matrix. Although, I'd probably enjoy it a lot more than the ferrets would; it's one of the few films in which Keanu was sexy. I've been trying to write but I think I've now read too many books and articles on writing; I feel quite intimidated when I set pen to paper or sit in front of my PC. It's like I'm mentally redrafting whatever I write, even before I actually write down a sentence. I hope it'll pass, otherwise I'll never get anything finished again. Which would suck..
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madandy,
although I'm sure others will find it interesting too. I promised
to scan this pic back in January, but completely forgot about it....At the end of September 2004, Nature published a study in which scientists made ferrets watch the movie The Matrix. Is your mind boggling yet? I'll quote a little from the write-up this received in Scientific American (January 2005 issue). In case anyone was wondering why on earth I bought a copy of SA... it's a good ploy when visiting new doctors to keep a journal obviously poking out of your handbag. It lets them know that (a) you can read and (b) you might just see through their bullshit and (c) it makes me feel nostalgic for the days when I did worthwhile research.
1. Why did researchers make ferrets watch The Matrix? Answer: Because there are some things that rats just won't do.
2. Why did researchers make ferrets watch The Matrix? Answer: Because if they had made ferrets watch The Matrix Reloaded, animal rights groups would have been storming the laboratory. (God knows what would have happened if they'd made them watch The Matrix Revolutions!)
3. Why did researchers make ferrets watch The Matrix? Answer: To get a better handle on the nature of the perception of reality.
If anyone has mad urges to read about the actual subject of the research, you can find a press release here.
As for me? I haven't been made to watch The Matrix. Although, I'd probably enjoy it a lot more than the ferrets would; it's one of the few films in which Keanu was sexy. I've been trying to write but I think I've now read too many books and articles on writing; I feel quite intimidated when I set pen to paper or sit in front of my PC. It's like I'm mentally redrafting whatever I write, even before I actually write down a sentence. I hope it'll pass, otherwise I'll never get anything finished again. Which would suck..
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