Seeing as how much Rym loves Utena, I am surprised he didn't snap Ikuhara's most recent show, Mawaru Penguindrum, up? I think a show for that anime is justifiable.
It's a catch phrase you use almost every episode but what does it *mean*?
How much would you consider to be enough? 30 mins? An hour per day? Which sites are essential and which are maybe once a week? What ratio of News (local or otherwise) to Tech to Games to Entertainment? Does Twitter count? Any suggestions for must follows?
What sites do you both check regularly? What site could you not live without?
If you were able to set up someones bookmarks are force them to read everything on that list, every day and expect them to be up to date on most news, what would you choose?
I think this would be interesting to hear about too. I enjoy picking other people's brains to see what they're informed by. I think I already have a pretty good idea what Scrym are informed by, and it probably won't significantly change my existing internet habits (I think I have a pretty good system already), but hearing the particulars and such of which things they consider essential and why would still be interesting.
Seeing as how much Rym loves Utena, I am surprised he didn't snap Ikuhara's most recent show, Mawaru Penguindrum, up? I think a show for that anime is justifiable.
I second this!!
I actually may love Penguindrum slightly more than Utena. It is a lot more grounded to reality than Utena (well for Ikuhara standard anyway) but is still filled with symbolism whatnot.
Hey Scott, I know you play Netrunner all the time. You guys said you would come back sometime to do a "full review" of the game after your "initial impressions" episode. Do eeeeeeet!
Hey Scott, I know you play Netrunner all the time. You guys said you would come back sometime to do a "full review" of the game after your "initial impressions" episode. Do eeeeeeet!
Good idea! What about waiting until the Spin Cycle ends and take that as a snapshot of Netrunner as a game. The conversation could bleed into LCG's in general and if this is a good model.
I'm sure the GeekNights audience would find both your commentaries on this issue of brains and predetermined traits of geekiness quite interesting. Think of it as your After School Special. Note the DRD1 gene variants (which are in 23andme raw data) and their relation to Autism and IQ (increased attention focus component). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18205172
On top of that, IIRC, IQ is FAR more if not entirely reliant on brain development due to external influences, rather than because of genetic markers, outside of any intellectual disability that one might have due to genetics. Basically, you can't DNA test for IQ.
The following paper shows that there is a functional difference between the density of the brain structure that mediates interactivity between lower brain function and the neocortex (lower density, higher performance IQ). In other words, some individuals, by nature, have the ability to focus better on certain types of mental tasks. A SMALL part of this difference between individuals that are in the NORMAL range of ability (i.e., having no brain disease) can be explained by this particular inherent mechanism: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20950795?dopt=Abstract
Additionally, there is a mechanism between some types of fat storage in the brain (which increases signal integrity) and IQ: http://www.snpedia.com/index.php/Rs1535
Interesting, but still not showing a positive correlation between IQ and your Genes, only that certain genes may potentially lead to greater capacity, not that they have a direct causal relationship. Are you a fan of Ray Kurzweil and his predictions about Brain simulation from DNA by any chance?
I think the real issue, is that the conceptualization of 'intelligence' is a human 'invention'. Meaning, we all have a model of intelligence that is essentially a black-box for a multitude of social and non-social interactions between an individual and their environment. Much of the SNP work is about getting inside that black-box, excluding opinions and social measurement for a vague concept. There are flaws even in these studies, due to the use of certain tests (Wechsler versus Raven's Matrices, for example) that favour different test subjects (where Wechsler uses a human test proctor which may provide non-verbal cues to test subjects that have good social recognition with lack of susceptibility to social distraction):
Excluding higher functions of mathematical creativity / general problem solving, there is likely good correlation with some of the simple building blocks of IQ (attentional focus / memory and their related SNPs) and board game ability. Therefore, one could potentially gauge one's inherent limits on being, say, the best Puerto Rico player, in a given ramp up time without prior training, via their genotype.
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It's a catch phrase you use almost every episode but what does it *mean*?
How much would you consider to be enough? 30 mins? An hour per day?
Which sites are essential and which are maybe once a week?
What ratio of News (local or otherwise) to Tech to Games to Entertainment?
Does Twitter count? Any suggestions for must follows?
What sites do you both check regularly? What site could you not live without?
If you were able to set up someones bookmarks are force them to read everything on that list, every day and expect them to be up to date on most news, what would you choose?
I actually may love Penguindrum slightly more than Utena. It is a lot more grounded to reality than Utena (well for Ikuhara standard anyway) but is still filled with symbolism whatnot.
Maybe just a show about obtaining and curating personal information streams in general?
Tech: Authentication.
Gaming: Tiny Death Star
Thursday: Guaranteed Income.
Prometheus (http://snpedia.com/index.php/Promethease) will compile the raw genotype info from 23andme.
I'm sure the GeekNights audience would find both your commentaries on this issue of brains and predetermined traits of geekiness quite interesting. Think of it as your After School Special. Note the DRD1 gene variants (which are in 23andme raw data) and their relation to Autism and IQ (increased attention focus component).
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18205172
And, the more general articles discussing such obsessions with board games, etc.
http://geekout.blogs.cnn.com/2012/04/23/geekiness-and-autism-is-there-a-connection/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20950795?dopt=Abstract
Additionally, there is a mechanism between some types of fat storage in the brain (which increases signal integrity) and IQ:
http://www.snpedia.com/index.php/Rs1535
And, the overall size of the brain suggests other structural and developmental differences:
http://www.snpedia.com/index.php/Rs10784502
Each of these gene variants contribute small increments / decrements in IQ. There are many, many more.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2787806/
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00140130210121932#.UwUUENuZilM
Here is an interesting podcast about distraction, that may be partly explained by SNAP25 and DRD1 interactions:
As for Ray, he's not a geneticist or neuroscientist if I remember correctly.
http://www.halfsigma.com/2010/04/brain-scans-show-chess-not-about-intelligence.html
Excluding higher functions of mathematical creativity / general problem solving, there is likely good correlation with some of the simple building blocks of IQ (attentional focus / memory and their related SNPs) and board game ability. Therefore, one could potentially gauge one's inherent limits on being, say, the best Puerto Rico player, in a given ramp up time without prior training, via their genotype.
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