Saturday, May 31, 2014

Neurons in 3-D


You may not get a lot from the above screen shot, but this video may help...



As I understand it, the field of view is very limited, so it isn't likely they could fit all the nearly 100 billion neurons of the human brain into the field of view at once, so don't go looking for this kind of 'brain scan' any time soon.

But speaking of neurons, and the human brain, here's another one for you, if you have the time to spare....


Before you get your neurons in a knot, please read this about 'Athene'. I will vigorously resist the urge to go into a long rant about pseudoscience and the conspicuous absence of any verifiable 'Theory of Everything'.  Let me only say that there's a reason for the saying 'A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.' 

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