TROPICAL SYNAPSES
Reflections on topics including clinical neurology, recent publications in neuroscience,
philosophy of biology, "neuro-doubt" about modern media hype of new neuro-scientific procedures and methods, consciousness, scuba diving, horticulture, jazz, blues, slack key guitar music, the Hawai'i health scene, and whatever else dat's da kine...
The humpback whales are back in Hilo Bay, including its south central shore, Kuhio Bay. You can see them breaching. By spring, with the example of their parents, the calves will become seasoned aquatic acrobats.
Why do the whales jump? For joy, perhaps. Perhaps to dislodge parasites. Who knows? But it's fun to watch.
Sometimes a diver in the bay can hear them, if you listen closely. The singing must carry a really long way underwater.
Where is the color of what we see? Is it part of the object we see? Is it in the light from that object? Is it in our eyes, our retinas? O...
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