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 NFL and collegiate footbal have spent millions looking into and striving to someday prevent the post-traumatic encephalopathy frequently seen in long-term football players, who may suffer many concussions.
And then we have boxing, a sport where creating a potentially fatal head injury in an opponent is often the most effective way to win. RIP, Patrick Day, professional boxer, born about 1991, died after being knocked out in a prize fight October 16, 2019.
The tea tree (camellia sinensis) was getting leggy, so I cut it back today, and spread the old leaves in the sun to prepare them for processing. We will soon see if older leaves taste differently from the younger ones I cut earlier this season.
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...
