Ianonabike
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Horrid but very funny. I showed it to my wife, slightly nervous how she'd take it, and she laughed harder than I did.
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Horrid but very funny. I showed it to my wife, slightly nervous how she'd take it, and she laughed harder than I did.
briantrumpet
Legendary Member
Good news for now in Germany...
secretsqirrel
Active Member
briantrumpet
Legendary Member
It's fantastic, isn't it? I think there have been several similar occurrences, as the ability to play a musical instrument is extremely sensitively placed within the physical brain... I've got a vague memory of someone doing the same with a banjo - and there was one in the Michael Mosley series on the brain, where they were doing a similar operation for Parkinsons, and the hand tremor the man had before the op was completely gone afterwards... can't remember if he was playing a musical instrument though.
icowden
Shaman
Different brain problem but there is also the footage of Tony Bennett recording with Lady Gaga. He was diagnosed with Alzheimers in 2016 and managed to record the album with Gaga from 2018 to 2020. He had to be guided and helped a lot and could become lost or bewildered during the recording sessions, but as soon as he was singing it was like his brain shifted into a different mode.
briantrumpet
Legendary Member
Well worth reading Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks - basically uses people's residual musical ability to investigate various brain malfunctions.
briantrumpet
Legendary Member
Yay!!
All uphill
Senior Member
briantrumpet
Legendary Member
Thanks Brian, I've ordered this from Abebooks.
Two of my interests combined.
I hope you'll enjoy it!
I'm waiting for this one to come out in paperback... it sounds like a good read too. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Our-Brains-Selves-Neurologists-Patients/dp/1805301055/
Ian H
Squire
Which countries might accept them?
briantrumpet
Legendary Member
The rich ones they'd probably accept in Dubai, as long as they don't expect to exercise freedom of speech too much while there, and the poor Reform supporters can go on temporary visas with no rights, like all the other workers there who keep the system running for the rich people.
Pross
Well-Known Member
I assume they'll use their right to live and work in the EU. Oh...
secretsqirrel
Active Member
Beebo
Guru
This video just popped up on my YouTube feed.
This is the loving caring USA we all need.
White policeman and black woman involved in a wholesome traffic stop.
View: https://youtu.be/TgT33Ud7Hs8?si=3swpyW0A9MGpL6Ej
This is the loving caring USA we all need.
White policeman and black woman involved in a wholesome traffic stop.
View: https://youtu.be/TgT33Ud7Hs8?si=3swpyW0A9MGpL6Ej
Ianonabike
Regular
That's genuinely moving, but now that the word is out, what if the next time the policeman pulls a guy over for speeding, he asks for a hug instead? If he refuses, people may start complaining about hug discrimination.
