Weekly Science Headlines

[Telarus]

Consensual use of mind-altering substances in non-human persons?

Confirmed.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/12/30/puff-puff-pass-young-dolphins-deliberately-chew-puffer-fish-to-get-high-with-each-other/

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Consensual use of mind-altering substances in non-human persons?

Confirmed.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/12/30/puff-puff-pass-young-dolphins-deliberately-chew-puffer-fish-to-get-high-with-each-other/

See, this is the sort of thing that makes preventionists very, very sad.

The dolphins involved should be shoved into a tuna net, for their own good.  It's not a perfect system, but it's the only way we can protect our assets.

[Telarus]

[Sita]

Found this interesting.
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/12/mapping-how-emotions-manifest-in-the-body/282713/

The mapping exercise produced what you might expect: an angry hot-head, a happy person lighting up all the way through their fingers and toes, a depressed figurine that was literally blue (meaning they felt little sensation in their limbs). Almost all of the emotions generated changes in the head area, suggesting smiling, frowning, or skin temperature changes, while feelings like joy and anger saw upticks in the limbs—perhaps because you're ready to hug, or punch, your interlocutor. Meanwhile, "sensations in the digestive system and around the throat region were mainly found in disgust," the authors wrote. It's worth noting that the bodily sensations weren't blood flow, heat, or anything else that could be measured objectively—they were based solely on physical twinges subjects said they experienced.

And here's a link to the study since the article didn't have a link: http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2013/12/26/1321664111.full.pdf

[LMNO]

Cf: Wilhelm Reich's "body armor" concepts.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Consensual use of mind-altering substances in non-human persons?

Confirmed.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/12/30/puff-puff-pass-young-dolphins-deliberately-chew-puffer-fish-to-get-high-with-each-other/

See, this is the sort of thing that makes preventionists very, very sad.

The dolphins involved should be shoved into a tuna net, for their own good.  It's not a perfect system, but it's the only way we can protect our assets.

[Telarus]

Cf: Wilhelm Reich's "body armor" concepts.

OOh, yes. Nice find Sita!

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

This is the best research ever.

http://www.frontiersinzoology.com/content/10/1/80/abstract

Dogs preferred to excrete with the body being aligned along the North-south axis under calm MF conditions. This directional behavior was abolished under Unstable MF. The best predictor of the behavioral switch was the rate of change in declination, i.e., polar orientation of the MF.

[minuspace]

Consensual use of mind-altering substances in non-human persons?

Confirmed.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/12/30/puff-puff-pass-young-dolphins-deliberately-chew-puffer-fish-to-get-high-with-each-other/

Correspondingly, sub-human primates of Madagasgar (BBC)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c96J7djnHIg

[Junkenstein]

Cf: Wilhelm Reich's "body armor" concepts.

OOh, yes. Nice find Sita!

Could I ask any of you three (or anyone in general) for an opinion of Reich? I've had him on the reading list for a while but never got round to bothering as the opinions were so varied I assumed bullshit crank in good disguise and left him largely alone. Aside from the basic biography I've got no clue if his research actually had any merit so if anyone can shed some light it'd be appreciated.

[LMNO]

Right up until he decided that Orgone was (1) detectable and (2) the answer to literally everything wrong with humans and society, he had some good ideas.

Listen, Little Man! is genius, and The Mass Psychology of Facism is a pretty good read.

Like any nacent psychological research and practice, it's clumsy and doesn't work that well with modern neuroscience, but as a model and a metaphor, it has a few positive pragmatic uses.

[Telarus]

Right up until he decided that Orgone was (1) detectable and (2) the answer to literally everything wrong with humans and society, he had some good ideas.

Listen, Little Man! is genius, and The Mass Psychology of Facism is a pretty good read.

Like any nacent psychological research and practice, it's clumsy and doesn't work that well with modern neuroscience, but as a model and a metaphor, it has a few positive pragmatic uses.

Agreed. RAW's conception of Reich's work was also very useful for me in exploring the Buddhist/Zen headspace.

[Junkenstein]

Thanks gents, I'll move those two towards the top of the pile and go from there.

[GrannySmith]

Consensual use of mind-altering substances in non-human persons?

Confirmed.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/12/30/puff-puff-pass-young-dolphins-deliberately-chew-puffer-fish-to-get-high-with-each-other/

Correspondingly, sub-human primates of Madagasgar (BBC)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c96J7djnHIg

"He tries to woo her with his anal gland"  and that lemur's face in the end

[Salty]

Killlllll iiitttttttt.


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