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Annie drank way to much and almost killed herself, then she tried to whine about it and blame it on the rum she drank. That bitch.
by The Lifeguard May 17, 2004
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Person 1: In neuroscience and education, a neuromyth is a false belief about the brain dressed in scientific language.
Person 2: Exactly. They used the word neuromyth to describe the failure of that capacity. I’m saying: that capacity isn’t a bug. It’s the whole operating system. The nervous system reaches for structural resonance because structural resonance is the only available language for experience at the edge of what science has mapped yet. Calling that a failure is like calling a hammer a bad screwdriver.
Person 2: Exactly. They used the word neuromyth to describe the failure of that capacity. I’m saying: that capacity isn’t a bug. It’s the whole operating system. The nervous system reaches for structural resonance because structural resonance is the only available language for experience at the edge of what science has mapped yet. Calling that a failure is like calling a hammer a bad screwdriver.
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