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Srs question: are you an amputee and you're mad because you're missing a leg?
Why you so mad bro? I thought we was e?
lol arbiter
Srs question: are you an amputee and you're mad because you're missing a leg?
Somebody's getting angwee. Lol "competant". Lol "judgmental asshole" -- oh, the irony.
Not really. I was/am baiting him.
Tenysha is a pretty smart guy, with an good, incisive mind. He is good at calling me out on some of my bull , not unlike vy when he gets past his "high horse" BS. He and I may not like/agree with each other but I can respect him for that.
Nope, and nope.
Indeed. I can be a judgmental asshole too. Guilty as charged, and yes, I misspell competent, among others often. Arbiter not so often. Probably a synaptic cross with arbitrator, I would guess.
You're wrong RG:
http://www.standingwithhope.com/
This thread has convinced me.
Atheism has become its own religion.
You people all think alike, make the same arguments, use the same sarcasm, etc.....
Nothing special; except in your own minds. Most self righteous bunch of bigots I've seen gathered in one place since I stumbled into a group of Klansmen eating lunch at a cafeteria in Madisonville, Tx 20 years ago.
Y'all continue with your (virtual) circle jerk. Highly informative.
The free market or God is not going to get this done but these guys have the best shot going right now.
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/research/npp/index.htm
Mind actuated sensory feedback prosthesis is an obtainable goal I think. It also goes hand in hand with understanding the mechanism of the brain. I think once we really are able to reduce the brain chemistry and behavior specifically we will begin to answer definitively notions like the soul and free will. Perhaps if there is another agent supernatural or whatever it may be acting on us we can find it there as well.Neural Interfaces Program
Kip Ludwig, Ph.D.
Program Director, Extramural Research Program
[email protected]
Naomi Kleitman, Ph.D.
Program Director, Extramural Research Program
[email protected]
Daofen Chen, Ph.D.
Program Director, Extramural Research Program
[email protected]
James Gnadt, Ph.D.
Program Director, Extramural Research Program
[email protected]
What are neural prosthetics and neural interfaces?
Neural interfaces are systems operating at the intersection of the nervous system and an internal or external device. Neural interfaces include neural prosthetics, which are artificial extensions to the body that restore or supplement function of the nervous system lost during disease or injury, and implantable neural stimulators that provide therapy. Neural interfaces are used to allow disabled individuals the ability to control their own bodies and lead fuller and more productive lives.
Who are the NINDS Program Directors with interests in neural interfaces and what do they do?
In brief, NINDS Program Directors are expected to provide scientific leadership for the field. In this capacity, they identify unmet research needs and gaps in knowledge, develop new initiatives for funding, collaborate with other federal agencies, manage projects that have milestones and deliverables, and organize workshops, conferences, and symposia (learn more). Interest in neural interfaces is a shared interest among the scientists in the NINDS Program Staff:
Dr. Kip Ludwig: neural engineering with emphases in neuromodulation, brain-computer interface (BCI) devices, neural interface technology.
Dr. Naomi Kleitman: strategies for treating spinal cord injury and peripheral nerve injuries.
Dr. Daofen Chen: cortical and spinal sensorimotor integration, and neural rehabilitation.
Dr. James Gnadt: experimental and computational systems control and circuit-level experimental neurophysiology.
Has research in neural interfaces and development of neural prosthetics benefited patients?
Neural interfaces have already provided substantive benefits to individuals. For example, the NIH had a key role in the development of the cochlear implants, which bypasses damaged hair cells in the auditory system by direct electrical stimulation of the auditory nerve. In addition, neural interfaces that allow deep brain stimulation have been useful for some patients in reducing the motor symptoms associated with Parkinson's disease.
What other diseases are targeted for neural prosthetic applications?
Clearly, individuals living with certain movement disorders and some classes of deafness have been positively impacted by neural interfaces. Of particular interest to the NINDS is future progress in the field of neural interfaces that will result in assistive technologies to improve the quality of life by restoring motor and communicative functions for individuals with spinal cord injuries, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and stroke.
How does the NINDS support neural interfaces?
For over 30 years, the NINDS has supported grants and contracts on a number of areas within the neural interfaces field including, but not limited to: functional neuromuscular stimulation, deep brain stimulation, multielectrode cuffs for nerve interfaces, cortical microelectrode arrays, biocompatibility of neural interfaces, implantable neural stimulators, and brain/computer interfaces.
Research in neural interfaces at the NIH began with the initiation of the Neural Prosthesis Program, which was funded primarily through contracts. However, the program now makes use of both grant and contract mechanisms to enable the field to progress. This transition from contracts to grants has been facilitated by the increasingly wide-spread recognition of the importance of non-hypothesis driven research to the biomedical research enterprise. Potential investigators are encouraged to explore the use of the program announcements listed below to support research and development efforts. As the field has matured, neural interfaces have become part of a larger trans-NIH effort involving multiple Ins utes and Centers including, but not limited to NINDS, NIDCD, NICHD, and NIBIB.
Should I contact NINDS or NIBIB about my ideas for a neural interfaces grant?
The area of neural interfaces resides in multiple ins utes and the extramural community should recognize that the NIH staff who share interests in this area regularly interact. However, there have been many questions from the extramural community relative to the interests of NINDS and NIBIB concerning neural interfaces. If the proposed work involves development of novel technologies and methods that are broadly applicable across multiple disease and organ areas, which may include the nervous system, or involves proof-of-principle of a widely applicable technology, the investigator should first consider NIBIB. For basic, translational, or clinical research for technologies that target the nervous system or treatment of neurological disorders, investigators should first consider NINDS. NINDS is also interested in the use, optimization, or validation of novel/existing technologies for applications related to neurological disorders. If an investigator has questions about a specific application, he/she can contact program staff at the NINDS for clarification.
What research is currently envisioned for neural interfaces?
Among the goals of the NINDS effort is the development of totally implantable systems for restoring the motor control and sensory feedback for a paralyzed individual. Significant progress is being made towards the development of motor prostheses for disabled individuals, particularly for upper limb control. It is anticipated that future efforts will combine subsystems for functional neuromuscular stimulation with neural interfaces that can detect signals in the brain associated with movement, such as implanted microelectrode arrays in the motor cortex. Potential emergent areas that are likely to impact the future of neural interfaces include nanotechnologies, novel bioactive materials, adaptive computational methods for multi-neuron analysis, and technologies that go beyond electrical stimulation of the nervous system to allow controlled inhibition.
I put my faith there and not in some notion that something I can never understand does something I do not understand and am supposed to thank them for it. Just seems silly and an excuse to allow yourself to be led around by the nose.
Oh and I am going to guess that the controllers they use include a mux or two so WC and Bell labs must have invented this stuff too.
DoK wins the thread with this post.coming up with bull like "tests of character" to make an excuse for when god s someone over
Highly educated people like BigSnack and myself avoid these threads since 98% of you have little brains and can't comprehend deep intelligent conversations.
Look at the the man gets run off the air for exposing lies in the textbooks topic.
All those kids (LGrrrr /Red Zero /Halberto posting outdated school yard insults instead of engaging in adult style debating.
It's kinda like trying to build a model house out of lifesavers in a day care. They want to be part of the project and are really just there to help things up.
Replace "I photoshopped" with "of me being an idiot."
"Hey guys, look at this hilarious pic I photoshopped! What, you don't find it funny? I'll just keep posting it until you do!"
Eh, there are good and bad representatives of all groups. Don't push your way into my life, and I will respond with the same courtesy. I will be quite honest, I find myself defending the idea of religion more than I do the idea of atheism (probably, because I don't want to be identified with hypocrites). And yes, I think militant athiesm is just as bad as militant christianity. What it really boils down to is that religion/lack thereof SHOULD be a personal issue, but it is unfortunately not and the more one encroaches upon the other, the more you can expect lashing out from both sides.
What exactly is militant atheism?
Same thing as militant christianity, angry, intrusive, rude. Pretty much the exact same person with a different belief structure.
(I am not sure if you are questioning the literalness of my comment, but if you are, the use of the word militant is not meant to conjure up images of some athiest loading up his pickup with artillery rounds, various firearms and explosives, and then looking at nothing in particular to say "NOTHING BLESS ME", then riding off into a church)
Google that .
Is Flying Spaghetti militant atheism?
Obviously not, FSM is a religion, and therefore not atheistic.
LOL
I think that initially FSM was created to try to put a problem into a different perspectives for that (assumedly) athiest's (or at least pro-evolutionary's) opponents. I feel like it has been used, though, as a tactic of militant atheism.
Have you really never met someone who was a real asshole about his/her athiesm? Someone who is arrogant, tactless, and pretty much a bully. Or, as I said before, a carbon copy of those particular Christians that they purport to hate while exhibiting the exact same behaviors of the same.
you are as huge a righteous jackass as anyone here.
lol bigots.
We use the arguments because they're valid. We don't really need new ones. If there was a flat-earther on the boards, we'd keep using the same arguments against him/her.
Religion requires some sort of belief structure, usually a shared culture, etc etc. Can you point out any of these things regarding atheism?
I think it was necessarily offensive from the beginning, and is almost always taken as such from believers. People are going to get offended and call it rude when someone makes a logically equivalent argument that leads to such an obviously asinine conclusion in the pastafarian religion. It was put out to get laughs at the expense of Christian fundamentalists.
No, though most people I know are either Christians, Jews, or Muslims with an occasional deist thrown in the mix. I hate the idea that atheists need to show some kind of respect for religion so as to not step on anyone's toes. I'm sure I qualify under the militant label for calling the bible's god a sociopath, but I would have long since gotten the needle for doing the work of Jehovah.Have you really never met someone who was a real asshole about his/her athiesm? Someone who is arrogant, tactless, and pretty much a bully. Or, as I said before, a carbon copy of those particular Christians that they purport to hate while exhibiting the exact same behaviors of the same.
lol 11 pages and still no proof God doesn't exist. It's ing funny seeing people who think they know everything not be able to give you an answer, so I'm not complaining.
lol trying to prove a negative.
You're supposed to make your conclusion (e.g., that God does exist) based on evidence (that he exists), not the other way around.
Do you believe that we live in "The Matrix" just because there's no proof that we don't?
lol you still don't get how the flying spaghetti monster works
it's ing sad when people that believe in an imaginary god try to force their imaginary god's moral code system down the rest of society's throats.It's ing funny seeing people who think they know everything not be able to give you an answer, so I'm not complaining.
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