29 July 2011
29 July 2011
LOVE IS JUST A PARTICULAR MIX OF CHEMICALS…
1511 by Jeff HessWhen the men were choosing the most attractive women, they didn’t know that the choice was not theirs really, but instead the choice of successful programs that have been burned deep into the brain’s circuitry over the course of hundreds of thousands of generations.
Incognito: The Secret Lives Of The Brain by David Eagleman, p. 5
Found in my electronic chapbook.
29 July 2011
29 July 2011
LOOK WHAT I DID…!
1256 by Jeff HessYour consciousness is like a tiny stowaway on a transatlantic steamship, taking credit for the journey without acknowledging the massive engineering underfoot.
Incognito: The Secret Lives Of The Brain by David Eagleman, p. 4
Found in my electronic chapbook.
29 July 2011
29 July 2011
I IS TRULY AN OUTSIDER…
1055 by Jeff HessAlthough we are dependent on the function of the brain for our inner lives, it runs its own show. Most of the operations are above the security clearance of the conscious mind. The I simply has no right of entry.
Incognito: The Secret Lives Of The Brain by David Eagleman, p. 4
Found in my electronic chapbook.
27 July 2011
27 July 2011
OLIGARCHIC ROAD KILL: INNOCENTS IN THE WAY…
1040 by Jeff Hess26 July 2011
25 July 2011
25 July 2011
24 July 2011
ANTHONY SOWELL AND AMY WINEHOUSE…
1209 by Jeff Hess24 July 2011
24 July 2011
HOW STRIPPERS CAN DOUBLE THEIR TIPS…
0541 by Jeff HessA recent study by scientists in New Mexico counted up the tips made by lap dancers at local strip clubs and correlated this with the menstrual cycles of the dancers. (“Ovulatory cycle effects on tip earnings by lap-dancers: Economic evidence for human estrus?” Evolution and Human Behavior, 28 (2007): pp. 375-81.) During peak fertility, dancers raked in an average of $68 an hour. When they were menstruating, they earned only about $35. In between, they averaged $52. Although these women were presumably acting in a high capacity of flirtation throughout the month, their change in fertility was broadcast to hopeful customers by changes in body odor, skin, waist-to-hip ratio, and likely their own confidence as well. Interestingly, strippers on birth control did not show any clear peak in performance, and earned only a monthly average of $37 per hour (versus an average of $53 per hour for strippers not on birth control). Presumably they earned less because the pill leads to hormonal changes (and cues) indicative of early pregnancy and the dancers were thus less interesting to Casanova’s in the gentleman’s clubs.
Incognito: The Secret Lives Of The Brain by David Eagleman, p. 94
Found in my electronic chapbook.
