[ExI] neuroscience questions

[William Flynn Wallace]

I learned to seize every opportunity to not fly paragliders.



spike

must keep you really busy   bill w


On Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 2:48 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
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> *From:* spike at rainier66.com <spike at rainier66.com>
> *Subject:* RE: [ExI] neuroscience questions
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> *>…* *On Behalf Of *William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat
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> >>…Could it be that rarely practiced skills representing certain brain
> areas get taken over by new concerns?  I have no clue.
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> >…I have been told that if a brain function isn’t used, that piece of
> brain gets recycled (in a sense) and used for something else.  Other stuff
> overwrites the cool stuff you once knew.
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> Example: a friend of mine crashed a paraglider, was all broken up, spent
> months in the hospital, we though he wouldn’t make it.  He pulled thru but
> now his legs are stiff and he does well to walk.  He had been very athletic
> before.  He was the one who commented about his brain circuits being
> reprogrammed for other things.
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> I learned to seize every opportunity to not fly paragliders.
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