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<P><FONT SIZE=2>It's interesting to see these 2 articles today.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Your thought can change your genes. It can also manipulate the computer.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>What this means? Seems not far away from super nature.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Thanks.</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Walter.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Source: <A HREF="http://news.scotsman.com/scitech.cfm?id=1386262004" TARGET="_blank">http://news.scotsman.com/scitech.cfm?id=1386262004</A></FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Delving into mind over matter</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>...</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>In his first book, It's The Thought That Counts, due to be published next</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>year, he will put forward the scientific arguments about the mysterious</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>mind-body connection and argue that powerful human states such as happiness</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>and optimism can actually change your DNA.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>...</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>As an example, Hamilton quotes the work of Eric Kandel, joint winner of the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>2000 Nobel prize for medicine, who carried out pioneering work into the way</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>genes can be switched on or off by social influences.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Kandel's conclusion is that many genetic differences between people are</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>influenced by society and conditioning, rather than incorporated in the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>genetic makeup of the parents.</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Source: <A HREF="http://www.jsonline.com/alive/news/dec04/281287.asp" TARGET="_blank">http://www.jsonline.com/alive/news/dec04/281287.asp</A></FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Think, think, shoot, score!</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Brain electrodes help patients play video games in UW study</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>By JOHN FAUBER</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>jfauber@journalsentinel.com</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Posted: Dec. 4, 2004</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>With electrodes implanted directly on their brains, two Madison patients </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>were able to control a computer cursor and play a basic video game just by </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>thinking about it.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Quotable</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>...</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>"Just through trial and error he was able to figure out a way to </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>manipulate it," Garell said. "He couldn't really articulate how (he did </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>it), other than it required his concentration."</FONT>
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