When You're Visited By A Copy Of Yourself, Stay Calm

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The book mentioned by Oliver Sacks on hallucinations looks interesting.

I have to say that one of my favourite neuroscience books has to be, "The Man who Mistook his Wife for a Hat" by the aforementioned Dr. Oliver Sacks.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Man-Who-Mistook-His-Wife/dp/03305236...

It's really a great read for anyone interested in neuroscience, psychology or just weird and wonderful stories in general.

"Musicophilia" is also very good.

His books always felt more like David Sedaris stories and less like James Gleick style educational popular science.

I took the subject to be advice for composing recursive functions.

haha. I wish I took the advice during a recent programming interview, in which I thought a recursive function would be the best way to accomplish the end goal. forgot how much i hated them until it was too late.

This reminds me of the Nobel Prize winner who came up with the first concept in Game Theory - John Nash.

seems as if npr.org is having an issue with their ssl cert.. or akamai's..

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In my self-hypnosis scripts for Summon the Warrior: http://SummontheWarrior.com I use sensory recall and a few other techniques that can induce hallucinations. Certainly, they can be triggered by a smell or sound.

Negative hallucinations are even more common (like not being able to see the car keys when they are right in front you). I see people show signs of negative hallucinations when they walk past litter on scenic paths.

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