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[snugglekitty]

trouble4hire told me about this story. I thought it sounded fascinating, so I looked it up. I just finished reading it, and it IS fascinating. If you are at all curious about how the brain works, especially as regards sensory perception, you should read this. I put it all on one page so it doesn't have to be loaded over and over again.

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/06/30/080630fa_fact_gawande?currentPage=all

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[ceelove.livejournal.com]

Ye gods and little fishes. Whatever problems I may have, at least I have never had the compulsion to scratch a hole through my skull. Gaaaaaaaaaah.

I wonder about Vicka knows about this - she of terrible chronic psychosomatic pain.