RE: Conclusive Evidence: IT People arent Human

["Brown, James" <jbrown () thrupoint net>]

Well known to every programmer- the "fog" of programming.
 
Jim B.
 

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From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org on behalf of Justin Polazzo
Sent: Thu 4/20/2006 4:55 PM
To: funsec () linuxbox org
Subject: [funsec] Conclusive Evidence: IT People arent Human



http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn9019&feedId=online-news_rss2
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Everybody has experienced a sense of "losing oneself" in an activity -
being totally absorbed in a task, a movie or sex. Now researchers have
caught the brain in the act.

Self-awareness, regarded as a key element of being human, is switched
off when the brain needs to concentrate hard on a tricky task, found the
neurobiologists from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot,
Israel.

The team conducted a series of experiments to pinpoint the brain
activity associated with introspection and that linked to sensory
function. They found that the brain assumes a robotic functionality when
it has to concentrate all its efforts on a difficult, timed task - only
becoming "human" again when it has the luxury of time.

-snip-

The brain's ability to "switch off" the self may have evolved as a
protective mechanism, he suggests. "If there is a sudden danger, such as
the appearance of a snake, it is not helpful to stand around wondering
how one feels about the situation," Goldberg points out.

-snip-

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Well, we arent "human" most of the time ;-)


Justin Polazzo
Security Analyst
Sports Authority
jpolazzo () thesportsauthority com
303-524-7349

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