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To: George Statham who wrote (379)	2/9/2014 1:55:19 AM
From: koan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 935

Lots of evidence that exercise alone greatly strengthens the brain and prevents dementia. I have even read that they have research that shows exercise may turn on cells at the molecular level that slows aging and creates new neurons. I have also read we are making new brain neurons all the time, BUT if the person is not engaged in thinking they do not stick and decay. That explains a lot. So to keep growing intellectually, biologically, it seems one must keep thinking. And if they keep thinking they build myriad software packages: the expert mind", as you probably know, and takes ten years to develop. I have played poker all my life and made a living at it for a while. I never have to think much. It is all automatic. And I play very fast. All the great thinkers were compulsive thinkers their entire lives. Guys like Einstein only stopped thinking to sleep. Can anyone imagine Plato or Socrates in small talk-lol?

To: George Statham who wrote (379)	2/9/2014 11:55:22 AM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 935

Amazing stuff. I took this one on Coursera, really exceptional in all ways, but not currently offered: coursera.org And I'm signed up for this one in April: coursera.org Really sorry I missed this one: coursera.org I'm in the camp that believes that if we can understand how the brain works, we'll be a long way on the road to understanding how the universe works. And the explosion of research in the last 5 years gives hope... though likely not in my lifetime. But there is something going on... as a species we're suddenly devoting huge resources. It's THE new frontier, and that doesn't happen by accident. Something very consequential is at the end of this trail. (If you've got a sick sense of irony this is sort of funny. I signed up for the Coursera course The Future of Mankind... and the prof died before it started, so they canceled).