Biology is crazier than we imagine.

Post #406,912 by Another Scott 12/11/15 11:23:26 PM Reply	Biology is crazier than we imagine. And maybe crazier than we *can* imagine. Amine Benaichouche on G+: This is what #happiness really looks like: Molecules of the #protein #myosin drag a ball of #endorphins along an active filament into the inner part of the #brain's parietal cortex, which produces feelings of happiness. Zooks! Cheers, Scott.
Post #406,913 by Andrew Grygus 12/12/15 12:48:26 AM Reply	Bological systems are insanely complex. No intelligence could possibly design this crap. It is the result of evolution - 210 gazillion different entities, each trying to optimize for it's own self intrest. Hint: for the long term, cooperation is pretty much always the way to go.
Post #406,915 by boxley 12/12/15 1:09:58 AM Reply	so thats what baslling looks like you can kill people for America at age 18 but need to be 21 to buy a beer
Post #406,918 by pwhysall 12/12/15 5:31:00 AM Reply	Coooool Also, "#brain"? Just #how #useful #can #that #hashtag #actually #be?
Post #406,919 by crazy 12/12/15 6:46:02 AM Reply	Showed it to a heroin addict Currently on methadone maintenance. He went - cool, so that's what shooting a bag of dope looks like. And then went to say he'd love to go out and find some really good smack and shoot 8 bags right now. Sigh.
Post #406,922 by a6l6e6x 12/12/15 10:47:30 AM Reply	Neat! Alex "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -- Isaac Asimov
Post #406,984 by Ashton 12/15/15 3:53:02 AM Reply	Why it's ... the embodiment of a Fantasia sequence!! Dukas, The Sorcerer's Apprentice* with Mickey Mouse in title role ... and a bunch of brooms endlessly carrying buckets of water.. IIRC their feet (splayed straw bunches) walked with about the same gait. Who Knew that Disney was dabbling in jelloware way before the transistorized images we now take for granted. Decidedly crazier than I can imagine.
Post #406,987 by drook 12/15/15 8:43:17 AM Reply	Good catch ... looks like Disney could imagine it -- Drew
Post #407,048 by Another Scott 12/18/15 9:01:26 PM Reply	And, of course, the text explanation is completely wrong. (sigh) Inner Life of a Cell (7:59) - start at ~ 3:40. It's still amazing, but it has nothing to do with happiness. ;-) Cheers, Scott.

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