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Synesthesia book wins the Montaigne Medal
Wednesday is Indigo Blue: Discovering the Brain of Synesthesia was awarded the 2011 Montaigne Medal, Eric Hoffer Award for Books.

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My favorite New Yorker cartoon. Ever.
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I'm a sucker for time jokes.
 

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# Brandon 2011-07-07 23:04
Nice!
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# Sanjay PhD 2011-07-07 23:10
Dr. Eagleman, didn't you have a (verbal) joke about snails in your New Yorker profile?
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# David Eagleman 2011-07-07 23:28
Hah! Yes I did. Seems to be a trend here. For those who didn't see that one, here it is:
A turtle walks into the sheriff's office and cries, "Sheriff, I was just attacked by three snails!"
The sheriff says, "tell me what happened."
The turtle wipes away a tear and says, "I don't know -- it all happened so fast!"
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# Renata 2011-07-07 23:30
Do all brain scientists have some joke up their sleeves regarding their particular chosen field of study?
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# David Eagleman 2011-07-07 23:43
Interesting question. Fellow brain scientists (or scientists in any field), what in-field jokes do you have? Roll 'em out and post 'em here.
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# David L. Hill, MD 2011-07-08 01:16
I think this cartoon needs to go in the next printing of Incognito, but maybe with the limbic system and the neocortex...http://www.happyplace.com/8811/cartoon-rendering-of-every-romantic-mistake-youve-ever-made
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# jennifer from sydney 2011-07-09 01:41
If the little joke about the turtle and the snails wasnt so funny it would be almost sad!! havnt giggled so much about something for a while. Thx
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# Steve the Sleeve 2011-07-10 18:01
Ok, well, we physicists don't have jokes quite as funny, but here's one:
Q: How many theoretical physicists specializing in general relativity does it take to change a light bulb?
A: Two. One to hold the bulb and one to rotate the universe.
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# 3.1415 2011-07-10 18:05
Here's another physics joke -- let me know who gets this one:
This is apparently a true story. It took place just outside of Munich, Germany.
Heisenberg went for a drive and got stopped by a traffic cop. The cop asked, "Do you know how fast you were going?" Heisenberg replied, "No, but I know where I am."
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# jennifer from sydney 2011-07-12 03:37
Would this be reference to sub atomic particles and the fact the we can never measure their location and speed at any one particular moment in time???
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# Placibo Domingo 2011-07-19 20:09
NO! The best time related New Yorker cartoon is the one with Einstein in bed with a rather disgruntled looking woman, obviously post coital, and Albert says "To YOU it was fast..."
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# Nice 2011-07-24 07:55
Love the Einstein joke...
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# Jack Davis 2011-10-04 07:03
This has to be the best cartoon of all time if you're a neuroscientist:

http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/1993-05-30/
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