You might know that Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert comics, was suffering from Spasmodic Dysphonia<\/a>, a disorder that halts the brain\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ability to process speech. Some people flat out can’t talk. Some can yell but can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t speak, some can sing, but can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t talk. He was able to get up on stage and manage public speaking (his \u00e2\u20ac\u0153outside voice\u00e2\u20ac?) but unable to talk when he got off stage. <\/p>\n

Recently he discovered he could “rewire his brain” (Boingboing calls it a “brain hack<\/a>“) so that he is able to speak again. <\/p>\n

I find this fascinating! When I was a kid, I remember seeing a 60 Minutes special on brain surgery where the patient lay awake under general anesthesia while the doctor poked around. We’ve all seen it. It freaked me out when he asked the boy to count to ten and when he hit “3”, it came out sounding like the noise used in The Matrix<\/em> when Agents overcome regular people: “threewwaaaaaaaroooooom!” Cool!<\/p>\n

I also find synesthesia<\/a> fascinating. Alan Moore brilliantly created a character who worked as a police investigator who could sense music, colour, feelings etc from a crime scene. I’d love to have this for an hour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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