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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...lets Federal Government agents search our bank accounts, medical records, even our gun sales--for whatever reason. So when you see Senator Burns attack Jon Tester, ask him, Why do you think we're the enemy? Where's Osama bin Laden? And when did you get so out of touch with Montana...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Democrats' New Western Stars | 1/19/2007 | See Source »

...terrible thing to waste. Moving around in the world exposes organisms to danger, so as a rule they should have as few experiences as possible and learn as much from each as they can. Although some of life's lessons are learned in the moment ("Don't touch a hot stove"), others become apparent only after the fact ("Now I see why she was upset. I should have said something about her new dress"). Time travel allows us to pay for an experience once and then have it again and again at no additional charge, learning new lessons with each...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: The Brain: Time Travel in the Brain | 1/19/2007 | See Source »

...lets Federal Government agents search our bank accounts, medical records, even our gun sales--for whatever reason. So when you see Senator Burns attack Jon Tester, ask him, Why do you think we're the enemy? Where's Osama bin Laden? And when did you get so out of touch with Montana...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Democrats' New Western Stars | 1/19/2007 | See Source »

...front of a mirror while someone behind him extends his arms under the subject's armpits and moves his arms around, making it look as if the subject is moving his own arms. If the subject hears a tape telling the person behind him how to move (wave, touch the subject's nose and so on), he feels as if he is actually in command of the arms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Brain: The Mystery of Consciousness | 1/19/2007 | See Source »

...twitches or self-contradictions. So the brain might have been shaped to keep compromising data away from the conscious processes that govern our interaction with other people. At the same time, it keeps the data around in unconscious processes to prevent the person from getting too far out of touch with reality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Brain: The Mystery of Consciousness | 1/19/2007 | See Source »

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