Skeptikos
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I was just at a Quantified Self meetup in Boston. I mentioned that I was considering experimenting with tDCS to a group of people there. It turns out that the guy standing to my left was an instructor in neurology at the Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation at Harvard, where they are experimenting with…
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I have a cylindrical magnet in the side of my left ring finger. I wouldn't say that lifting heavy loads with it is painful, but it's usually uncomfortable. I try not to use that finger for lifting. I also play guitar a little, and if I'm not careful to press down on the string at the right angle, that can be uncomfortable,…
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Gaviato, I haven't noticed any effect on my cell phone.
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I read the book Connectome recently. I strongly recommend it if you're interested in this. There are academic neuroscientists working on this already. - Kenneth Hayworth - EyeWire Depending on how serious you want to get, you should probably contact them at some point. And there are some free neuron modeling programs…
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I'm not sure that microwave question is going to be helpful for you. Different microwaves have different effects on my magnet.
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Ezekiel- "everyone has a very different level of physical sensitivity." That's probably true, but there are limits to what you can get out of nerve cells. I'm not sure what an industrial battery charger is like (following Nate), but I'm guessing it's much more powerful than your everyday fan or TV. Microwaves also use a…
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Ezekiel, based on my experience with my own magnetic implant, I agree with what everyone has written here so far. You seem to have an exaggerated sense of how sensitive the magnet is. For the most part, I don't feel anything with it unless I go out of my way to find things. I don't feel my hard drive unless I put my finger…
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I don't see any reason why the implant would work differently in you. Skin cells are always growing and dying in everyone. Rejection is a risk everyone takes. And your nerves slowly regrow around the magnet as the wound heals. I could be wrong, but there's no obvious reason for you to have special difficulties.
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Oh goodness. Tim and Shawn are libertarians too? I actually moved to New Hampshire from the Houston area in 2008 for the Free State Project. As far as libertarianism goes, it's ... well, stimulating, to say the least. If there are more libertarians here, who would consider moving, I definitely recommend checking it out.…
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@BobTheCow, I got my magnet implanted more than a year ago, and I don't remember the details about how I was keeping it clean while it healed. I know Steve had very specific suggestions (don't get it wet for a certain amount of time, keep it covered by a bandage for a certain amount of time, take the bandage off for a…
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@BobTheCow, although I don't know of any local magnet-implanting professionals (I live in New Hampshire), I didn't have trouble finding one. As it so happens, Steve Haworth travels quite a bit, and you can probably get him to implant a magnet when he's in the area. He has a calendar on his website where you can see his…
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I got a magnet implanted in my ring finger by Steve Hayworth back in March. No infections, it's been fine.
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Behavioral economics is fun. I've seen Bruce Schneier's security blog, but I wasn't aware of security economics. I'll have to look into that now, thanks for the heads-up.
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* Economics and a decent working knowledge of a variety of other subjects, though generally more in the social sciences than the physical sciences. (It could come in handy. ... Maybe. I'm a weak tie.)
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Have you seen the torn away flesh tattoos? Perhaps we could have one with a gear underneath. And then the gear says whatever (or not).