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Random Brainwave
For all that I know,
For all that I’ve seen and done,
I don’t know what may be tomorrow.
All I know of tomorrow is
If I am alive
It will be a challenge!
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Sensory Challenges and Medical Procedures
The Spanish Inquisition – Surplus Equipment
Ever wondered what they did with all that left over equipment of torture when the Spanish Inquisition wound up? Well it appears much of it was taken up by medical technicians (I bet you’re not surprised by that!). If you are in ‘normal’ health some basic medical tests can be a bit daunting,
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Random Brainwave
‘The Mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work if it’s not open’
Quoted by Frank Zappa, of ‘Weasels Ripped My Flesh’ fame.
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Random Brainwave
“It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane”
Quoted by Philip K Dick, of “Do androids dream of electric sheep” fame. That was the basis of “Blade Runner“
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Random Brainwave
We ask to see things in black and white. Why? We experience a spectrum from ultraviolet to infrared. Don’t deny our reality, it may be richer than yours.
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Random Brainwaves
What I do is insignificant. What we do is very important.
(to paraphrase Mahatma Gandhi)
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Sensory Challenge – Sound
Part 2: Sound and Hearing
Our ability to hear is fundamental to being able to understand those around us and to communicate with others. This is not the whole story though. If we became deaf there are ways of overcoming this loss. But what if our ability not to hear but to filter out the noise around us was impaired or lost?
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