Mmm, what a Delicious Typo

I came across these two menu items at a local restaurant. It made me curious what version of spellcheck was used in putting this listing together.

Why, this IS a great idea!

This concept of the anti-ad is quite the test for having eyes in the back of your head. You know there's something fishy going on, but you can't prove it. Seems it relies upon our cooperation with others to make it 'work.'

Here's the link to the "Idea"

Overheard at the art store...

"He's AR-tistic, not AU-tistic!"

An overheard phone conversation as I was browsing the aisles for some art supplies. It made me smile to imagine the instantaneous reassessment happening at the other end of the line, when, really, the idea that they're mutually exclusive descriptors is absurd.

When We Know We're Being Watched

A find from the Wired blog "Alt Text." It makes one think about our constant state of vigilance, and our new reliance upon it.

A link to the Posting.

Troubling News for the Aspergers Community

Simon Baron-Cohen contributed this Op-Ed to the NYTimes today, and it offers a glimpse into the continued obstacles confronting families and individuals diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome. The APA is considering an overhaul of the Autism Spectrum Disorder diagnosis, and planning to lump all those affected under the same umbrella.

If this comes to fruition, the label of "Aspergers" may cease to be, and a community will be forced to learn a completely new system of services.

READ THE ARTICLE

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Brooks: The Young and the Neuro

David Brooks of the NY Times opined today about what he witnessed at a recent gathering of social-centric neuroscientists. In reviewing what he learned, he observed that many new findings relied upon the notion that "consciousness is too slow to see what happens inside, but it is possible to change the lenses through which we unconsciously construe the world."

Brooks goes on to say, "The hard sciences are interpenetrating the social sciences. This isn’t dehumanizing. It shines attention on the things poets have traditionally cared about: the power of human attachments. It may even help policy wonks someday see people as they really are."

Perhaps, with Brooks' attention being shining upon the field, a boost in excitement will follow.

Article permalink: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/13/opinion/13brooks.html