The Brain and Mind discussion

Hi everyone,

I am wondering if anyone would like to be a moderator for this group as well. I think having a co-moderator would be beneficial! Let me know if you're interested and how you would like to contribute to the group.

I'm still thinking of starting up a monthly book club where people can vote on a book to read each month.

Let me know your thoughts. Thanks everyone!

Hello,

I would enjoy being a co-moderator. However, I do need some time to think about how I could be of value to the group. My background is not in science. In high school I was a biology major. After graduation, I joined everyone else in Haight-Ashbury for the "Summer of Love" and that was the end of science for me. Hippies weren't in the sciences. All was not lost because in college I developed a strong interest in linguistics, philosophy and psychology which logically lead me to the brain. I find all of the new discoveries fascinating and I try to read in a way that adds to my overall knowledge base of the science as well as the humanity of this phenomenal mass locked inside of our heads.

I think the idea of starting a book club is great because the collective interest of a group should create a very interesting reading list.

That's it for now. Thanks.

Hi David!

Thanks for your post. I don't think it's necessary to have a background in science, just a fond interest in it! If you would enjoy being a moderator I can certainly appoint you. I would love to get other people's ideas about how to make this group exciting and get more people involved!

I was thinking we could name a book to read over a month or two and then start discussions about it. People can participate if they like and suggest books we can all collectively read.

Anyways, if anyone else would like to be a co-moderator as well, just let us know! I think it would be beneficially to have more than 1 or even more than 2!

(Ps: "Hippies weren't in the sciences" - hilarious!)

Thank you Chelsey! I guess then I would very much enjoy working with you as a moderator. I should clarify the Hippy thing. You could say they were "in" the sciences since the whole movement was greased by the individuals and labs that were producing mass quantities of LSD. Unfortunately, the lifespan of the non-violent part of the movement was probably from 1964 - 1967. The "crash" was honestly very ugly when criminals took over the distribution of drugs and destroyed people's minds with heroin, meth, opium, mushrooms as well as numerous other drugs. During that period I lived in San Francisco and Berkeley. I was one of the fortunate few that one day just got on a bus and left it all behind me. Now, what we ridiculed, we have become. I seriously regret that I left the sciences. C'est la vie!