While I'm doing my work on the computer this morning, I have the live feed from the HM project at the Brain Observatory going on. A man who had part of his brain removed due to seizures also had the side effect of not being able to make new memories longer than 30 seconds. When he died, he donated his brain to science. Right now, they're slicing it in super thin slices and mapping out the entire thing. There are currently three live feeds - one of the machine with the brain in it, one of the lab, and one of the control panel. Rob showed this to me last night and so I turned it on when I got online this morning. It's absolutely fascinating to watch.

It's odd, when I was younger I really had little to no interest in science. It was all about the arts (specifically theatre and film) for me. But now, I'm getting really into it and wish I had gone to med school and not law school. I'm 35 years old and now know my true calling and what I want to do with my life - I want to be an emergency room doctor, but I'm too old to do it. I try not to have regrets in life, but this one constantly creeps up on me.

Anyway, this live feed of the brain dissection is absolutely fascinating and I'll be having it on in the background until I have to log off around noonish and get ready to head down to Chicago.

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