T-Rex: I have other interests beyond sex! For example, I am interested in...
T-Rex: ... the Capgras delusion!
T-Rex: The Capgras delusion occurs when someone believes that someone close to them - a dear friend, spouse, or family member - has been replaced by an identical-looking duplicate! What seems to happen is that the automatic EMOTIONAL responses to seeing someone familiar one day stop happening, so when they meet their loved one, they have an intense feeling of something being OFF about them. They don't feel like they normally do!
Utahraptor: And that means they believe they've been replaced by a duplicate? T-Rex: Some of the time!
T-Rex: Not everyone leaps from that feeling to "they've been replaced", but some do, and that's the Capgras delusion! There's variants where people feel that their pets have been replaced, or their shoes, or things like that. Utahraptor: It's probably really terrifying and frustrating that nobody is willing to believe you.
T-Rex: I can imagine! What's neat though is that it's sometimes based on VISUAL recognition, so that affected people will be fine talking to their loved ones on the phone! It makes me glad I don't have any mental illnesses. God: UM HELLO YOU HEAR GOD God: JUST UH PUTTIN' THAT OUT THERE
What are the haps my friends
August 16th, 2007:Guys the latest news on Jurassic Park IV seems totally awesome. They are giving the dinosaurs guns. There will be velociraptors holding submachine guns. Randall is going to die when he sees it. The guy in the article I linked to is all down on the idea and I really can't figure out why. If I met him I would say, hey, the question mark in your headline should be an exclamation mark! For serious.
So hey, Toronto readers will be PLEASED to pick up Now Magazine this week, because there's a feature called "My Style" there in with colour photo of me talking about the clothes I wear and where I got them and for how much. GUYS, IT IS SO EMBARRASSING. Oh my goodness. It's a good article but I defy anyone to have a picture of themselves in print like that all over a city and not to feel what I will characterize only as "unending shame". It does have a nice mention of the Toronto Comic Arts Festival this weekend though! It'll be rad. You should come!
