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  1. 21st October 2008, 08:04 AM #1
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    I have been reading 'The Brain That Changes Itself be Norman Doridge" it talks about how with training, the brain can rewire itself and that it is plastic in nature. In one section it talks about the power of imagination, and how they used a test group to prove it. They showed a group of people a routine on the piano, and then had half practise the routine and the other half sit at the keyboard and imagine that they were practising. At the end of a few weeks they found that the group that imagined that they were playing the practise piece could play it as well as the group that practised.

    This got me thinking if I imagined that I was at work is this the same as being there??
    Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I´m not so sure about the universe.

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    Tried that. The boss imagined he didn't pay me and that worked.
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    Hi, you can also listen to him at:
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    Tried that. The boss imagined he didn't pay me and that worked.

    My wife said that would happen
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    Quote Originally Posted by Phil Spencer View Post

    This got me thinking if I imagined that I was at work is this the same as being there??

    Works for many Federal and State local government employee's they still seem to get paid. Some even actually work elsewhere at the same time or run their own business as well.
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    Might work on a piano, but ain't worth a tinker's dam on a lathe. Or a bandsaw, or a scrollsaw, or a ....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Phil Spencer View Post
    I have been reading 'The Brain That Changes Itself be Norman Doridge" it talks about how with training, the brain can rewire itself and that it is plastic i
    Gawd 'elp us. Bleeding plastic brains now. Wot's the world coming to?
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