Dr. Science Memory Lapse
For a long time, my colleagues and I at the cognitive psychology lab have listened to your science tutorials, now being bandied about the Internet as well. Why is it we can’t remember either your questions or answers for more than thirty seconds after they’re broadcast?
———- from John Kurschke of UC/Berkeley
The Ask Dr. Science radio show relies on a new, improved form of information transmission. This form, called “Nonsense” appeals to the right brain, intuitive, non-cognitive areas of your biocomputer (or “brain”). Now this is the same area utilized by the writers of the old television series “Green Acres,” as well as by the Pentagon as it devises new weapons to insure peace. Unfortunately, long-term memory ins not a strong point for this kind of irrationality. This is why it is so important to either listen to my show or download my answers every day. So, you see, the next best thing to knowing what I’m talking about is to just listen to the rise and fall of my voice — or stare at the computer screen for at least two minutes — and know, deep down, that everything is all right.
The Ask Dr. Science radio show relies on a new, improved form of information transmission. This form, called “Nonsense” appeals to the right brain, intuitive, non-cognitive areas of your biocomputer (or “brain”). Now this is the same area utilized by the writers of the old television series “Green Acres,” as well as by the Pentagon as it devises new weapons to insure peace. Unfortunately, long-term memory ins not a strong point for this kind of irrationality. This is why it is so important to either listen to my show or download my answers every day. So, you see, the next best thing to knowing what I’m talking about is to just listen to the rise and fall of my voice — or stare at the computer screen for at least two minutes — and know, deep down, that everything is all right. 