Deal Or No Deal (A New Low)

This new "game show" Deal Or No Deal reveals just how far we've fallen in America. No more tough questions, no more test of the human mind, no more, well...thinking.

I can see the producers of the show presenting the idea to NBC, "Yea, most viewers are confused by the difficult questions of other game shows so we thought we'd just have a bunch of boxes on stage and contestants would just point and say 'I WANT BOX 4! THE ONE WITH A 4 ON IT!'" And then they can jump around the stage like nobody their age should ever do.

So yes, America has now reached the level of entertainment where an HOUR LONG show features people pointing at numbered boxes for money. Yep, that's it. And now I'm seeing ads for the return of American Gladiators. Hello progress!

Is this not the greatest time to be alive?

The POWER of Our BRAINS (part 2)

Is the brain not powerful enough to cure disease? The brain is so large and so much of what it does is not understood by human beings. Our heart beats without us having to think of it. Our subconscious mind controls our heart beat and many other functions that we don't even realize are happening. When we get a cold, our body automatically deploys white blood cells to fight the infected cells. We don't consciously ask our body to fight off a cold, it just does. But what if we could tap into that part of the brain that notifies white blood cells to fight off infection? You cannot say it is totally out of the realm of possibility to say that we could simply send a message to infected cells that they are not welcome in our bodies. It is almost too simple, but the mind CAN BE a powerful thing. We already use our mind to make physical changes in our body. For example, if we get nervous in our mind, physical changes such as sweat, shaking, heart rate, etc. begin to show. The idea of "nervousness" is ALL in our minds. We made up the idea of nervous totally in our heads, yet it is manifesting itself in a physical way. Using the same logic, why couldn't we tell ourselves (convincingly) that we are disease/infection free? Our body would begin to adapt or conform to the messages being sent and infection would cease to exist. The only problem is, at the present time, our mind is not advanced enough to be able to consciously access the part of the brain which can send powerful enough messages to the rest of the body that could result in a physical change. I put "consciously" in bold italics because we KNOW that it is possible, we just can't control it. With the "nervous" example, a thought enters our head and physical changes result. So one can cause the other, it is proven. We just haven't figured out how to tap into that part of the brain and control it. Otherwise we would probably counteract the effects of nervousness and tell our body to stop sweating or shaking.

The thing is, we're not taling about something as crazy as bending a spoon with your mind. I'm talking about things that are happening within ourselves. How are we not in control of, or at least aware of, things that are happening inside our own bodies?!? So my brain can tell my body to sweat or shake but it can't tell my cells NOT to bond with a disease? My brain needs to be there during these critical moments. A deadly disease is approaching my body and trying to trick my cells into bonding with it, leading to infection. But before that happens, my brain has a few questions for that disease. Or say I'm already infected, my brain can send a message loud and clear to my body that I am NO LONGER infected with the virus so all remaining cells that are infected please make your way to my large intestine and prepare to be pooped.