- Emory sez: “You’re no doubt familiar with the phantom-limb sensation that amputees can experience. Given the existence of this phenomenon, one must ask whether a male-to-female transsexual might…” Yes, it’s an article about phantom erections.
- In other penis news, the rapidity of ejaculation in men is genetically determined. Uh huh. (Thanks for the link, hotphysicsboy.)
- Also courtesy of Emory: banjo used in brain surgery.
- If you’re in the UK, you might want to check out the 8 & 9 lessons and carols for godless people, featuring Richard Dawkins and other noted skeptic-type folks.
- T-shirt of the day: Science!
The t-shirt relating, as of course all us readers of Phil Plait know, comes from
http://wttf.org/2008/10/07/a-giant-hadron-for-these-debates/
That must have been extremely awkward on the female’s part.
“OK, Jon? You ready?”
“Hold, on. Gotta get into a better position… Alright!”
“Great! On your marks…get set…go!”
“Umph”
“Ohh”
“Ahh”
“Ooh”
“Umph”
“Ah– … Already?”
Jen,
Both nights at the Bloomsbury have sold out.
Robin’s organised another night at the Hammersmith Apollo. You better be quick though. Ricky Gervais has confirmed he’ll be there at all three nights.
Details can be found on my blog.:
http://skeptic.org.uk/news/
@Venom FangX: Thanks for the update! I actually saw it first on Ricky Gervais’s blog, and posted the best link I could find about it.
*resisting unbearable urge to make pun about Skepchick “Quickies”… so… hard…*
maybe one link recommendation i could’ve lived with out getting credit for lol…
@hotphysicsboy:
*resisting unbearable urge to make pun about hotphysics boy being “…so …hard…”… so… hard…*
@hotphysicsboy: Oh no, we encourage puns around here, especially dirty ones. Elyse very helpfully just demonstrated that.
Apparently, while it may have been hard for Elyse, it wasn’t hard for very long. Lousy quickie genes.
I think if we shied away from puns here, we maybe would not have named these “Quickies?”
omg this is the most fun i’ve had on a skepchick post in a while. lol @Joshua you are too much dude
I think all these double entendres reveal quite a lot about the psych
Whoops! Sorry, I had planned a long and deep comment, but looks like I’m a premature submitter.
Here’s a good candidate for a future “T-shirt of the day”. And no, I’m not the one selling it.
http://www.topatoco.com/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=TO&Product_Code=DC-SCIENCE&Category_Code=DC
With regards to the article on premature ejaculation, I have some experience with this. The article mentions how serotonin deficiency is related to this problem. About three years ago I started taking an SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor) to deal with my depression. I had always had some problems with this, but the trigger of getting separated and subsequently divorced was making it particularly bad, and after receiving some counseling I was convinced to try a pharmacological solution to see if perhaps it would help. I was put on a low dose, and it really did work wonders for my outlook on life, where I was no longer always dwelling on the sad stuff and spiraling downwards. An interesting side effect which I talked to my psychiatrist about, was that I was lasting longer than I had before, and he said, “Yeah, this RX is also sometimes used to treat that problem too.” I guess it is not too surprising to me, that there is a genetic cause for both of these issues, since my depression issues seems to be largely due to my brain chemistry rather than purely mental psychological issues.
You mean all this time I could have been blaiming my genes?!?!
SHIT!
Now I just have to figure out if it’s mom’s or dad’s fault…
Detroitus:
There’s a parental discussion you don’t want to have.