Nerves Communicate by Sound - NOT Electricity

Fascinating new theory about how nerves talk with each other. New idea was "stimulated" by the fact we don't understand how anesthetics work, and that current theories of an anesthetic mechanism do not seem compatible with popular "electricity" theories of how nerves work.

But substitute sound for electricity, and things start to make sense. Fascinating idea. Below are some notes and quotes:


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Biomimicry - Innovation Inspired by Nature - by Janine Benyus

Biomimicry by Janine Benyus - Fascinating idea--philosophy, really--that we should look to the existing designs of nature for "innovation."

Not that such an approach isn't being used. Look at how pharmaceutical companies develop compounds found in rainforests into new drugs.

But biomimicry as Benyus describes it is something deeper. It's about changing how we view ourselves in the world as much as how we seek out nature-inspired design.

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