Noah Gray

Watching ads for food on TV primes us to want to eat and actually induces increased food consumption. Not. Surprising. Thank goodness we have neuromarketing watchdogs like this blog (written by the CEO of a neuromarketing firm, Lucid Systems, Inc.) to provide the checks and balances that we, the helpless public, need. I feel comforted upon reading stern calls for oversight like: "If food advertisers want to do the right thing, for themselves and their consumers, they should think seriously about incorporating neuroscience and cognitive psychology insights such as these into their thinking about when, where and how they advertise their products." Which translates to "Yo, please hire my company to help you sell your produce because together we can brainwash consumers!!!!!" Nah, no conflict of interest there. Lucky for us consumers, this field, and these companies, are selling nothing more than voodoo. - Noah Gray

I wouldn't call this "privileged" like the author, as the memories and associations were no stronger than the auditory associations... - Noah Gray from Bookmarklet

A beautiful late-fall day in NYC. NOT a [Time to Get Away - LCD Soundsystem] - Noah Gray from Blip.fm

The Fun Theory sez: Fun can change behavior for the better. Noah sez: I can't believe we are so fat and lazy that we need incentives like "walking on a giant piano" to encourage us to get a little f'ing exercise (and walking up 1 flight of stairs is certainly little). But hey, whatever works... (via Discoblog) - Noah Gray

To @drisis: Since there're no good b-day songs I'll simply get U [Ready 4 the Weekend] Party hard - nwg - Noah Gray from Blip.fm

THE DISLIKE BUTTON IS HERE: I've been waiting for this. Of course, the catch at the moment is that to see the dislikes of others, one has to be using Firefox and have the plugin...still a welcome stop-gap 'till Fb adds this functionality natively... - Noah Gray

via @stevesilberman - Noah Gray

PUMPED to see @Buraka TONITE! I'll be the 1 ravin' to the rhythmic Kuduro...should be easy to spot me... - Noah Gray from Blip.fm

Celebrating Halloween is DANGEROUS!!!! Even if you are religious, you have got to think that Ms. Kimberly Daniels has completely lost it. Here's a choice quote: "These demons are automatically drawn to the fetishes that open doors for them to come into the lives of human beings. For example, most of the candy sold duri...ng this season has been dedicated and prayed over by witches." That's right folks, Grocery store candy has been prayed over by W*I*T*C*H*E*S!!!! Not surprisingly, this article was pulled hours after it started getting publicity, but the mere fact that it was even posted in the first place is moronic. Thank the Google cache for making this available. And thanks to PZ Myers for blogging about it... - Noah Gray

From the "Americans United for the Separation of Church and State" blog: http://is.gd/4N5x0 - Noah Gray

There's a reeeeeeeaaally good chance that this is my fave tune...right now... - Noah Gray from Blip.fm

With only 2 band members (bass+drums), you have to play LOUD - Noah Gray from Blip.fm

"Research suggests it can take a week or more for the cognitive & physiological consequences of poor sleep to wear off — even after increasing sleep." - Noah Gray

HOWEVER, people recovered much more quickly from a week of poor sleep when it was preceded by a “banking” week that included nights with 10 hours of shuteye. In other words, if you know you have a week of little sleep ahead of you, try loading up on sleep beforehand, not simply afterward. - Noah Gray

That's why I don't schedule meetings prior to 10:00... - Noah Gray

"To heal wounds and improve communications between biostatisticians and the confused masses that rely on them, De Gruttola agreed to discuss the details of what p value means and does not mean with ScienceNOW. But, as you'll see, the probability that this will solve the problem is low." - Noah Gray from Bookmarklet

Yeah, I'd love to hear the audio for this! Thinking in statistical terms really is alien to many people, and let's not even get started on Bayes Rule! - Mr. Gunn

Kuduro comes to NYC - I'm going to see Buraka SS Thurzday nite... In this one, M.I.A. & Puto Prata>> - Noah Gray from Blip.fm

Shout-out to @sarcastic_f: Nothing to do now, mate. Might as well rock out & [Take the Power Back - RATM] - Noah Gray from Blip.fm

I love watching these beasts walk upright carrying around a fruity cocktail. Except someone has to teach our cousins that there are more distinguished drinks that they could be enjoying rather than "Sex on the Beach"... - Noah Gray

With mentions of @phylogenomics, @girlscientist, @sciencebase and @dgmacarthur - Noah Gray from Bookmarklet

Yes, Maxine, he certainly has. He didn't link to the earlier posts, but he used to be quite firmly in the "blogging is a waste of time, now get back to the bench" camp. - Mr. Gunn

"Superfreakonomics" has performed quite poorly with critics regarding how it has handled the issues surrounding climate change. If you want to read a simple mathematical takedown of Levitt's and Dubner's positions, read away! Only simple arithmetic required! (via Carl Zimmer) - Noah Gray

"This method of accessing data is highly effective, but issues are raised. Ethical issues and financial implications are the most important. N-OA journal publishers should recognise the problem, research its size and implications, but the discussions must occur in the open access area." - Noah Gray from Bookmarklet

Thanks, Noah. Interesting comments thread too:- http://arstechnica.com/science... - Graham Steel

"Spermatophores were collected from males non-destructively, thus allowing multiple spermatophores to be collected from individual males throughout their reproductive lives." - Noah Gray from Bookmarklet

I'm assuming that "cricket ejaculate" is nothing to do with the nonsense that periodically spouts from Ricky Ponting's mouth? - Neil Swainston

"What a useful way to look at it: Vatican, Inc is hoping to improve their bottom line by acquiring a competitor, Church of England, Ltd. About 600 Anglican middle-managers are in talks with the Catholic Church to rip up their theological roots (which, it turns out, aren't all that important) and rejoin the old establishment." - PZ Myers [Please also see the rest of Myers' commentary on his blog: http://is.gd/4Gdxj] - Noah Gray