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Dean Burnett (@[email protected])

@garwboy

Neuroscientist writer/humourist. Author of 'The Idiot Brain' and 'Emotional Ignorance' (published 12-01-23)
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When we first became parents, wife and I would regularly say 'We'll be less stressed and strung out as soon as we catch up on sleep'

12 years later... well, that might still be the case. We wouldn't know.

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Thing is, I'm invariably happy to do talks for people, on any subject I know about, for any potential audience.

I just usually prefer it if people let me know they'd like me to do a talk directly. I shouldn't find out via the Social Media posts advertising it.

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I've been very busy so am really out of the loop with the latest pop culture, so just to clarify:

'3 Body Problem' is NOT a high-concept remake of The Human Centipede, right?

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Oh, and if the usual thing happens where media people/producers/runners find this and want me to be part of their show/article/whatever, I'm happy to combat neurobilge wherever I can. ESPECIALLY when it affects Government policy.
Just DM me.

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Dean Burnett (@[email protected]) A fascinating thread. Cellular regeneration and the relative age of body tissues - including turnover in the brain - has been estimated using isotopes released in the atomic bomb tests. In unashamed self-promotion, I tell the story here grahamlappin.com/draft-atomic-f…

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