Comments on: Talk about a screaming headache http://www.crazybutable.com/weblog/archives/2007/03/17/talk-about-a-screaming-headache/ A weblog for people who otherwise wouldn't. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:17:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Jeff http://www.crazybutable.com/weblog/archives/2007/03/17/talk-about-a-screaming-headache/#comment-145520 Jeff Sat, 17 Mar 2007 17:39:10 +0000 http://www.crazybutable.com/weblog/archives/2007/03/17/talk-about-a-screaming-headache/#comment-145520 The comments on the <a href="http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/03/10/0328217" rel="nofollow">Slashdot post</a> that covered this (at least when read at +5) are pretty interesting. I don't have the background to know whether the commenters know what they're talking about or not, but the consensus seems to be that the CBC article is a gross misrepresentation of what the scientists are really saying. I also can't decipher the <a href="http://www.pnas.org/cgi/reprint/102/28/9790.pdf" rel="nofollow">original paper</a>, but I don't think it's really saying that nerve paths use sound waves instead of electricity. By the way, the CBC is a little slow on the draw on this one. The "new theory" is about 2 years old. The comments on the Slashdot post that covered this (at least when read at +5) are pretty interesting. I don’t have the background to know whether the commenters know what they’re talking about or not, but the consensus seems to be that the CBC article is a gross misrepresentation of what the scientists are really saying. I also can’t decipher the original paper, but I don’t think it’s really saying that nerve paths use sound waves instead of electricity.

By the way, the CBC is a little slow on the draw on this one. The “new theory” is about 2 years old.

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