Musings and Amusings

As you know I am fascinated with the way our brains function. Human error is often written off as a momentary loss of concentration but it appears that a localised change in brain activity may be involved. The regions which seem to take over our brain function when we make mistakes are part of the so called "default mode network" which show increased use when people are resting or falling asleep. This set me musing of course - what would life be like if we could predict our mistakes and thus live an error free life? We may not be too far away from that reality. Small portable EEG monitors can be integrated into baseball caps. I think however, that the Brave New World be could a tad banal and sterile, a predictable uneventful world.