Re: virus: If you're watchin' IT ya' ain't a part of IT (was: David's top 10 (here and now))

Tim Rhodes (proftim@speakeasy.org)
Thu, 8 Oct 1998 15:34:32 -0700


Bill wrote:

>And the odds of this (synesthesia) happening, are what, 1/1000000? 1 in
10,000,000.

Closer to 1/100,000. I suggest you read the book (or another by a different
neurologist) before making too many claims about how your piano is tuned. I
think you'll find the "objective" science on the topic most informative.

>> [1] Richard E. Cytowic, M.D. 1993. _The Man Who Tasted Shapes; A Bizarre
Medical Mystery Offers Revolutionary Insights into Emotions, Reasoning, and
Consciousness_ (New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam Book.)

(Dr. Cytowic is one of the editors for the journals _Brain & Congition_ and
_Brain & Language_, BTW.)

-Prof. Tim