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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 8 May 2015

    It’s Not a ‘Stream’ of Consciousness - new findings and analyses by Greg Hickock.http://nyti.ms/1EoXkg9 

    3:11 PM - 8 May 2015
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      1. Stephen K. Mack‏ @StephenKMackSD 8 May 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @JeffreyGuterman David Couzens Hoy offers some fresh perspectives on this & other ? http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/time-our-lives …pic.twitter.com/OzuqmAXDOs

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      1. David Dabscheck‏ @ddabscheck 15 May 2015
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        "Rhythm of consciousness" is not as catchy MT @sapinker: It’s Not a ‘Stream’ of Consciousness - new findings http://nyti.ms/1EoXkg9 ”

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      1. Francisco Wilhelm‏ @zootx 14 May 2015
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        @sapinker wonder how, and to which extent, rhythms are synced among brain regions.

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      1. Drew‏ @DruPKok 9 May 2015
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        @sapinker Mine's more like a trickle, like peeing on a cold day...

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      1. Peter Kinnon‏ @Cognosium 9 May 2015
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        @sapinker Cyclicc sampling makes good sense from engineering perspective. For other consciousness issues "The Intricacy Generator".

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      1. AfterSisyphus‏ @AfterSisyphus 8 May 2015
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        @sapinker vibrational rhythmic thought : back to Buddhism. discover there is a shared consciousness and we'll be free of modern psychiatry

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      1. Pete Smillie‏ @mequantum 8 May 2015
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        @sapinker New findings! Some people march to a different drum.

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      1. Dr. Ryan McCourt‏ @MarcCountry 8 May 2015
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        @sapinker Need a new metaphor? It seems obvious to me: consciousness isn't a stream, it's an ocean (it's all about the waves, dude...).

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      1. Curt Gardner‏ @perival 8 May 2015
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        @sapinker discrete sampling rather than continuous... and the pace can vary, perhaps as way to tune in...

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