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fMRI bugs

Wow, this could be huge. 

fMRI bugs could upend years of research

In this paper at PNAS, they write: “the most common software packages for fMRI analysis (SPM, FSL, AFNI) can result in false-positive rates of up to 70%. These results question the validity of some 40,000 fMRI studies and may have a large impact on the interpretation of neuroimaging results.”

That’s not a gentle nudge that some results might be overstated: it’s more like making a bonfire of thousands of scientific papers.

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What Color Hair Should You Have?

Ha!  Amazingly, that’s just the color it is now!  LOL 

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Your Hair Should Be Brown

You are an intelligent, well respected person.
You are very confident. You take yourself seriously, and other people take you seriously too.

You are a good leader, and you can be trusted with someone’s life.
You motivate people well, and you command respect easily.

You are competent, successful, and organized. You can’t stand chaos.
Some people mistake you for being cold, calculating, or elitist.