You just might be addicted to GIMPS if...

[chalsall]

Originally Posted by only_human

During your last three dental visits you did not receive anaesthesia, and did not notice.

That's abnormal?

[only_human]

Originally Posted by chalsall

That's abnormal?

You stop asking yourself questions like that.

You stop seeing your girlfriend; not because she is gone, you just don't notice her anymore.

[chalsall]

Originally Posted by only_human

You stop asking yourself questions like that.

Why? It actually worked.

I had my wisdom teeth removed while meditating.

It hurt like hell. But, interestingly, the pain was placed into a compartment which I could control.

The pain was separate from me. I could examine the pain from afar.

It was quite a remarkable experience.

[only_human]

Originally Posted by chalsall

Why? It actually worked.

I had my wisdom teeth removed while meditating.

It hurt like hell. But, interestingly, the pain was placed into a compartment which I could control.

The pain was separate from me. I could examine the pain from afar.

It was quite a remarkable experience.

I completely agree. I composed that while thinking about Pascal and his toothache:

Men of Mathematics - Page 85 - Google Books Result
https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1476784256
E.T. Bell - 2014 - ‎Mathematics
Lying awake one night (1658) in the tortures of toothache, Pascal began to think furiously about the cycloid to take his mind off the excruciating pain.

PS
On the other hand, When people worry about math, the brain feels the pain - See more at: http://news.uchicago.edu/article/201...ain-feels-pain

Surprisingly, the researchers found it was the anticipation of having to do math, and not actually doing math itself, that looked like pain in the brain. “The brain activation does not happen during math performance, suggesting that it is not the math itself that hurts; rather the anticipation of math is painful,” added Ian Lyons, a 2012 PhD graduate in psychology from UChicago and a postdoctoral scholar at Western University in Ontario, Canada.

The two report their findings in a paper, “When Math Hurts: Math Anxiety Predicts Pain Network Activation in Anticipation of Doing Math,” in the current issue of PlOS One.

For the study, the scholars worked with 14 adults who were shown to have math anxiety based on their responses to a series of questions about math. The questions gauged one’s anxiety when receiving a math textbook, walking to math class or realizing math requirements for graduation. Additional tests showed that these individuals were not overly anxious in general; instead, their heightened sense of anxiety was specific to math-related situations.

The study volunteers were tested in an fMRI machine, which allowed researchers to examine brain activity as they did math. Volunteers were given mathematics equations to verify — for example, the validity of the following equation: (12 x 4) – 19 = 29. While in the fMRI scanner, subjects were also shown short word puzzles. For these puzzles, people saw a series of letters (for example: yrestym) and had to determine if reversing the order of the letters produced a correctly spelled English word.

The fMRI scans showed that the anticipation of math caused a response in the brain similar to physical pain. The higher a person’s anxiety about math, the more anticipating math activated the posterior insula—a fold of tissue located deep inside the brain just above the ear that is associated with registering direct threats to the body as well as the experience of pain. Interestingly, math anxiety levels were not associated with brain activity in the insula or in any other neural region when volunteers were doing math.

[science_man_88]

Originally Posted by only_human

I completely agree. I composed that while thinking about Pascal and his toothache:



PS
On the other hand, When people worry about math, the brain feels the pain - See more at: http://news.uchicago.edu/article/201...ain-feels-pain

does it affect POMC neurons ?

[chalsall]

Originally Posted by science_man_88

does it affect POMC neurons ?

Science Man...

Is there a reason you need to interject?

[only_human]

You just might be addicted to GIMPS if...

Neighboring apartment residents experience decreased winter heating costs.

During travel you discover yourself unable to sleep without the sound of computer fans.

Originally Posted by science_man_88

does it affect POMC neurons ?

Depends on whether you smoke in these situations.

50 Shades of Grey Matter - Page 285 - Google Books Result
https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1743348673
Dr Karl Kruszelnicki - 2012 - ‎Science
“Nicotine Decreases Food Intake Through Activation of POMC Neurons”

Seriously, I have no idea, sorry. The brain activity pictures look very specifically localized but that actually tells a person like me almost nothing.

[LaurV]

Originally Posted by only_human

After you run an LL test and learn that a particular number isn't prime, you retest that number again, just to be sure.

guilty...

[only_human]

Originally Posted by LaurV

guilty...

You're not supposed to admit things like that!

You're supposed to shift uncontrollably, then cough delicately and say: "This might have happened to a friend I know... do you have any advice - for my friend?"

Then with your head lowered you say: "Girls won't think he's strange, will they?"

Then you peek up guardedly and say "Hey, the Bears are having a great season aren't they?"

[kladner]

Originally Posted by only_human

You not supposed to admit things like that!

You're supposed to shift uncontrollably, then cough delicately and say: "This might have happened to a friend I know... do you have any advice - for my friend?"

Then with your head lowered you say: "Girls won't think he's strange, will they?"

Then you peek up guardedly and say "Hey, the Bears are having a great season aren't they?"

Yaarrgh!

[LaurV]

Originally Posted by only_human

After you run an LL test and learn that a particular number isn't prime, you retest that number again, just to be sure.

This might have happened to a friend I know... do you have any advice - for my friend?
Girls won't think he's strange, will they?
Who the hack are the Bears?