In one striking example of the mind-over-matter placebo effect, he twits the "all-too-rational biomedical establishment" by once again trotting out the word "miracle".
The most notorious example of the mind-distorting effects of solitude is the case of Donald Crowhurst, who took part in a 1968 race to become the first solo sailor to go non-stop around the world.
Burger King is buying Hortons, but will shift its headquarters to Canada, which has a lower corporate tax rate than America, in a process known as a "inversion" (the firms admit this is the case but say the tax savings will be tiny).Supporters and detractors are both missing the main point: the deal is a prime example of the mind-boggling hyperactivity of finance.
I live by the saying, "write it down and make it plain" and the Designer is the perfect example of how the mind will understand and embrace what it sees.
For example, aggregation of the MinD protein on the IM (Meacci et al., 2006) and the tumbling rate of the E. coli flagellum (Cluzel et al., 2000) were measured using this technique.
Both Samoan adjustments are but two examples of the mind-boggling things that can mess up the seemingly straightforward act of timekeeping at or near the 180th meridian, ever since it was elevated to become the I.D.L. — the fixed borderline between the two calendar days that share the planet at any given time.
There are many examples of the mind-body connection.
Now I'd like to hear from you... What examples of the mind-body and body-mind effect have you experienced?
"Is this example of the bureaucratic mind run rampant really any way to win the British people round to the joys of European integration?" it asked rhetorically.
Bode's law, it seemed, was just a coincidence, an example of the human mind's tendency to find a meaningful pattern where none exists.But the discovery of a new planetary system by a group of astronomers at the European Southern Observatory, led by Christophe Lovis of the University of Geneva, has reawakened interest in the old rule.
