Tell me a story!

One from Mr Lopate, about dreaming. The whole program is wonderful for explaining in mundane terms things that are coming to the attention of general public rather unexplained.

A nice movie to follow suit, surprisingly not Inception but Gilliam's Parnassus. If you haven't yet, see it as a rather richer experience in psychological terms than Inception though if more subtle at that. BTW, the latter is based more on the psychological "stuff" linked directly to Jung rather than on neuro as it was overadvertised in some brain blogs.
Or, if you've seen them all, and if you have the stomach for something darker, you may still enjoy the psychological thriller with strong aesthetics named The Cell.


Want more free shorter smart stories? While for the hardcore scientists may be just a delightful way to relax their neurons (wasting time is a part of good consolidation for the brain... quick: think brick thick!), for the wannabes and general interest there is potent content in the genial podcasted series of Radiolab. You may start here: Stochasticity as the only link I recall even remotely related to the previous economics posts of blinkmiss. Or here: Time , as it is funny well balanced and you can relate to it from anywhere you came from, constrained only that's from this Universe.
Or anywhere, really.

From a very serious reality where "values" interfere absolutely wonderful, there you have another story about the veils of truth in Chinatown, uncovered in a funny tone.

And two more, from the same vein of storytelling, this time just because they are funny and slightly twisted romantic.

> What Dreams May Come

> Paprika ( and Akira, but only for the hardcore ones who would like to taste the diclonius spirit one more time)

> Ghost in the Shell - if you want more anime and have a knack at philosophy and what will happen after we'll merge with the machine; you may also try for that matter: WWW from the writer of FlashForward (the book was really nice compared to the movie series)
- Ghost in the Shell SE - hey, it has a music clip incorporated in the middle of the action that takes you by surprise, artistically speaking!
- Ghost in the Shell 2 - as an even more twisted Japanese psychological pov, you have to see it twice, I know I did and that's really an event :)
- The series, Stand Alone Complex and 2nd Gig - as an entry point for newbies to the "hard" problem; the series are lighter and more digestible with a humorous approach
- Ghost In The Shell - Solid State Society, supposedly a movie that follows the series if you want to learn Japanese at first sight, it's plain as that