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From an evolutionary perspective, why would a human ever play a violin, write poetry, open their mouth to sing, paint a scenery, or compose a symphony? What purpose does it fulfill? Why do these works of art arouse the feeling of awe and beauty in the audience? In short, how does the human...

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For those who believe human behavior is explicable in terms of evolutionary biology, can you please explain the following event. I'm personally at a loss for words. Maybe somebody else can help me make sense of this.

Welcome to the club.

I keep hearing the transition is possible and is done frequently but I can't find any programs. What gives?

I am having a tough time finding comp-neuro graduate programs that do not require a lot of biology/chemistry. Can anyone recommend colleges for comp-neuro? Not JHU/Berkeley/Columbia type schools either, I'm looking for middle tier schools.

I am finishing my BS this semester in electrical engineering with an emphasis in signal processing and I want to eventually become a researcher in computational neuroscience. Is this transition viable? Since I ultimately want a Ph.D in neuroscience should I get my masters in neuroscience or...

^ Is it not possible that a solutions manual can help you learn how to reason through problems? It seems like those getting outraged at users of solution manuals are discounting how the manual is being used. You can use it wisely or use it as a crutch. Your arguments are only valid for the...

"How it is that anything so remarkable as a state of consciousness comes about as a result of irritating nervous tissue, is just as unaccountable as the appearance of Djin when Aladdin rubbed his lamp."

Thanks DiracPool and wotanub for the input. I'm still undecided. I took the Princeton Review Practice GRE online and got a verbal/quantitative score of 150/152. Thoughts? Does this change either of your opinions?

I am an undergraduate EE major specializing in signal processing and my ultimate goal is to do neuroengineering research at a university. I am graduating this Fall so I will have to take the GRE sometime during the semester. I want to score as high as possible on the GRE but I feel like if I...

How humans survived in the wild.

"The Free Syrian Army ruined our lives," http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18930876 An article for those who are under the illusion that they're well informed about the Syrian opposition.

Imperial Hubris - Michael Scheuer Manufacturing Consent - Edward Herman/Noam Chomsky

I am a junior EE scheduled to take engineering electromagnetics in the Fall and want to know what math topics are the most useful to review. I know E&M involves quite a bit of vector analysis but I'm not sure how deep into it I should look. For anyone who has taken a similar course, can you...