In the begining

This is my first blog. Cerebral Contents is just that. Cleaning out the dust bunnies from my cranium. These thoughts are like seeds that I plant in a new medium to see if they take root.

Thought for today. Ever notice how relaxing it is to sit by a camp fire and stare into the flames. In fact does it seem that it is warmer just looking at a fire. I think that there is an ancient body knowledge that we tap into when we do this. Fire emits infrared radiation that obviously warms your body. Your brain needs to be warm. Is is possible that staring into a fire actually gets heat to the brain faster than warming the blood in your extremities? By warming the fluid in the eyes and the blood vessels in the retina that are in close proximity to the brain and of that brain the area you need to make decisions, the cerebrum, you maintain higher cognitive capability than might otherwise be possible in colder climates. When fire was tamed did it give prehistoric people with fire an advantage over those without. Were they warming their brains during cold nights thinking thoughts, expanding neural networks and intelligence in an extended operational mode from what might have been without fire.

We are some of what we were, we are and what we will be.

Oxide April 11, 2009