by Matthew Rehrl MD | Philosophy, RAVEN, Writing
There are quite a few sub-genres of thrillers: Psychological thriller.Action thriller.Crime thriller.Political thriller.Mystery thriller.Spy thriller.Legal thriller.Science fiction thriller.Techno-thriller. I wonder of there is room for one more? How about a...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Philosophy, RAVEN
I’ve recently been researching a rare neurological condition called synesthesia, which is defined as “a perceptual phenomenon in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway.” The most...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Philosophy, RAVEN
I’m not fond of the Brain-Computer Analogy that suggests neurons are like digital circuits and the brain is a complicated computer. Neurons are orders of magnitude more complex than any digital device having a simple binary output of 0s or 1s. Binary...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Philosophy
I took an hour out of my day yesterday to watch the first images from the WEBB telescope revealed. I am well aware of the ongoing social and political issues of today. I understand the issues surrounding our current political, economic, and physical climate. Yet,...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Creativity, Philosophy, Writing
I picked up this small piece of handcrafted art in Hawaii. There’s not much to it— a square, white frame, a square, yellow mat board with a handwritten quote, and a square, hand-drawn image with sparkles. Oddly enough, I love it. But why? Well, after some thought, I...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Creativity, Philosophy
Most of us have run across Teddy Roosevelt’s “Arena” speech. Here’s part of it: “It is not the critic who counts, not the one who points out how the strong man stumbled or how the doer of deeds might have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually...
