You might know that Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert comics, was suffering from Spasmodic Dysphonia, a disorder that halts the brain’s ability to process speech. Some people flat out can’t talk. Some can yell but can’t speak, some can sing, but can’t talk. He was able to get up on stage and manage public speaking (his “outside voiceâ€?) but unable to talk when he got off stage.
Recently he discovered he could “rewire his brain” (Boingboing calls it a “brain hack“) so that he is able to speak again.
I find this fascinating! When I was a kid, I remember seeing a 60 Minutes special on brain surgery where the patient lay awake under general anesthesia while the doctor poked around. We’ve all seen it. It freaked me out when he asked the boy to count to ten and when he hit “3”, it came out sounding like the noise used in The Matrix when Agents overcome regular people: “threewwaaaaaaaroooooom!” Cool!
I also find synesthesia fascinating. Alan Moore brilliantly created a character who worked as a police investigator who could sense music, colour, feelings etc from a crime scene. I’d love to have this for an hour.
11 thoughts on “Dilbert, Silent No More”
maybe he can rewire his brain to help make his shitty little ‘comic’ strip halfway amusing and not an entire waste of time. if he does, we can move on to every other unfunny comedian out there, which is almost all of them.
that’s not butter, buddy….
“Leggo my Eggo.”
Oh wait, on second thought, you keep it.
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truly gorgeous work!
Toast. A little bagel. Hell, I’ve birthed a croissant or two, in the day….
You mean women can make toast down there?
O-M-G!
If I was butchie I’d rather see the baby come out through a C-section then, you know, “down there.”
I think I smell burnt toast.
Hey Butchie, that was your own little “Alien” moment, embrace it.. hehe
Butchie is the new Andrew!!!!
My wife had a c-section. That’s enought graphic surgery for me. I almost puked whent the baby popped out.
I think I have that right now. Really though, it’s pretty amazing what technology can do now. I’d hate to be on an operating table with doctors poking around asking if I smelled any “smoke.” ick!