{"id":3992,"date":"2014-02-01T22:01:31","date_gmt":"2014-02-01T22:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/?p=3992"},"modified":"2016-11-14T17:03:57","modified_gmt":"2016-11-14T17:03:57","slug":"babbages-and-kings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/?p=3992","title":{"rendered":"Brains on the brain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I recently had tea and biscuits with a descendent of Charles Babbage. The next day\u00a0I happened to visit the Science Museum in London, that repository of knowledge<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/knowledge.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4042\" src=\"http:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/knowledge.gif\" alt=\"knowledge\" width=\"375\" height=\"411\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>and this formerly quite knowledgeable organ:<a href=\"http:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/brainybabbage1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4036\" src=\"http:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/brainybabbage1.jpg\" alt=\"brainybabbage\" width=\"640\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/brainybabbage1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/brainybabbage1-300x193.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>Although donations are welcome at the museum, there was no slot for biscuits.<\/p>\n<p>Seeing a brain in the altogether reminded me of this:<a href=\"http:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/2brains.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4001\" src=\"http:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/2brains.jpg\" alt=\"2brains\" width=\"485\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/2brains.jpg 485w, https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/2brains-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>which leapt across where a synapse should be, to this:<a href=\"http:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/futurama.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4003\" src=\"http:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/futurama.jpg\" alt=\"futurama\" width=\"454\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/futurama.jpg 454w, https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/futurama-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and finally, this:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4019\" src=\"http:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/mybrainscan.jpg\" alt=\"mybrainscan\" width=\"500\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/mybrainscan.jpg 500w, https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/mybrainscan-300x296.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><br \/>\nmy own skull stuffer, first theorised\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/?p=3632\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently had tea and biscuits with a descendent of Charles Babbage. 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