Your Brain Can’t

Your Brain Can’t Handle Your Facebook Friends

Ever heard of Dunbar’s Number ? According to British anthropologist Robin Dunbar, it’s the cognitive limit to the number of people you can be friends with. The number is 150, meaning your brain can only handle that much friends, and - shockingly enough - it also applies to Facebook. Even if you have thousands of friends, that number is really meaningless as far as true friendships go, Dunbar … (News Source: Mashable - 09:07:01)

Your brain can t handle more than 150 Facebook friends

No matter how many friends you have on social networking websites like ‘Facebook’ or ‘Orkut’, the human brain is capable of handling up to a maximum of 150 pals only, a new study has claimed. (News Source: Hindustan Times - 11:23:21)

Buddy brain drain

Facebook “friending” may fry your brain. The social-networking site lets users rack up as many as 5,000 friends, but the mind cannot handle more than 150 relationships at one time, a new study has found. Proponents of Twitter and Facebook say the technology helps people build larger, deeper social… (News Source: New York Post - 08:56:03)

Trust your mule

We took turns having our “freak-outs.” Kristin had hers the night before our descent. I waited until morning. It was moments before the wranglers arrived, when, with tears in my eyes, I looked at my friend and said, “You can’t make me do this!” (News Source: Juneau Empire - 11:35:00)

Ladies prove poker is good for your brain

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — She turned 100 in December, but Mary Dattilo isnt about to fold. Shes still hoping for that elusive royal flush.On Saturday nights, she meets her cronies for poker.Its not like you see in the movies. They dont wear eyeshades, swig beer… (News Source: The Charleston Gazette - 04:55:23)

Be artist they can’t fire

Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? Seth Godin. Portfolio. 256 pages. This may be Seth Godin’s best book yet. It’s also his most personal. (News Source: Miami Herald - 16:21:43)

NFL Talkboard: Make your play-off predictions

Have your say on all the week’s news and post your predictions for the AFC and NFC title games below the line Welcome back to the NFL talkboard. For those of you who have stumbled upon it for the first time, this is the dedicated place on the Sportblog where people can talk about American football. The blog stays open over the weekend, allowing everyone - myself included - to keep chatting about … (News Source: Guardian Unlimited - 23:51:43)

This Is ‘Your Face On Meth,’ Kids

Sheriff Tom Allman says he has found a way to keep kids off methamphetamine. If they could see what they’d look like after using the highly addictive drug, it might get them to stay away from it forever. With help from some image-altering software, Allman is out to show teens the face of meth. (News Source: NPR - 12:41:58)

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