The 19th century French neurologist Georges Gilles de la Tourette is best known for Tourette's Syndrome, but a fascinating article in European Neurology traces his interest in the criminal uses of hypnosis. It is full of surprising facts, like that he was shot in the head by a delusional patient who believed that she had been hypnotised against her will, and that he eventually died in a Swiss asylum after developing psychosis caused by syphilis. We now know that hypnosis cannot be used
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Regular readers will know that the building of two state-of-the-art European Pressurized Water Reactor (EPR) at Olkiluoto in Finland and Flamanville in France has been a disaster by any definition of the word. Massively over budget, hugely behind schedule, problems with welding in steel reactor liners and framework, cracking concrete in the foundations, disregard for safety standards and inspections – the list is a long one. So, with all that in mind, what could possibly be happening here? Th
Tags: Blog, Budget, Concrete, Disaster, Disregard, Finland, Foundations, France, Greenpeace, Learning From Experience, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Reaction, Olkiluoto, Pressurized Water Reactor, Safety Standards, State Of The Art
