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I created a Mentat Wiki last night, and it is already blossoming, thanks to illustrious contributors like Lion Kimbro and Ian Docherty. Here is some text from the front page:
This site is a collaborative environment for exploring ways to become a better thinker. Topics to be explored on this wiki include MemoryTechniques, MentalMath, CriticalThinking, BrainStorming, ShorthandSystems, NotebookSystems, and possibly SmartDrugs. Other relevant topics are also welcome. How have you made yourself smarter?
The word mentat comes from Frank Herbert's Dune novels, and refers to a person who undergoes special training to become a "human computer" in a society where computers are taboo. Although computers are not a taboo subject on this wiki (you're soaking in them!), augmentation of the human brain by computer is not generally a topic of interest; that information should be delegated to a Transhumanist wiki, except where the computer is used for training (example: drilling on the pegs in a PegSystem).
Because this site is a WikiWikiWeb, every page on the site is editable by everyone. You can edit any page by clicking the EditText link at the bottom of the page or the word balloon in its upper right corner. Capitalized words joined together form a WikiName, which hyperlinks to another page. Pages that do not yet exist are linked with a question mark: just follow the link and you can add material to it.
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