Ben Owen

13, 14, you know, with a neurologist at the University of Mississippi. I took first place in the Mississippi State Science Fair that year.

Oh, at Harvard. I just wrote him a letter, dude. I wrote the president of Harvard a letter when I was 10 and said I wanted to be a cardiovascular surgeon. He wrote me back and was like, that's awesome. It's too early to decide what kind you want to be, but keep writing me and let's stay in touch. So I had an open line of comms with the president of Harvard at 10.

Oh, at Harvard. I just wrote him a letter, dude. I wrote the president of Harvard a letter when I was 10 and said I wanted to be a cardiovascular surgeon. He wrote me back and was like, that's awesome. It's too early to decide what kind you want to be, but keep writing me and let's stay in touch. So I had an open line of comms with the president of Harvard at 10.

Oh, at Harvard. I just wrote him a letter, dude. I wrote the president of Harvard a letter when I was 10 and said I wanted to be a cardiovascular surgeon. He wrote me back and was like, that's awesome. It's too early to decide what kind you want to be, but keep writing me and let's stay in touch. So I had an open line of comms with the president of Harvard at 10.

I did the Duke tip thing where you take the SAT in eighth grade and scored like a 1380 or 1400 or something. I was a very smart kid. Wow. And I've definitely spit in God's face with the amount of brain cells I killed. But it is what it is. But yeah, so my parents, I feel horrendous for them to this day.

I did the Duke tip thing where you take the SAT in eighth grade and scored like a 1380 or 1400 or something. I was a very smart kid. Wow. And I've definitely spit in God's face with the amount of brain cells I killed. But it is what it is. But yeah, so my parents, I feel horrendous for them to this day.

I did the Duke tip thing where you take the SAT in eighth grade and scored like a 1380 or 1400 or something. I was a very smart kid. Wow. And I've definitely spit in God's face with the amount of brain cells I killed. But it is what it is. But yeah, so my parents, I feel horrendous for them to this day.

If I try to put myself in their shoes now as a parent and I have kids that age, I have kids much older than that already. I don't know how my dad kept his job. I really don't. I don't know how he stayed sane because on top of that, he's dealing with my mom's physical health. She's got a slew of autoimmune problems. Like, I was just a really selfish little bastard, man. I don't understand how...

If I try to put myself in their shoes now as a parent and I have kids that age, I have kids much older than that already. I don't know how my dad kept his job. I really don't. I don't know how he stayed sane because on top of that, he's dealing with my mom's physical health. She's got a slew of autoimmune problems. Like, I was just a really selfish little bastard, man. I don't understand how...

If I try to put myself in their shoes now as a parent and I have kids that age, I have kids much older than that already. I don't know how my dad kept his job. I really don't. I don't know how he stayed sane because on top of that, he's dealing with my mom's physical health. She's got a slew of autoimmune problems. Like, I was just a really selfish little bastard, man. I don't understand how...

I don't understand how they kept me. I'd have been investigating ways to give up custody of this kid to the state somehow, looking back on what I put them through, because it really did come out of nowhere. There was no lead up to this. It was just, bam, Ben's insane. Damn.

I don't understand how they kept me. I'd have been investigating ways to give up custody of this kid to the state somehow, looking back on what I put them through, because it really did come out of nowhere. There was no lead up to this. It was just, bam, Ben's insane. Damn.

I don't understand how they kept me. I'd have been investigating ways to give up custody of this kid to the state somehow, looking back on what I put them through, because it really did come out of nowhere. There was no lead up to this. It was just, bam, Ben's insane. Damn.

So- We had this – I was reading – I don't remember – one of my dad's medical journals, like JAMA or whatever it was, and read up on this phenomenon called the subcutaneous silent period. Now, remember, I've killed a lot of brain cells, and this was 30 years ago, so I don't remember all of it. But basically – It is a silent period in your synapse, in your nerve conduction.

So- We had this – I was reading – I don't remember – one of my dad's medical journals, like JAMA or whatever it was, and read up on this phenomenon called the subcutaneous silent period. Now, remember, I've killed a lot of brain cells, and this was 30 years ago, so I don't remember all of it. But basically – It is a silent period in your synapse, in your nerve conduction.

So- We had this – I was reading – I don't remember – one of my dad's medical journals, like JAMA or whatever it was, and read up on this phenomenon called the subcutaneous silent period. Now, remember, I've killed a lot of brain cells, and this was 30 years ago, so I don't remember all of it. But basically – It is a silent period in your synapse, in your nerve conduction.

When you touch a painful stimuli, your nerves actually go blank for a second. The signals to your muscle telling your muscles to contract. And what that is, it's before your brain can even process, I'm in pain, your nerves have told your hand to let go. So if you've ever reacted to something quicker than your brain, you can actually process what's happening. That's basically why it happens.

When you touch a painful stimuli, your nerves actually go blank for a second. The signals to your muscle telling your muscles to contract. And what that is, it's before your brain can even process, I'm in pain, your nerves have told your hand to let go. So if you've ever reacted to something quicker than your brain, you can actually process what's happening. That's basically why it happens.

When you touch a painful stimuli, your nerves actually go blank for a second. The signals to your muscle telling your muscles to contract. And what that is, it's before your brain can even process, I'm in pain, your nerves have told your hand to let go. So if you've ever reacted to something quicker than your brain, you can actually process what's happening. That's basically why it happens.

Well, I theorized that if this is true that in instances of diseases like a myotrophic lateral sclerosis or Parkinson's or maybe Alzheimer's, anything that affects cognitive function or nerves, there might be a delay in that. And well, we found out that was true, that there was a delay. And so that was, it's been tons of research have been done since on this.