Tartaria: What the Maps Remember
History likes to pretend it has perfect recall, but old maps keep whispering otherwise. Somewhere between the ink stains and the borderlines, [read more…]
Dragons are Real: Folklore or Hidden Reality?
Dragons weren’t just the fever dreams of medieval artists—they left traces, hints, and echoes throughout history, from bones misidentified as giants to [read more…]
Monkeys are Board Game Geniuses!
You know, people always think of chimpanzees as just swinging through the trees and chomping on bananas, but the truth is, these little guys [read more…]
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“Turn People into Machines” — A Deep Dive into the Chilling Promise of Neural Dust
The phrase itself doesn’t mince words: “Turn people into machines.” And yet, when researchers at University of California, Berkeley let loose the notion of implantable micro-sensors dubbed “neural dust,” the industry didn’t respond [read more…]
You’d be Dead Before Nightfall
If a man or a woman were placed without clothes, food, or water in a shadeless portion of the Sahara desert, that person would be dead before nightfall. Let’s take a hard look at what [read more…]
Scientists Confirm That People Who Say They ‘Don’t Watch TV’ Are Lying and Secretly Bingeing Trash
It turns out the people bragging about “not owning a TV” have been caught red-handed by neuroscience, sleep-tracking apps, and their own guilty [read more…]
Nietzsche Was an Arrogant Nihilist
Philosophers love to argue that human reason is either a cosmic accident or a cosmic inheritance. Nietzsche bet on accident. The older minds—Plato, [read more…]
“The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.” – Gloria Steinem
"The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off." - Gloria Steinem
Scientists Confirm That People Who Say They ‘Don’t Watch TV’ Are Lying and Secretly Bingeing Trash
It turns out the people bragging about “not owning a TV” have been caught red-handed by neuroscience, sleep-tracking apps, and their own guilty pupils at 2 a.m. They talk about reading books, but admit secretly [read more...]
“If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they’ll kill you.” – Oscar Wilde
"If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you." - Oscar Wilde
Elimination: Clearing Life, Freeing the Brain
Life holds too much. Emotional baggage, habits, attachments—they pile up and weigh the brain down. The book: Elimination: The Buddhist Methodology for Letting Go and Moving On by Chip Von Gunten (editor of Neurodope Magazine – yours truly) [read more…]
