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…]
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 [read more…]
What is Catatonic Schizophrenia?
The predominant clinical features seen in the catatonic subtype of schizophrenia involve disturbances in a person’s movement. Affected people may exhibit a dramatic [read more…]
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Historical Anatomy – Old Hand Drawn Science Art
The National Library of Medicine keeps an outstanding historical record of historic studies in the human anatomy. Here is a publication from the year 1747 by Bernhard Siegfried Albinus entitled “Tabulae sceleti [read more…]
Genghis Khan’s Secret Weapon Was a Rainy Climate
Climate of Genghis Khan’s ancient time extends long shadow over Asia of today. But little did we know that climate was very much on Genghis Khan’s side as he expanded his Mongol Empire across northeastern [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 is rarely pure and never simple.” – Oscar Wilde
“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.” – Oscar Wilde
“There is no place in a fanatic’s head where reason can enter.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
"There is no place in a fanatic's head where reason can enter." - Napoleon Bonaparte
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, Socrates—bet on inheritance. The truth leans heavier toward the divine spark than [read more...]
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…]
