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The Revolution of Peter Hitchens “People are still governed by assumptions that are Christian, but they no longer acknowledge the roots from which they come. In the end, you separate any plant from its roots, the plant will die. “

Sports, Complexity, and the Ten-Thousand-Hour Rule Gladwell: “It does not invalidate the ten-thousand-hour principle, however, to point out that in instances where there are not a long list of situations and scenarios and possibilities to master—like jumping really high, running as fast as you can in a straight line, or directing a sharp object at […]

Desire Über Alles “after the failure of the Enlightenment to ground morality in pure reason … our only choices are to live with a) a belief that we can do whatever we like, that our desires should be our guide to morality (emotivism), or b) a belief that there is a teleology embedded in Nature, […]

A Black Hole Mystery Wrapped in a Firewall Paradox Perhaps space-time emerges from quantum entanglement

When Power Goes To Your Head, It May Shut Out Your Heart ‘It turns out, feeling powerless boosted the mirror system — people empathized highly. But, Obhi says, “when people were feeling powerful, the signal wasn’t very high at all.”‘

Interview with Beasley Reece about racist speech

The Hidden Work Of Culture “When one is confronted by lots of choices, and has to make them to navigate through the day, mental fatigue sets in, and one falls back on instinct or custom, simply as a matter of coping.”

True Paleo diet includes lots of larvae

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