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On Being Sane In Insane Places

On Being Sane In Insane Places: This isn’t so much damning psychiatry as it is illustrating the flaws in the edge cases of consensual reality. We all only agree that grass is green because we all agree that it is green. But if you are in a situation …

The Willpower Paradox: Scientific American

The Willpower Paradox: Scientific American: The takeaway is that if you keep telling yourself, “I will learn to play the guitar” you will not actually get around to learning to play guitar. I’m curious about the actual result-data because there…

The Skeleton Lake of Roopkund

The Skeleton Lake of Roopkund:

I bet stuff like this has happened a lot in the past, and happens a lot right now. The world is huge, after all, and there are a lot of people in it.

Fusion Skeptics

Fusion Skeptics