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“Hatred has to be learned, Golden says: ‘We are all born with the capacity for aggression as well as compassion. Which tendencies we embrace requires mindful choice by individuals, families, communities and our culture in general. The key to overcoming hate is education: at home, in schools, and in the community.’ According to Dutchevici, facing the fear of being vulnerable and utterly human is what allows us to connect, to feel, and ultimately, to love. She suggests creating ‘cracks in the system.’ These cracks can be as simple as connecting to your neighbor, talking with a friend, starting a protest, or even going to therapy and connecting with an ‘Other.’ It is through these acts that one can understand hate and love.”
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How to Tell if You’re an Introvert
Causes of Introversion
Scientists don’t know for sure if there’s a cause for introversion or extroversion. What they do know is the brains of the two personality types work a little differently from each other. Researchers have found that introverts have a higher blood flow to their frontal lobe than extroverts do. This part of the brain helps you remember things, solve problems, and plan ahead.
Introvert brains also react differently to dopamine than extrovert brains do. That’s a chemical that turns on the reward- and pleasure-seeking part of your brain. Introverts and extroverts have the same amount of the chemical, but extrovert brains get an excited buzz from their reward center. Introverts, on the other hand, tend to just feel run-down by it.
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Why people fall for bullshit, according to a scientist
“The difference between bullshit and lying is that bullshit is constructed without any concern for the truth. It’s designed to impress rather than inform. And then lying, of course, is very concerned with the truth — but subverting it.”
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An earthquake is a powerful natural disaster caused by a sudden release of energy underground, shaking the Earth’s surface. In times like this, people are suffering and lives are at stake—let’s focus on supporting those in need instead of using this tragedy for personal or political statements.
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The Living Universe: Exploring Consciousness and Existence
The nature of the universe has fascinated philosophers, scientists, and thinkers for centuries. There are two main ways to look at it:
- The Universe as Natural: From this perspective, the universe is a vast, complex system that operates according to the laws of physics, chemistry, and biology. It’s a set of processes that, while awe-inspiring in their complexity, don’t necessarily have a purpose beyond what’s observable. In this view, life is a product of natural processes that arose through random events and evolutionary mechanisms, with the universe itself being a cold, indifferent place.
- The Universe as Life-like or Conscious: Some theories suggest that the universe might be more like a living organism, or even conscious in some way. This idea is rooted in concepts like panpsychism, which proposes that consciousness exists on some level in all things—perhaps even in the very fabric of the universe itself. There are also those who think the universe could be part of a larger, intelligent system, with life at its core, almost like a cosmic “mind” that evolves over time. This idea suggests that the universe isn’t just a collection of matter and energy, but a living, interconnected system with some form of purpose or consciousness.
If the universe is life-like, it might imply that life, consciousness, and energy are fundamental components of reality—not just accidents or byproducts of random events. It could mean that everything in the universe is interconnected in ways we can’t fully grasp, with life being a central, driving force of existence.
I lean toward the idea that the universe is both natural and interconnected in ways we may not fully understand yet. On one hand, the natural laws we observe—the physical forces, the constants of nature, the evolution of life—suggest that the universe operates with a certain order and predictability. But on the other hand, the complexity and beauty of life, consciousness, and the way everything seems to work in harmony, points to something more intricate.
I find it hard to believe that such vast complexity and interconnectedness could have emerged purely by chance. There’s a kind of elegance to the way everything fits together, as if there’s a deeper, almost living force behind it all—whether that’s consciousness, energy, or some other form of life. It’s almost like the universe is alive, but in a way that’s different from how we think about life on Earth. Perhaps life itself is just one expression of this larger, cosmic force.
If the universe were conscious or life-like, it would raise the question of how much influence or intention it has in shaping what happens within it. But that’s a question that’s tough to answer, and might remain elusive.
What do you think? Does the idea of the universe being alive or conscious resonate with you more than the idea of it being purely natural?
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Why people fall for bullshit, according to a scientist
“The difference between bullshit and lying is that bullshit is constructed without any concern for the truth. It’s designed to impress rather than inform. And then lying, of course, is very concerned with the truth — but subverting it.”
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David Lynch: Consciousness, Creativity and the Brain
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Stephen Hawking: My life in physics
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Why people fall for bullshit, according to a scientist
“The difference between bullshit and lying is that bullshit is constructed without any concern for the truth. It’s designed to impress rather than inform. And then lying, of course, is very concerned with the truth — but subverting it.”
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Living a Lie: We Deceive Ourselves to Better Deceive Others
“What’s so interesting is that we seem to intuitively understand that if we can get ourselves to believe something first, we’ll be more effective at getting others to believe it,” says William von Hippel, a psychologist at The University of Queensland, who co-authored the study. “So we process information in a biased fashion, we convince ourselves, and we convince others. The beauty is, those are the steps Trivers outlined—and they all lined up in one study.”
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Protoclone: Bipedal Musculoskeletal Android V1
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Project Blue Beam
Project Blue Beam is a conspiracy theory that claims NASA and the United Nations are planning to create a new world order through a staged, technologically simulated second coming of Christ or an alien invasion. The theory suggests that advanced holographic projections and low-frequency electromagnetic waves will be used to manipulate people’s thoughts and create a global crisis, leading to a totalitarian world government.
The idea was popularized in the 1990s by Serge Monast, a Canadian journalist and conspiracy theorist. However, there is no evidence to support these claims, and mainstream experts dismiss them as baseless speculation.
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“To be frank, all of these reasons can really be summed up in one word: insecurity. The person who is insecure will constantly see other people’s actions (or inactions) as a threat to their sense of self. When someone doesn’t do or say what we want or expect them to, this can be very uncomfortable and unnerving for those of us who are insecure. Insecurity causes us to rely almost exclusively on external things and conditions to help us feel safer in the world—and since the external isn’t within our control, we are often left reeling, reactive, and defensive.”