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• Social Media Isn't the problem...We Are.

  

  Mark Manson is one really smart guy. I have to pass on a precis of a nicely structured item pointed to in his weekly newsletter:He begin his piece by recalling... Read more

  The 11 june 2021 by   Deric Bownds
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• Storytelling Increases Oxytocin and Positive Emotions, Decreases Cortisol and...

  From Brockington et al.: Storytelling is a distinctive human characteristic that may have played a fundamental role in humans’ ability to bond and navigate... Read more

  The 10 june 2021 by   Deric Bownds
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• Cancer and Vitamin C: Misnomers and More

  

  Pauling at the chalkboard, 1979.[Part 6 of 9]Ewan Cameron and Linus Pauling’s 1979 book, Cancer and Vitamin C, was rooted in the most sound scientific... Read more

  The 09 june 2021 by   Scarc
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• Cultural Evolution of Genetic Heritability

  Behavioral and Brain Sciences has accepted an article from Uchiyama et al., whose abstract I copy below, and invites the submission of commentary proposals. Read more

  The 09 june 2021 by   Deric Bownds
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• We’ve Been Great at Extending Our Lives, but Not at Ending Them.

  Steven Pinker does a review of Steven Johnson's recent book "Extra Life - A Short History of Living Longer," whose subject matter overlaps considerably with... Read more

  The 08 june 2021 by   Deric Bownds
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• Making the Hard Problem of Consciousness Easier

  

  Yet another morsel of text for consciousness mavens. Melloni et al. (open source) describe efforts to narrow down on which of several current theories better... Read more

  The 07 june 2021 by   Deric Bownds
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• Familiarity Breeds Interest- Accessibility and Modern Culture

  

  http://www.brianglenney.com/accessible-icon-projectMy current project is to review a collection of essays about people with disability. Read more

  The 06 june 2021 by   Jkinyoun
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