The soul has been defined by every civilization and defended by every religion. After three thousand years, nobody agrees on what it is, what it does, or whether it exists. That might be the answer.
Psychology & Behavior TimelessThree esoteric believers will all say they believe in magic. Separate them and ask for details, and you get three incompatible belief systems held together by undefined terms and the false consensus effect.
Ethics & Accountability OpinionYour brain is wired to see faces everywhere, and it is doing it on purpose. The neuroscience of pareidolia, from fusiform face areas to the Face on Mars.
Psychology & Behavior TimelessThe conspiracy theory that Brigitte Macron is secretly a man is absurd. But it has buried the real question: what do we call it when a 39-year-old teacher begins a relationship with her 15-year-old student?
Media & Press Criticism OpinionYour AI overlord will not seize power. It will be elected by your subscriptions, your API calls, and your enterprise contracts. The question is whether voters are paying attention.
Artificial Intelligence OpinionIf morality comes from God, and God is a subject, then God-based morality is subjective by definition. The Euthyphro dilemma is only the beginning.
Ethics & Accountability OpinionThe diamond engagement ring is not a timeless tradition. It is the most successful marketing campaign of the twentieth century, built by a monopoly, enforced by social pressure, and still running.
Media & Press Criticism OpinionA self-taught makeup artist from Staten Island built a horror franchise from a short film to a $89 million global phenomenon. The story of Art the Clown is also the story of what mainstream horror left on the table.
Culture Film & TVThe astral plane has been mapped, debated, classified by the CIA, and adopted by Dungeons & Dragons. It started with Plato, was systematized by Theosophists, and neuroscience eventually found the brain region responsible for the whole experience.
Psychology & Behavior TimelessA proxy war lets major powers compete through local combatants instead of fighting each other. The strategy is old. The consequences, from Afghanistan to Yemen, keep compounding.
Geopolitics & Conflict TimelessEvery civilization that encountered coffee tried to ban it. Every ban failed. How a psychoactive berry from Ethiopia became the most consumed drug on Earth, and convinced everyone it wasn't one.
Forgotten Episodes Health & SciencePakistan struck a 2,000-bed drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul, killing at least 408 people. The attack is the deadliest incident in an undercovered war between two nuclear-armed neighbors.
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