1. Could Multiple Personality Disorder Explain Life, the Universe and Everything?
"Using EEGs, the doctors were able to ascertain that the brain activity normally associated with sight wasn’t present while a blind alter was in control of the woman’s body, even though her eyes were open."-Bernardo Kastrup
"Therefore, if something analogous to DID happens at a universal level, the one universal consciousness could, as a result, give rise to many alters with private inner lives like yours and ours. As such, we may all be alters—dissociated personalities—of universal consciousness."-Bernardo Kastrup
I love that people are putting in deep work to try to understand this, but I always wonder if we're even equipped with the faculties to comprehend it.
2. Thousands of People Voted on the Grossest Thing in the World
"We find poor hygiene abhorrent, for example, because picking your nose and not bathing increases your chances of getting sick—and thereby our chances of catching something from you. It’s the same with avoiding food that looks (or smells) spoiled, animals that carry illness (cockroaches, fleas), and wounds or lesions that signal infection. And when it comes to people, we tend to be put off by atypical appearances and risky sex practices, both of which can imply heightened risk of disease."-Joseph McDermott
3. This Is Why Small Talk Makes Some People So Anxious
"In her new book, How to Be Yourself, Ellen Hendriksen says social anxiety is rooted in a fear of what she calls “the reveal” of a fatal flaw that will ultimately lead to social rejection."-Jessica Dore
4. How to Deal With Imposter Syndrome
"The technical definition: Persistent internal experiences—thoughts and feelings—of 'intellectual phoniness' and 'the inability to internalize professional success,' says Holly Hutchins, an associate professor of human resource development at the University of Houston. 'For most of us though, it is thinking and feeling like we are a fraud or a fake,' she says."-Markham Heid
5. Paul McCartney Carpool Karaoke
If you're a Beatles fan, this will make you cry for sure.
6. deGrasse Tyson: Trump's 'Space Force' not a weird idea
Interesting stance from Neil.
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