Our brains lie to us to create a sense of self. If you’re not already subscribed to Jonah’s blog, I recommend you do.
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Asides
The Uniqueness of Humans: Find 40 minutes to watch this. It's great.
Interesting new theory on the speedup of the expansion of the universe.
What's driving up healthcare costs? Big Surprise here: greedy doctors.
Forum post by republican toughguy who tried out waterboarding. Turns out it's torture!
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Recent Comments
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Wow, good stuff there. Subscribed! Reading the stuff about babies brains now. Really interesting.