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Neuroscientist Friend (NF): “McGilchist is insane. He thinks the left hemisphere is dominating humanity, but it’s the only source of hope for the future. Only science and technology can save us now.” Me: “Really? I’ve discovered that even...

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“I turned on the oven. An hour later I went to get my delicious meal. But all I found was a very hot, empty, metal box. How could the oven have failed me!” — your attribution here

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For one who has not known true friendship, should this arise in their experience, it will present a lethal threat to their habits, identity and ‘self-sufficiency’. All they have known before is drawn into question. This situation is highly-charged, and may...

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“How do you imagine God?” I do this sometimes, but it is largely futile. It is like imagining kissing or the Sun. Beyond all possible conception, including this one. Explosively beyond, infinitely beyond. No sun? No minds. This resemblance is instructive....

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“Someone put up signs all over my neighborhood that say ‘Come pick up trash.’ This made me feel optimistic. So I taped pictures of myself with my phone number on the flyers. I haven’t had a date in 30 years. I may not get one now. But at least...

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“One of the primary forces that impedes open war between the nations is their relatively recently established economic dependence on trade with each other. It follows, then, that anything that significantly impedes or threatens trade between nations,...