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Genius = creativity + intelligence You can preserve your creativity (doing things your own way) if you are prepared to pay the social cost but intelligence is largely inherited. An…

Low latent inhibition.

On the face of it this looks more like studying than learning. The distinction is not meaningless. I studied French for six years and passed an exam at the end. However despite all…

Amusing nonsense. Pain is indeed not the same as damage. But nor is it the same as suffering, as lovers of curry and BDSM both know.

Many of the religious ideas about masturbation were wrong, e.g. that it caused blindness. These ideas were created by priests who felt guilty about masturbating. Many of the modern…

Several emotions/states seem to have a dual nature depending on context and interpretation. Obsessing over data seems like a good thing; obsessing over grant applications seems lik…