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Possibly a non-Jungian explanation for John Sarno's hypothesis that chronic pain could be caused by emotional issues triggering interruption of blood supply to painful areas.

It's surprising to me that these things are so hard to use well. If you asked me before ChatGPT to guess how the user experience with this kind of technology would be, I would have…

You frantically tab away from reddit as the white and black-clad med storm into your office and zip-tie you to your Steelcase faster than you can shout what the hell. They calmly e…

Maybe worth noting that you have to eat a pretty large dose of fructose for it to make it all the way to the liver. More than in a few pieces of fruit. The small intestine converts…

The presenter in this video claims there is evidence of a desire for "fairness" in many species: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meiU6TxysCg . Maybe it's a different concept than "…

We usually make miso soup when we make sushi. We use the fish bits and pieces to make the dashi. This adds some nice flavor abd mouthfeel to the finished soup.

I suppose the lady usually has an umbrella in this kind of situation, so it felt the umbrella should be included in some way: https://youtu.be/492tGcBP568

Someone formatted the story like a Wikipedia article: https://i.imgur.com/i0sze4U.jpg

My friend had a chemistry set that included a lead bar. We liked to chew on it -- imagine, a metal soft enough that you could easily dent it with your teeth!

Joules can be converted to Bitcoin.

Life within the current means of humanity is not good.

A in-depth review/summary of the book: https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/book-review-how-asia-w...

I love the animation of the bike unfolding on the landing page.

https://flowingdata.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Sandwich-...

When I passed 40 I started to get regular lower back muscle pain when sitting or standing for some time. I understand that hamstrings tend to shorten with age and pull on the back …

The ideas in Permutation City still bother me now and then (in a good way), 20 years after I read it. If you like idea- or philosophy-based hard SF, you can hardly do better I thin…

In this survey, most "Philosophers of mathematics" endorsed Platonism: https://philpapers.org/surveys/results.pl?affil=Target+facul...

Everyone does stupid things sometimes. Maybe from tiredness, inattentiveness, excessive emotional influence, drugs, whatever. Maybe there's just a small chance at any point in time…

Wow, thank you, I've finally found a name for the rash I used to get on my hands. It showed up when I ate wheat several days in a row, when I played with Play-doh, and when I used …

Also The Quantum Thief trilogy by Hannu Rajaniemi. Excellent sci-fi, horrifying universe.

Here's a patent for a system like that: https://patents.google.com/patent/US20100107627

I hereby declare that I will expose everyone that gives in to Pascal's mugger to a negative utility so great compared to whatever the mugger promises that it is always best to keep…

Tubers and root vegetables and are about equivalent to bananas in potassium content. Some fruits have a bit less, and some a bit more. Leafy greens have about the same level of pot…