People keep saying, ‘It’s horrible that an innocent black man was killed, but destroying property has to stop.’ Instead try saying ‘It’s horrible that property is being destroyed but killing innocent …
A True Underdog Story
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog. -- Mark Twain When I began this blog six years ago, I was overloading undergraduate courses, working at my …
Do the Arts Even Matter?
The earth without art is just “eh.” – Demetri Martin One of the first places governments tend to cut funding is the arts. Less money for public music, the theater, paintings and dance. And when you …
The Friends of Fear
Halloween wraps fear in innocence, as though it were a slightly sour sweet. Let terror, then, be turned into a treat... -- Nicholas Gordon Of all the holidays, there is probably none more …
The Scientific Power of Superstition
It’s bad luck to be superstitious. – Anonymous Later today, I will be getting on a plane to check a big one off my "bucket list:" seeing the aurora borealis. Alongside my brother and dad, we'll …
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The Magic of Magic Mushrooms
I learned more about my brain and its possibilities in the five hours after taking these mushrooms than I had in the preceding 15 years of studying and doing research in psychology. -- Timothy Leary, …