I recommend these for a worldview fundamentally based on thermodynamics:

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I recommend these for a worldview fundamentally based on thermodynamics:

Netanyahu started this war by attacking Iran. He assassinated Ali Shamkhani, Iran’s lead nuclear negotiator, deliberately sabotaging US-Iran nuclear negotiations. The US must not be dragged into another illegal Netanyahu war – either militarily or financially.

I don't quite understand the outrage about the CDC conducting a scientific study looking for possible connections between vaccines and autism, in the face of the absence of evidence. Why would be bad to narrow the error bars? Is the question itself some kind of heresy?

Assume for the sake of argument that each major religion succeeded because it was built around some novel psychological insight. What insight would you ascribe to each?

In her new article, "The Myth of Female Agency," @Louise_m_perry argues that “very few people are highly agentic.” I would say that almost all people have the capacity to be highly agentic, but many are prevented from realizing their agency because they have an external locus of control, in part reinforced by cultural messages that diminish personal agency—such as referring to it as a myth. She also states that not being highly agentic isn't a bad thing, which I disagree with. Extensive research has found a significant link between having an external locus of control—believing that life is shaped by forces beyond your control—and mental illness. I think we should reject the views that perpetuate an external locus of control and encourage others to adopt an internal locus of control—the belief that we have agency over our lives.

This is for EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY and is in NO WAY meant to be accusatory. Conclusions drawn are those of the reader based on publicly available information. ALL SOURCES ARE AT THE END. Timeline of events including Brian Thompson, Luigi Mangione, and Nancy Pelosi.

"The Bayesian update of [Terence] McKenna’s brilliant but half-baked hypothesis emerges as we appear to be entering a new period of psychedelic renaissance amidst a backdrop of civilizational chaos, and perhaps that is not a coincidence." @BobbyAzarian bigthink.com/the-past/a-new-…