Masters of Rhetoric is a Philosophy podcast dedicated to exploring the origins of Western thought and dialectic.

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Thales of Miletus - Masters of Rhetoric Episode #1 The Pre-Socratics. #Thales #Philosophy #podcast #mastersofrhetoric @MikeEscape
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🚨 New Episode Available!!! "Tripping The Trail with Ghosts" (The Missihuasca Hypothesis) with P.D. Newman @PD_Newman Episode 335 is now available on all platforms. @InnerTraditions @DrGregLittle2 @RhetoricMasters Youtube: 👇 youtu.be/FYzDvv48UmE?si=rc_a… Spotify: 👇 open.spotify.com/episode/33K… Apple: 👇 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas… #pdnewman #missihuasca #ayahuasca #psychedelics #podcast #DMT
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A new study challenges a popular theory about why auditory noise helps people with ADHD traits. The findings suggest a key brain mechanism, stochastic resonance, is not required for the benefits of listening to sound. dlvr.it/TNtVB7
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The Way of Silence (Sphinxes). Artist: František Kupka. Date: c. 1903 AD. Medium: oil on pasteboard; 58.5 × 69 cm. Collection: National Gallery Prague.
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The brain is a dense, thorny network of neurons, which come in many flavors and whose behaviors are controlled by a menagerie of molecules released on precise timescales. It is staggeringly more complex than an AI algorithm. quantamagazine.org/ai-is-not…
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In hnefatafl, the Viking game of chess, the game pieces were tiny, and the king was perhaps the most stylish. This piece, carved in the tenth-century A.D., sports a wavy coiffure, a braided goatee, and a distinguished curled mustache. archaeology.org/issues/novem…
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14 Oct 2025
CRISPR-based tools can’t easily access the DNA in mitochondria, but researchers are finding other ways in go.nature.com/3KMDFpO
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Heniokhos (The Charioteer of Delphi). Culture: Greek, Early Classical. Place of origin: Sanctuary of Apollo, Delphi. Date: c. 478–474 BC. Medium: bronze, lost‑wax cast, with silver, glass/stone and copper inlay; H. 1.8 m. Discovered in 1896. Now on display at the Delphi Archaeological Museum, Greece.
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Parthenon. Photographer: Zacharias Stellas, c. 1965–1975. Collection: Benaki Museum Photographic Archive.
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#Hummingbirds, called huitzillin ("wee-TZEEL-een") in the Nahuatl language of the #Aztecs, are one of the most recognizable and striking species in the avian world. The #ancient peoples of Mesoamerica, particularly the Aztecs, identified these extraordinary #birds with #war, blood, and sacrifice. ✍️: Jordy Samuels (full article available here: worldhistory.org/article/280…) 📷: Aztec god Quetzalcoatl and a hummingbird, book illustration included in the Codex Magliabechiano by unknown artist, p. 61r, c. 1550. (Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Florence.)
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Loki’s Castle, a hydrothermal vent formation off the coast of Norway, is near the site where samples yielded the first specimens of what are now called Asgard archaea. Those microbes offer clues to the origin of complex life. quantamagazine.org/tiny-tube…
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20 Sep 2025
#Organic beekeeping can yield profits equal to or greater than conventional methods, with up to 50% more #Honey produced over time, while reducing pesticide exposure and supporting colony health. @penn_state doi.org/g9335t phys.org/news/2025-09-beekee…
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New in ancient Egypt: a dig at the Wadi Al-Nasb site in the Sinai peninsula has uncovered a major ancient metalworking center for smelting and processing copper ore. During the New Kingdom, Sinai became one of Egypt's most important mining centers. archaeology.org/news/2025/09…
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19 Sep 2025
#Quantum Ising models in two or more dimensions lack exact solutions, confirming the absence of local conserved quantities beyond energy and highlighting the complexity of quantum many-body systems. @riken_en @arxiv doi.org/g933mh phys.org/news/2025-09-physic…

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Scientists have created the first ever viruses designed by AI, and they’re capable of hunting down and killing strains of E. coli go.nature.com/4mppvIi
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