Month: December 2012
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NORAD, Santa Clauss, “reality”…
Once more, North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) is tracking down the magic flight of Santa Clauss around the globe. The saint has currently delivered more than 1,793,000,000 gifts as he is heading towards Dhaka, Bangladesh (see here for the flight tracking in real time). [1] Weird how “not real” things have so much “evidence” to back…
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Modern science, Traditional medicine.
The mysterious inner workings of Chang Shan — a Chinese herbal medicine used for thousands of years to treat fevers associated with malaria — have been uncovered thanks to a high-resolution structure solved at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI). [1] Modern science investigating traditional “alternative” Chinese medicine. Science at its best. If only all (Western)…
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Cannabis, pain, perception
A study from the University of Oxford suggests that cannabis makes pain more bearable rather than actually reducing it. [1] In particular, volunteers had a cream rubbed into the skin of one leg to induce pain. They where also given either a 15mg tablet of THC (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol) – the ingredient that is responsible for the high when…
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Forests, Humans, Philosophy
Forests are places which make us reflect on our existence. Their ecosystem, so unique and so holistic, make us wonder whether we should also try to be in harmony with the world as an ant in the forest is in harmony with the tree leafs. The forests gave Heidegger his inspiration for some of his…
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Walking through walls, QM, Reality…
What exactly is “real”? How do you know that your dreams are “not real”? Because your mother told you so. How do you know that the wall you see in front of you is “real”? Because you see it. And because other people see it too. But not all people see the same. And surely not…
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