Tag: irrational
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Electricity, light, Dionysus...
Political favoritism can quite literally be seen from space, according to a new study that finds the home regions of leaders become brighter at night after the person comes to power. The findings apply mostly to countries with weak political institutions and limited public education. One prominent example was Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of…
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Schizophrenia. Voices. Being "logical".
Scientists have identified problems in a connection between brain structures that may predispose individuals to hearing the 'voices' that are a common symptom of schizophrenia. Researchers linked the problem to a gene deletion. This leads to changes in brain chemistry that reduce the flow of information between two brain structures involved in processing auditory information.…
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Logical addicts...
Addicts are not so irrational as we expect them… (1) It could go the other way around: non-addicts are not so… rational as we think they are.
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Nietzsche and "God is dead", as a cry of agony!
It is true that Nietzsche said in one of his books the infamous phrase "God is dead". But few really understood in what way Nietzsche said that phrase. While reading the new book of Solomon and Higgins about the great philosopher, I was reminded of the great Greek philosopher Papanoutsos. The latter was one of the…
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