Anthropomorphized Anthills There are two basic ways to look at an anthill. Because we humans tend to anthropomorphize things and we are so proud of our own individuality we see ants as individual entities. We don’t tend to see an anthill as one organic structure. It seems to be much more appropriate, according to […]
Unlocking Hidden Energy
Troy A Myth? For the longest time historians believe it that the Trojan war story in the city of Troy was completely a myth. Nobody really believed that the ancient city of Troy was a real place until very recently when they started to find some archaeological evidence that Troy was indeed an actual city. […]
Interdependent Co-Evolved Instincts
Cute Babies I read a recent article in a science magazine that suggested that the instinct to pick up and protect a cute baby is an evolutionarily beneficial instinct. If you can imagine two different tribes of people, one tribe that had the protect the cute baby instinct and another try that had the […]
Ancient Human Superpowers
Weird Friend I have this really weird friend who’s always been practicing some esoteric form of metaphysics. His latest one is the strangest yet. He said he’s been practicing a form of sun gazing where you stand there in a field and stare directly at the sun. You’re supposed to get a lot of […]
Origins Of Long Game
End of The Stone Age There are two major discoveries in human history that essentially have informed human society ever since. The very first was the change that stopped the Stone Age and began the Bronze Age. Most historians believe this happened accidentally. If you think about how they get bronze, they find bronze […]
The Magic Of The Earth
Boring Movie The other night I was watching this interesting movie on TV. It started out interesting but then it started to get kind of boring. A lot of the conversations that characters were having were outside in this very beautiful garden. Because the movie was boring, I stopped paying attention to what they […]
Hidden Valley Of Women
Backpacking Trip I’ve done a lot of backpacking. I have since I was very very young. As a kid backpacking is fun because you get to you get to get out into the wilderness and sleep in a tent or sleep under the stars, but as an adult it’s rewarding in much different way. […]
Dirt Is Important
Two Types of Civilizations If you look back over the long history of human civilizations you’ll find two basic types of civilizations that have popped up over time. The first and most common type the most people think about is the agriculturally based civilizations. These had these cities and these empires that were built […]
Nomad Lifestyle
Swan Pond There’s a park near my apartment. In this park there is a large pond and in the pond you’ll find some swans and sometimes some ducks. Usually on the weekends there are people feeding the swans and feeding the ducks. I went down to this park a couple of weeks ago except […]
Corrupt Kings and Noble Mythology
Boy Scouts When I was a kid I was in Boy Scouts and we had this very old very wise very kind of noble retired scoutmaster. He was never a an actual scoutmaster when I was there by the time I had started when I had joined he had already become retired. He always […]
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