Origins Of Imperialism Human imperialism has been around for a long time, in a lot of different forms, and under a lot of names. Imperialism, of course, is when large societies have become empires are specifically and strategically attempting conquest. But even smaller bands of raiders like the Vikings of the middle ages […]
Infinite Goal Pursuits
Approaching Infinity There are certain mathematical functions that are only interesting around infinity. Of course, since infinity is not really anything that we can think about, we have to think about this in abstract terms. So these mathematical functions can’t really be solved, like normal algebraic equations, where X is some specific number […]
Trading Fear For Money
Horrible Horror Movie I saw this really messed up horror movie the other night. It was about this guy who was an insane killer, that pretty much lived inside of a hallucination. It started out with this guy jogging down some country road. And then a guy pulled up in a van, […]
Hallucination Instinct
Viking Invasions During the early middle ages in Europe, life was very chaotic. One reason was that for about 300 years, the Vikings had a short term, lighting attack based, military superiority. They had these thin boats that didn’t need a lot of depth. They could sail up rivers, deep into Europe. […]
Rat Dragon Apocalypse
Gaming Tournament There’s this pretty cool hobby shop in my neighborhood. Most of the time this is a normal place, selling normal hobby type things to normal people. But every couple of months they have these really intense underground tournaments. Where they try and make this as absolutely as possible. Trip […]
Evolutionarily Assisted Planet Rotation
Before Fire Archaeologists can tell the time when proto humans invented fire. Before they invented fire, they find gnawed up human bones in caves along side fully intact skeletons of large predators. Before fire, predators would kill proto humans, drag them into caves, and slowly eat them. Before Farming https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Aug29Loop.mp4 After humans […]
Donut Gun Hypnosis Pattern
College Job When I was in college I got this cool job at a donut shop. I’d never really thought about donuts before them, from an engineering standpoint. I worked late afternoons, early evenings, when you got to make all the donuts. You took processed flour, sugar and some coloring, mixed it […]
The Benefits Of Female Hypergamy
Getting A Bad Rap A lot of people, mostly men, have been talking about something called hypergamy lately. It’s a relatively modern term and generally refers to how women will rather have a more wealthy and powerful mate, all else equal. It’s often pointed out that a woman will always date up, […]
Social Proof Hallucination
End Of Stone Age The stone age ended when ancient humans figured out how to smelt ore, get the metal out and make tools and weapons. They’ve found very intricately decorated bowls in some of the oldest mines. They suspect it’s the humans giving gifts to the gods of the Earth in exchange […]
Jungian Love Instincts and Fate
Hypnotic Amnesia I had a friend go to this hypnosis show recently. He volunteered to go up on stage. The hypnotist made him forget the number three. And he gave him a post hypnotic suggestion to not remember the number three for three days. He asked his permission before hypnotizing him and he […]
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