Ice Volcano There are these cool structures called ice volcanoes. They form where it’s cold enough for the ice to from on beaches. Eventually the waves will come into the beach under the large sheet of ice. If the ice sheet is big enough, it will create enough pressure for the water […]
Circle Origin Story
Trigonometry is Magic One of the coolest discoveries in mathematics is that of trigonometry. Since cycles are a deep part of the natural world, and trigonometry deals in cycles, its discovery helped humans to understand a lot more than they did previously. It all started by wondering about the mathematical descriptions of the […]
Hypnotic Stranger Parties
Door To Door Wizard I used to know this guy that was always looking for ways to make money. He only sometimes broke the law, but he was always skating the boundaries of moral and ethical norms. He loved to make money, but he absolutely hated to be part of any organization. […]
Reverse Engineered Cult
Free Seminar The other day I went to a free seminar at a local community center. Since it was free, I didn’t expect much. Usually at these things, they have some basic ideas in the first half, and then the second half is some kind of upsell. Only at this one, there […]
Hypnotizing Chickens
Super Genius Doctor There is this therapist that, when she first got her MD, she wanted to be the most successful therapist in the world. But she wanted to do so without ever having to prescribe any drugs to her patients. So she invented a very powerful form of deep hypnosis to solve […]
Hive Mind Control
Mythology vs. Politics I read a psychological paper recently that intended to determine the directional cause effect relationship between mythology and organized political structures. The idea is to understand whether mythological stories came first, and from them arose a political structure, or whether the political structure came first and from them arose the mythological […]
Blood and Semen
How Do I Do This? I read and interesting research paper recently about the rapidly diminishing skill set of most normal humans. They reported that up to 40% of people were dependent on the Internet to understand how complete basic house hold tasks. They couldn’t do simple tasks like fixing a leaky faucet, […]
The Fourth Level
Energy Discoveries There have been three major energy breakthroughs in the history of humanity. The first was fire, which allowed humans to hunt much more effectively. The second was agriculture, which allowed humans to repeatedly produce food energy much more safely, and on a much larger scale. There are plenty of conspiracy […]
Deadly Hidden Costs
Tiny House There are some miniature houses you can buy from Amazon. So long as you’ve got the land, you can order a house, they’ll ship it to you, and you can put it together in a couple of days. You do need to have some land to put it on, and a […]
Nested Campfire Games
College Party When I was in college my friends and I like to go car camping quite a bit, mainly to sit around the campfire and play games and tell stories. One game in particular was really enjoyable, but it required that only about half of the people knew the rules. You’d have […]
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