Pizza Shop I used to have this job in college at a pizza shop. There was an old retired guy working, and he loved it when tons of customers would come in and we’d be slammed. There’s a theory that we subconsciously use smell to qualify potential romantic partners. Sniffing Out DNA […]
Specialty Coffee and the Speed of Light
Shared Molecules I remember the first chemistry class I took in college. It was in one of those big auditorium type classrooms. The professor comes in and the first thing he said was to close your eyes. To think about somebody you admire. They can be alive, they can be dead, but they have […]
Duck Pond Hallucination
Shut Up! The other day I was sitting in my apartment and I noticed a lot of noise suddenly coming from next-door. My first response was to get very very angry then I remembered that somebody had slipped a piece of paper through my mail slot a week or so ago. I looked through […]
Instinct Mismatch Theory
Understand, Manage and Leverage Your Ancient Instincts What does it mean to be human? Where does all our pain or pleasure come from? These questions are deep and philosophical. They are the stuff of religion and metaphysics and other esoteric arts. They can be endless and those discussing these ideas can go round and round […]