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See, there are basically two kinds of Philosophy – one’s called prickly, the other one is called goo. Prickly people are precise, rigorous, logical – they like everything chopped up and clear. Goo people like it vague, big picture, random, imprecise, incomplete and irrational. Prickly people believe in particles, goo people believe in waves. They…

Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977), Map of Leopold Bloom’s and Stephen Dedalus’s travels through Dublin, ca. 1948–58, Graphite and colored pencil, The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations © Vladimir Nabokov, used by permission of The Wylie Agency LLC — Read…

The surface of the brain is a communication junction box at which different areas talk to each other to carry out particular processes. But there is a finite amount of space for these networks to share. Now researchers say that in people with depression, a larger part of the brain is involved in the network…

Mental resilience was measured using a scale that included looking at the qualities of perseverance, calmness, a sense of purpose, self-reliance and the recognition that certain experiences have to be faced alone. The researchers said: “Various factors, including but not limited to meaning in life, positive emotions, self-rated health and satisfaction with social support, have…

Scientists previously discovered some dogs have a remarkable ability to learn the names of toys, with a border collie known as Chaser having learned the labels of more than 1,000 objects. Now researchers have discovered some dogs can remember the name of a toy even when they have not seen it for two years. —…

Il y soutenait l’idée révolutionnaire que ce cousin disparu au statut débattu avait pu développer des rituels funéraires il y a deux cent cinquante mille ans, bien avant les premières sépultures attribuées à notre propre espèce et aux néandertaliens, datées d’environ cent vingt mille ans, au Proche-Orient. Dans un nouveau preprint mis en ligne le 12 août, il…

« C’est comme une minicabine de bateau, j’y entasse mes nombreux loisirs – informatique, création graphique, jeux vidéo et musique. En écartant les bras, je touche tous les murs, mais c’est mon espace de régénération où seul le chat s’invite parfois. » « Niniche », « bureau », « cabane », « royaume », « sanctuaire »… Ces endroits à soi, où l’on ferme les écoutilles, pour travailler,…

Understanding the outer core was important, he said, as it was critical to the survival of life at the surface. It was responsible for the magnetic field, which protected Earth from the constant bombardment of charged particles from the sun. Currents moving within the molten iron and nickel acted like a “giant dynamo” that generated…

…the core characteristics that seemed to mark these optimal experiences, leading to the concept of flow. Those elements included a high level of concentration, a sense of control, and decreased rumination or worry, with a clear goal and immediate feedback. It is also accompanied by an altered sense of time, as we fail to notice…