Mind Patches

Security patches for the mind

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Mind patches are for plugging holes in our information filters to provide vaccinations against memetic viruses.

Close Relatives of Deep Mysteries

The Martian surface as viewed by The Mars Curiosity Rover, 2014 (Image credit: NASA/JPL) The people of our time are fascinated by t...
I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a War

A vulnerability exists in the human mind that allows the suspension of disbelief to be engaged outside of narrative contexts. This could al...
The Extinction of Thoughtful People and Fearless Parrots

Around five percent of all the people who have ever lived are still alive. That's an astoundingly high proportion given that modern h...
Buying locally, but not in winter and not if it requires driving to more stores

We've all heard that buying locally-grown produce is better for the environment because of the fuel consumed to transport goods, but...
Why none of us quite know what we're talking about

Photo by Douglas English (circa 1902) / Flickr It would be hard to find an adult native speaker of English who was anything less than ...