Cults like ISIS and Nazis define true human insanity for me. However, the tribal instinct driving this is universal. It pops up in all of us to various degrees. What drives the fanatic ISIS or Nazi to go over the edge? And what is the best way to deal with this? What determines the degree?
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A Brother is a Brother
I love how science is chipping away at our species-centric sense of superiority. This time it is the Science News report, He’s no rat, he’s my brother. This bit of research speaks for itself, so I won’t bore you or myself with reiterating the obvious. Of course, I can’t leave without saying how confounding it […]
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Soon after we met, my future to be wife said, “I love you”. That moment had all the ideal romantic overtones one could ask for… us out in the forest, a moonlit summer’s night. Being the bubble-busting bum I am, I replied with something like, “What do you mean by love? What’s love?” Frankly, the […]
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