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The “self/other” dichotomy is the idea that you are ultimately a separate thing from your environment, and your environment is ultimately a separate thing from you. Alan Watts calls this the “great social lie.”

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TIL there is a specied of bird called 'Honeyguide' (in Africa) that reponds to humans' calls by guiding the humans to wild bees' hive, waiting until the humans have smoked out the bees and felled the tree with the hive and harvested the honey, and feed on the wax in the leftover bees' hive.

For the first time, scientists can actually watch bacteria 'harpoon' DNA in the environment to speed up their evolution.

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NOTHING TO HIDE (2017) - surveillance and its acceptance by the general public through the “I have nothing to hide” argument

Rats with spinal cord injuries have regained the use of their paws after being given a groundbreaking gene therapy that helps to mend damaged nerves in the spine, by producing an enzyme called chondroitinase which breaks down scar tissue, as reported in a new study in the journal Brain.

Distributed Cognition Is Why The Airline Industry Is Sticking To It's Old-School Flight Simulators

New schizophrenia research deepens understanding of emotion perception

Fewer than six and more than ten hours of sleep per day are associated with metabolic syndrome and its individual components

From the selfimprovement community on Reddit

The same unsolicited sext message that was rated as appropriate if sent by a woman was perceived as sexual harassment if sent by a man

Spice up your JavaScript with currying

TIL the term 'meritocracy' was coined by Michael Young in his 1958 dystopian essay 'The Rise of the Meritocracy' to demonstrate the social dysfunctions he predicted arising in societies where the elites believe that they are successful entirely on the basis of merit.

Lets build express from scratch

All consoles in 1 PC

TIL of independent Scotland's only attempt to form a colony in the New World. Their failure to establish a New Caledonia in Panama led to financial ruin and eventual union with England, creating the UK in 1707.

Véronique, Graphite, A5

The Coding Circle (2018) - Short film about guys teaching coding to kids in a small Russian village

TIL it's Russian tradition before leaving for a trip to sit on your luggage with a close friend in silence.

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Review of the town of Ashtarak (Armenia)

Cancelable Async Flows (CAF)

TIL that skipping breakfast does not lead to weight gain, health issues or underperformance

Armenia, Alla Mingaleva, digital, 2018

TIL that soreness from a workout is not from build up of lactic acid but from micro tears hat cause inflammation in the muscles