Cool idea, but I spent a lot of time amongst people who believed in star signs when I was young.
They will say “Virgo: the most generous star sign, OMG that’s so me. I like, super generous”, despite the fact they have never given a cent in charity in their life.
None of it influenced their behaviour apart from the ‘lucky numbers’, which probably got them buying a few more lotto tickets.
We have these popular tropes of Spock and Sherlock Holmes getting it right by being logical, but the idea that pure logical thinking exists at all is a myth. All conscious thought occurs within a chemical and emotional context. Those emotional components are needed for thought to function at all.
The idea is explored in great detail in Descarte’s Error: Emotion, Reason and the human brain by Antonio Demasio, a very readable book about neuroscience.
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They hated him because he spoke the truth
Same here, like reddit as it used to be.
Loving old.lemmy.world
Ok I will upvote this, but only because I don’t feel well informed enough to form a proper critical opinion about it.
Sacha Baron Cohen is one classy son of a bitch.
He played Ali G. He risked his life interviewing conservatives. He infuriated the Kazakhstan government.
People need to understand that in a democracy, winning the plurality of the votes is not the same as winning the election. If no-one will work with him, he will not be in government.
Bro would it be weird if we rubbed armpits to swap microbiomes
Often antiperspirants create a cycle of dependency. They kill off some of the benign bacteria and favour the ones that produce strong body odour, so if you stop using them you stink.
I grew up in a region where no-one used antiperspirant or deodorant. Nobody smelt bad. People have a smell, but its not strong.
When I moved to the city and smelt post-basketball teenage BO, it was so bad.
I dont use antipersperant. I have asked many people if I smell, all agree I dont.
Just put ads up, we’ll live, and if we cant, we’ll make another website