Nov 11, 2020
“Pessimists desire the things they fear, to prove that they are right.” — Robert Mallet, Geophysicist Big Ideas Worth Thinking About 1 When Choosing What To Believe, People Often Choose Morality Over Hard Evidence New studies have discovered that people “who deemed...
Aug 21, 2020
“Imagining the future is a kind of nostalgia. (…) You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth, thinking about how you’ll escape it one day, and how awesome it will be, and imagining that future keeps you going, but you never do it. You just use the...
Apr 7, 2019
Never in the history of mankind, have humans enjoyed such an abundance of knowledge, than in today’s digital age. Since the emergence of the internet, we have had unprecedented access to thousands of years worth of information, at the tip of our fingers. We are spoilt...
Mar 31, 2019
On 11 March 1811, a destructive movement emerged in Nottinghamshire and spread rapidly throughout the north of England. This movement was led by a group of disgruntled textile workers, who had spent the majority of their lives specializing in weaving and feared that...
Feb 28, 2019
In December 1959, Hiroo Onoda, a Japanese army intelligence officer, was officially declared dead. 15 years prior, Onoda had been deployed to the small island of Lubang in the Philippines to prevent enemy attacks from the United States. After a six-month extensive...
Dec 24, 2018
Arguably, hitting a baseball is the most difficult feat to pull off in all sports. To put this into context, the average baseball hitter swings and misses a pitch about eight times out of ten. [1] These are miserable odds for any sportsman or professional in any...