Pupils and information

Apparently your pupils dilate each time you try to remember something and contract as you report them back. Just brilliant.

Future fuels

So Thorium might be an option for future energy given that Hydrogen isn’t.

Floating bugs

Using sound to levitate creatures. I can’t tell from the text whether they were harmed or not. Genius.

Kubler-Ross model

So I never knew it was called the Kübler-Ross grief cycle / model – now I do. Interesting to see it applied to Iraq – no reason why it shouldn’t work. Further good stuff on the wider Changing Minds site.

Some thinking on Autism

Interesting article from Simon Baron-Cohen on whether assoicative mating (where people with similar traits are more likely to mate) plays a role. My grandpa was a meticulous film developer and mini thing manufacturer. My father hoards wood. So I think I’m...

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