Within minutes of discussing a topic with my wife on numerous occasions (while Facebook wasn’t even open, or our phones even being unlocked, mind you) both of us have opened Facebook to suddenly found ads related to the out-loud discussions right there in our feed.

Stephen Hawking and Elon Musk should leave philosophy to philosophers.

I agree. I understand what Lucas said about The Force Awaken being the same old thing when he first say it. It’s A New Hope 2: Everything Old is New Again. There was nothing daring and honestly the story was thin, and kind of stupid.

Say what you will about the prequels- they may have sucked but they sucked in their own unique way. They may have been boring, stiff and awkward but they weren’t generic...

Quote from my physicist pal: “The thing is, most ad absurdum statements about quantum are actually good examples of quantum for lay people, because quantum is very difficult to understand and also really weird. Nobody actually thinks there are cats involved here. It’s a good metaphor, that’s it.”

There’s a few reasons. One, “treatment” is FAR better for quarterly profits than any “cure”. If your cured, then your no longer a profit stream for the corps.
The other motivation is that many Americans area especially against any drugs that provide a “psychedelic experience” no matter what the actual results are. MDMA…

Thank you and keep spreading the word. My son’s mother is going through an endless cycle of rehab/relapse and I can only wish this was available to her. Maybe we’d still be married and she could be a good mom and productive member of society if it was.

Thank you for sharing this info... and you caught me at one sentence: Addiction is, by and large, STILL considered a moral failing rather than a bona fide mental condition, which is the status it deserves. As a 20 year addict in recovery, I STILL get looks from family/friends as if I'm still a junkie by choice. Oh, if…

It’s incredibly frustrating—rage all you want against the machine!! It’s definitely an issue that permeates our entire society, and would require a radical shift. Essentially, drug use was deemed immoral, thereby demonizing both the user and any humane/individual focused treatments. Funding was eliminated for the…

HOLY KNOWLEDGE! Thank you for sharing!

This is America. Marijuana is still, federally, a Schedule 1 drug despite the insane amount of scientific research that shows it’s not only less harmful than alcohol but it does, in fact, have medicinal benefits.

So yeah. While I’m all for alternative treatments (like Ibogaine), it’s not going to happen overnight.

Thanks for posting all of these. I’ve been aware of Ibogaine since the early 90s, when my then-husband was strung out, and the people he knew who’d managed to take it then had very impressive results. I’m surprised it’s still such a secret.

mold the door.

Well, at least the artists who get chosen are going to pay. But it begs the question: at the rates they are offering is this just a new way of getting digital assets and artwork for a feature film cheaply?

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Dang. I think I’m more sorry for the poor fucker in that picture than I am Hodor.

So you of course have an explanation for the physical examples of the metals that underwent fatigue and dissimilar metals merging? We know he cannot reproduce the effect. Being skeptical is one thing, calling it complete bullshit is another. How can you possibly reproduce anything when your gear is stolen? Pretty hard…

They all started somewhere. Hutchinson did it first. They took what he did and ran with it. Hutchinson’s problem is he just randomly spun dials and flipped switches and didn’t take notes. Compound that with having a huge portion of his equipment being confiscated by the feds and he lost his marbles. Hard to reproduce…