“Now listen carefully Judy, as this lesson will someday save your life. “You see this quadrant of the parietal lobe? This is the sweet spot when it comes to zombie domination. If you can...

I know there have been a ton of these, but this “Downfall of Grammar” mashup really is worth your time!

Current research in developmental psychology shows that if caretakers allow a toddler to assert more control over what they do, there are definite benefits to the child’s autonomy, self-reliance...

General Ludwig von Falkenhausen presents “The Week of Suffering” (circa April 2-9, 1917) –>slide 2 Artillery relentless I’d guess about a million shells Somehow can target our artillery, even though they’re hidden behind ridge We ran out of aspirin,...

Time and Free Will (circa 1889) –>slide 99 human experience is a continuous flow not events in succession, as physics would have it time is experienced as duration so it can seem longer than it is like this lecture. Laughter (circa 1901) –>slide...

Presentation of Oeuvre (slides one through five) A Princess of Mars (first book in John Carter of Mars series) Disaffected ne’er-do-well white man rescues savage and extremely naked princess Along the way, he learns her language, fights strange...

Having recently watched Trainspotting, I was struck by how funny (and then disgusting) the “worst toilet in Scotland” scene was. So, that toilet wins for nasty. I think we have to give the prize for frightening to this toilet hanging over a precipice...

Yes, of course. There’s nothing I enjoy more than having to reset my body’s circadian rhythms because of your human delusion that you control things. Most of you can barely operate your own crude technologies properly (put up your hands if you know...