It’s well known and well covered. It’s called the Backfire Effect. In short, when a person is presented with facts which contradict their beliefs, the person will dig in their heels and disregard the facts.
— Read on m.slashdot.org/story/385448
Emails: FBI was looking for gold at Pennsylvania dig site
Go for the gold? The U.S. government went for it. FBI agents were looking for an extremely valuable cache of fabled Civil War-era gold — possibly tons of it — when they excavated a remote…
— Read on apnews.com/article/fbi-looking-for-gold-pennsylvania-dig-site-9b6b5fc3f7550ba30edbca0845e911ce
Alien Life Might Be So Advanced That It’s Indistinguishable From The Laws Of Physics
“This isn’t all some far-out psychedelic rambling. (Even if it was, we’d still be here for it.) As bonkers as it may sound, Scharf argues that his thought experiment could explain the most mysterious cosmic phenomena. Take our dear ol’ elusive friend, dark matter. This unseen stuff makes up 27 percent of the observable universe, but virtually everything else about it is famously unknown. Based on the assumptions and predictions of cosmologists and astronomers, dark matter could be much more complicated than we’re ready to understand. Inconsistencies between dark matter models and observations only back that up.”
Source: Alien Life Might Be So Advanced That It’s Indistinguishable From The Laws Of Physics
How to Embrace Your Inner Child
How to Embrace Your Inner Child http://m.wikihow.com/Embrace-Your-Inner-Child?amp=1
Time for a New Batch of Podcasts
27 Podcasts Men Should Check Out: 2016 Edition http://www.artofmanliness.com/2016/11/01/27-podcasts-men-check-fall-2016-edition/
Indian Sadhu Keeps His Arm Raised for 38 Years in Devotion to Shiva | The Mary Sue
Indian Sadhu Amar Bharati claims to have kept his hand raised for 38 years in devotion to Hindu deity Shiva
Source: Indian Sadhu Keeps His Arm Raised for 38 Years in Devotion to Shiva | The Mary Sue
More people died from selfies than shark attacks this year – NY Daily News
“There have been at least 12 selfie-related deaths around the world this year —and although Mashable reported that eight people were killed by shark attacks this year,
George Burgess, director of shark research at the Florida Museum of Natural History, said the figure is actually six.”
Source: More people died from selfies than shark attacks this year – NY Daily News
…….meanwhile in the Ukraine!!!
Neuroscience backs up the Buddhist belief that “the self” isn’t constant, but ever-changing
Interesting read…
“The standard neuroscience view is that deep sleep is a blackout state where consciousness disappears,” Thompson says. “In Indian philosophy we see some theorists argue that there’s a subtle awareness that continues to be present in dreamless sleep, there’s just a lack of ability to consolidate that in a moment-to-moment way in memory.”
Source: Neuroscience backs up the Buddhist belief that “the self” isn’t constant, but ever-changing
