Drugs to build up that mental muscle – Los Angeles Times
From the article:
“If there were drugs that actually made you smarter, good Lord, I have no doubt that their use would become epidemic,” Yesalis said. “Just think what it would do to anybody’s career in about any area. There are not too many occupations where it’s really good to be dumb.”
Could be the start of Timothy Leary’s “SMI²LE” (a succinct summary of his pre-transhumanist agenda: SM (Space Migration) + I² (intelligence increase) + LE (Life extension).).
A gift for my daughter by Harry Browne
A gift for my daughter
Actually a gift for anyone in your family, or circle of friends, which boils down to five simple words, a simple truth that’ll set you free–“No one owes you anything.”
Merry Christmas.
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Ok Men, here’s how to make your wife a great handmade card.
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This is great! All you women ‘stampers and scrapbookers out there will love it. This will definitely get you husband into it.
No natural harmony of interest in society, or, you’re less free than your granpa.
WendyMcElroy.com: No natural harmony of interest in society
Well I’m sure not every single one of us is lee=ss free than our grandparents (or great grandparents), but this short blog post from Wendy McElroy brings up the point that human civilization has tended toward more freedom, and the guarantee of our basic equal human rights, throughout history–until the 20th century, where rights are no longer guaranteed, but legal walls have been put up to separate classes of people–by race sex, what have you–and rights have been replace by state-imposed privilege, and entitlement.
I think that we’re definitely in Heinlein’s “Crazy Years”, he nailed that one just about right.
The only thing I like about the Xmas season
Twas the night before Xmas
Henry Rollins reads “Twas the Night Before Cristmas”, complete with machine guns, helicopters, and explosions.
++ BALKAN BEAT BOX ++
++ BALKAN BEAT BOX ++
New world music stuff, with a mid-east flavor from ex Gogol Bordello member Ori Kaplan, and others. Cool stuff. I’ve loved GB since I found out about them a few years ago. Balkan Beat Box is just as good, but not quite as punk, it seems. Check ’em out.
(Via Lost at E Minor)
World Mysteries – Strange Artifacts, The Stone Spheres of Costa Rica
More on “The Stone Spheres of Costa Rica”.
There seems to have been a lot of speculation about these since they were found, but this article cuts through the myths.
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We’ve Got Big Balls
An interesting article from Natural History magazine, about perfect stone balls found in Costa Rica, in the 1950’s. The article is by an archeologist’s wife, and details the discovery, and explorations of these objects. I like that the article is from a non-scientist’s point of view, which gives us more insight into the process, than we may have had otherwise.
I’d like to know if anything else has been discovered about these in the intervening years.