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Category: psychology

  • Peanuts and Poppers

    I’m supposed to be studying for my comprehensive exams, which are tomorrow. However, I am posting a post here instead. I need to take a break anyway, because I have some Reese’s Pieces and Peanut M&Ms, and they were in my pocket for a long time so they’re warm and squishy now, so I need…

  • The Impending Robot Revolution

    Below is a quote from Ray Kurzweil’s book The Singularity is Near. To put it in context: The singularity is a time when humanity as we know it will suddenly change drastically, due to advances in technology. For example, our brains will be enhanced by nonbiological computers, and we’ll spend half our time in fully…

  • Stephen King’s Richard Bachman’s "New" Book

    I saw this book in Chapters the other day, and my eye was drawn to Stephen King’s name. Of course, this is exactly what the publishers wanted my eye to do, because everyone knows who Stephen King is, but fewer know Richard Bachman. The funny thing is, the book’s only author is Bachman, whose name…