TerryBaiko

TerryBaiko

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bigthinkmedia.substack.comTolkien’s Middle-earth wasn’t a place. It was a time in (English) history.The fellowship’s journey through Middle-earth mirrors the modernization of the English countryside.

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bigthink.com"Otroverts" and why nonconformists often see what others can’tIn "The Gift of Not Belonging," Rami Kaminski explains why group consensus may hinder the original thinkers who advance society.

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quantamagazine.orgIs Mathematics Mostly Chaos or Mostly Order? | Quanta MagazineTwo new notions of infinity challenge a long-standing plan to define the mathematical universe.

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techxplore.comWhere did the wonder go, and can AI help us find it?French philosopher René Descartes crowned human reason in 1637 as the foundation of existence: "Cogito, ergo sum"—"I think, therefore I am." For centuries, our capacity to doubt, question and think ha...

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phys.orgStrange Atlantic cold spot linked to century-long slowdown of major ocean currentFor more than a century, a patch of cold water south of Greenland has resisted the Atlantic Ocean's overall warming, fueling debate among scientists. A new study identifies the cause as the long-term ...

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zmescience.comThe Face of a Ghost: 146,000-Year-Old Skull Finally Reveals What Denisovans Looked LikeWe've had a Denisovan skull for almost a century and never even knew.

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phys.orgEarliest evidence of humans in the Americas confirmedVance Holliday jumped at the invitation to go do geology at New Mexico's White Sands. The landscape, just west of Alamogordo, looks surreal—endless, rolling dunes of fine beige gypsum, left behind by ...

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aeon.coIsolationism isn’t new and is fuelled by deep human desires | Aeon EssaysLiberal thinkers are shocked that nations are once again isolating from the world. The real surprise would be if they didn’t

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bigthink.comThe price of Christianity's "broken bargain" with democracyIn "Cross Purposes," journalist Jonathan Rauch argues that American democracy needs a more Christlike Christianity.

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bigthink.comThis 1938 pro-science manifesto defended democracy against fascismAs democracy recedes and fascism rises in the USA and around the world in 2025, history provides a lesson in how science can fight fascism.

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bigthinkmedia.substack.comThe delusion of individual control, explained through chaos theoryProfessor and political scientist Brian Klaas dives into the deep waters of chaos theory.

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psyche.coComplexity science can deepen your mindfulness practice | Psyche IdeasWhat if ‘stress reduction’ is the least interesting thing mindfulness does? Complexity science offers new ways forward

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