September 30, 2015
Gods on Earth: Sports Heroes and Human Limits
Apparently, running a four minute mile is still pretty hard. The other day I ran a mile as fast as I could in order to find my baseline. I won’t […]
December 15, 2013
Do Animals Suffer?
Do animals experience pain? Do animals suffer? With human neuroscience still in its infancy as a discipline, animal neuroscience is even farther behind. I am usually reluctant to loudthink about either […]
November 29, 2013
Child’s Play: The Maturation of the Mind
Freud, in his late life, moved from patient-on-couch analysis to larger theorizations about religion and civilization. In one such tract, The Future of an Illusion, he makes mention of how […]