Deciding when you’ve won a battle is hard enough. Once upon a time, this was decided by Heralds from both sides, who argued it out then the combatants’ leaders agreed to the decision. If a King is killed, that’s a definite result, which might decide who wins the actual war. These days it’s not so […]
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Neuroscience frightens me. Thinking about the processes within the 3.5lb lumps of tofu that allow us to think about ourselves is to question the reality of our flickering self-awareness. It makes me feel vertiginous, like staring into the infinity of images you see when looking into a mirror that’s reflecting another mirror behind it. We
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Being followed isn’t nice no matter who you are – and can be the beginning of a crime in which you are the victim. You have to trust your instincts in deciding if this is the case, and it’s much better to err on the side of caution – and assume the worst. The earlier
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