“Men don’t just find women more attractive; men’s ratings closely follow a bell curve, with 6% of women getting the minimum rating and 6% getting the maximum rating. Women don’t just find men less attractive; the median and mode rating… Read More »Recommended Read: The Typical Man Disgusts the Typical Woman
“Dáva to zmysel? Ale áno, dáva: takto sa naozaj správali najmocnejší zo stredovekých feudálov, suverénni v zmysle absolútnej vlády na svojom území, ktorí si mohli dovoliť povýšiť svoj rozmar nad zákon. Takto sa správali Mediciovci vo Florencii, kancelár Palpatine v… Read More »Odporúčané čítanie: Chcete pochopiť, prečo sa Elon Musk vrhol na svetovú politiku? Prečítajte si Dunu alebo sci-fi od Asimova
“Every generation appropriates the inheritances of global exchanges and refashions them as its own. Excavating the sediments our predecessors left in our collective consciousness is not a task that we are naturally disposed to perform. It is an act of… Read More »Recommended Read: There are no pure cultures
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“The most important story about why Americans have become sad and alienated and rude, I believe, is also the simplest: We inhabit a society in which people are no longer trained in how to treat others with kindness and consideration.… Read More »Recommended Read: How America Got Mean
“Rizikoví sú pre vás teda takzvaní „myšičkári“? Presne tak. „Milujem“ najmä takých, čo mi napriek predpisu nedajú prednosť pri výjazde zo zastávky, čiže ma predbehnú, ale keď sa rozbehnem, prudko skočia na brzdu, lebo napríklad odbáčajú doprava. Ani netušia, aké… Read More »Odporúčané čítanie: Trolejbusár Richard Filipko: Za meškaním MHD sú zápchy, vodiči áut, ktorí nám nedajú prednosť, ale aj cestujúci
“Some people are convinced that the placebo effect must exist, because they notice when children receive a mild injury, kissing the boo-boo or perhaps applying a band-aid seems to soothe any upset. But I don’t think this is a healing… Read More »Recommended Read: A Case Against the Placebo Effect
“Truth for an addict is whatever they need it to be. Joe wanted us to pity him or maybe to forgive the hateful things he sometimes said or did when intoxicated. Or to forget that his isolation was self-imposed.”