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Monthly Archive July, 2024

Sleeping Badly But Playing and Reading on Another "Regular" July 12…

“Great” way to start this day, waking up when dad went to the bathroom, apparently falling asleep again while waiting for him to be done, waking up again when he flushed, seeing that it was just after 11 AM, going to pee, then having a hard time getting back to sleep, just managing to get […]

A Truly Awful Final Part of My Preparation for This Year’s Dream Trek

In the early hours of June 13, I meant to shave before dinner and possibly go to the toilet one more time before going to bed, but I didn’t do either of those and still ended up eating dinner between 3:50 AM and 4:30 AM, putting peanut butter on all of the slices of bread, […]

Quick Review: If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal: What Animal Intelligence Reveals About Human Stupidity

While pointing out various ways in which other species exhibit a certain level of intelligence, the author doesn’t try to claim that any of them can compare to humans from this point of view, only arguing that we should accept that, in some way, they possess intelligence and, notably, consciousness, and that more developed intelligence […]