(via Psychedelic Medicine News) No, the box is full of high-grade, medical LSD. But judging from the look on Dr. Peter Gasser’s face, it might as well be full of stars. If they’re doing experiments again, where do I sign up? Seriously. I have issues that need to be fixed. With therapy. LSD therapy. But [...]

Names, like little points Propositions, point at things: Because they have sense. Between Logical Atomism and the Picture Theory of Language, there really seems to be a robust ontology developing in the Tractatus. 1.Facts are made up of States Of Affairs. 2.States of Affairs are made up of named objects and 1.Names refer to objects. [...]

After beard-growing contest, small Missouri town’s men eager for a shave BENTON, Mo. (AP) — It has been more than four months since many men in Benton put away their razors for a beard-growing contest to celebrate the small southeast Missouri town’s sesquicentennial. On Saturday, they get to shave. And many can’t wait. Contestants gather [...]

First, Science is slow. Yeah, I’m excited about finding hundreds of exoplanets. I really am – it is downright amazing. We’ll probably be identifying hundreds of them inside the so-called ‘Goldielocks’ zone, and detecting habitable atmospheres within a year or two. And I’ll never get to go, nor will anyone else. Because science is slow. [...]