The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Let Waste Away.
Greetings. "I believe in evidence. I believe in observation, measurement, and reasoning, confirmed by independent observers. I'll believe anything, no matter how wild and ridiculous, if there is evidence for it. The wilder and more ridiculous something is, however, the firmer and more solid the evidence will have to be." Isaac Asimov Ph.D. (1920-1992) The human species is subjected to a wide range of stimuli, mostly originating from the surrounding environment, with the modern content screaming at us from the various technologies we have developed over the eons since our gradual meanderings from the savannas of prehistoric Africa. The manner in which we processed such mental 'nourishment' has usually been unpredictable, strongly influenced by each individual's own beliefs, opinions, and experiences, but nowadays, the situation has morphed to a substantial degree, and not always in a positive way. When our ancestors came into indirect contact with predatory m...