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The Psychiatrist Who Believed People Could Tell the Future
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An interesting and well written article via the New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/03/04/the-psychiatrist-who-believed-people-could-tell-the-future
Which raises a lot of questions, of course. I like to cultivate a healthy skepticism, but some of the evidence, especially the evidence quoted in the article, is quite compelling. As are some of anecdotal reports of Twin Studies which suggest a psychic connection:
Link: https://www.livescience.com/45405-twin-telepathy.html
There is a point whereupon Skepticism - in the light of so much evidence, even anecdotal, can become it's own form of stupidity.
the end is nigh...
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I'm almost at the end of the locker.
Furniture, big pieces I need a hand with moving, a couple of dozen boxes, freezing cold, can't properly secure the locker, close it, but - not much left...
The living room, it's a mess, was from the moment I made my first trip, but stuff is going, proof is I'm still alive. In another month or three it'll be curious what I'm left with. Hopefully very little. The more you let go, the easier it is to let go.
Nice thing is for the most part you meet some cool people with shared interests. A shame to meet them this way, though, it's financially adversarial - we're on different sides of the bargaining fence, as it were.
The smalls, things like Neck-Ties, watches, other stuff, I wanted to list on E-Bay but somehow they've redone their format, 10,000 irrelevant questions to post a single fucking thing, if it doesn't fetch $100 you've just wasted an hour of your time posting it for nothing. I need another online international auction house, something a little easier, where photos, description, shipping, done. I'm going to have to do some research...
Lost & Found
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The original case setting precedent for all "buried treasure" cases within the US.
It argues for an intuitive understanding of what we all comprehend, that if you find something, neglected, disregarded, undiscovered, - it's yours. This is different than, say, discovering gold on a claim held by another where clearly the owner knew it was there (hence the claim) and merely wanted time to extract said gold. This is largely a grey area in parts of Europe (and Canada) where treasure can be seized by the Crown or government on various pretexts, or by property owners (most metal detectorists will reach an understanding with the landowner), or simply outright forbid collection with laws surrounding paleontology, minerals and archeology - AKA old treasures).
Anyways, a good article on a topic that I find interesting.
Labyrinths & Mazes
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I liked this. Spelunking - underground, references to Greek Mythology, Some corollaries with rites of initiation, the subconscious...we've a similar cast of mind, only the author is a little more articulate.
I've come to a few conclusions. Anything underground is subconscious. And very often it's part of the larger mythology of death and rebirth - Orpheus and Theseus, to go underground is to die and be reborn, and we share a few of the same conclusions...
Link: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/02/getting-lost-cave-labyrinth-brain/582865/
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