Robert Hughes Jr takes a look at current and past research on whether or not extramarital affairs are at cause when it comes to divorce. It used to be pretty clear to most sociologists – not backyard gossips, but academics who study these things – that while it is clear extramarital affairs are often a…
Daily Archives: June 10, 2012
Music
Tripod vs the Dragon
by Brian David Phillips •
Lorraine, Kaye, and I just watched TRIPOD vs the DRAGON and had a wonderful time! It’s a full-on musical comedy delight as Tripod and special guest Elana Stone play a game of Dungeons and Dragons. I wasn’t familiar with Australian musical comedy troupe Tripod until stumbling across a couple videos on youtube and now I’m…
** Special Student Series, Neurotheology, Psychecstatic Engineering Psychological Psychedelic eXperiential Ecstasy
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and Creative Problem Solving
by Brian David Phillips •
Using transcranial magnetic stimulation to stimulate certain areas of the brain and suppress others, researcher claims to temporarily turns one into a savant. Test subjects score three times better on math and problem solving tests. They also have greater artistic ability. Note that the judgement on some of these characteristics are obviously highly subjective. I…
