Scholarly literature on the effects of ritual?
I would like books and journal articles written by grave people with PHDs out their ass on the physiological and psychological effects of rituals. "Ritual" is left somewhat ill-defined. I would like...
View ArticleGustatory effects of probiotics?
I started recently on probiotics and find that my sense of taste has gotten better for some reason. Is there any evidence, anecdotal or not, talking about the phenomenon? Does this exist as a stable...
View ArticleReading list on self-organization.
I read a lot of books and papers about self-organization in physics, computer science, statistics, AI, evolutionary and systems biology, social networks, genetic networks, Internet networks, linguistic...
View ArticleBooks and suchlike about contacting old friends?
Books (scholarly preferred), journal articles, etc etc about contacting old friends, about reunions with old friends. The more scientific the better. Anthropological, psychological and sociological...
View ArticleQuincunx for non-Gaussian distributions?
Galton's quincunx machine was a machine to demonstrate the bell curve. Are there any such machines for non-Gaussian probability distributions? Specifically, lognormal, Weibull, power law distributions...
View ArticleThoughts about religion from former cult leaders?
A pretty thorough Google search doesn't turn up anything about former cult leaders who put out thoughts about religion of any kind in any way shape or form after they stopped being cult leaders. I am...
View ArticleParodic economic phenomena?
Many people in a certain place facetiously trade pictures of Pepe the Frog, but have there been other facetious economic phenomena, joke stock bubbles, fake hyperinflation, things of that sort? Doesn't...
View ArticleSimple cheap device for galvanic skin response only?
There's a bevy of wearables out there which record all sorts of things. I just want galvanic skin response, in a nice wireless bracelet or something. I am willing to poke around at sdk's and futz with...
View ArticleMusic with fiddly bits
I like music with fiddly bits. Recommend me more of same. Examples: Bach's BWV 578 ("Little Fugue") BWV 1004, the Chaconne Zedd, "Addicted to a Memory" Avicii, "Heart Upon My Sleeve" Vulfpeck, "Fugue...
View ArticleHow to say "nature does make jumps" in latin?
As opposed to natura non facit saltus. Is it just natura facit saltus? I want to be emphatic that it does saltate. Google Translate and other translation systems are giving divergent answers.
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