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The Book: On The Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are
Being amazed at the usual
It is a special kind of enlightenment to have this feeling that the usual, the way things normally are, is odd—uncanny and highly improbable. G. K. Chesterton once said that it is one thing to be amazed at a gorgon or a griffin, creatures which do not exist; but it is quite…
The Functional Art: An Introduction To Information Graphics And Visualization
Lamarckian vs darwinian theory of evolution
Lamarck proposed a scientific theory called “inheritance of acquired character-istics.” To understand it, let’s consider giraffes, a descendant of ancient creatures that supposedly were similar to modern antelopes. How did the giraffe evolve its long neck? According to…