John Frum and the Cargo Cult
No planes or soldiers were remotely near the islands of Vanuatu, yet airstrips were appearing like scars through the pristine landscapes. World War II had...
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Music, Mathematics and the First Vegetarians: Rise of the Pythagoreans
Pythagoras, mathematician and philosopher, returned from Egypt and Babylon a changed man. At the Greek colony of Croton, he set down roots and brought thinkers...
On The Origin Of Zero
Something, to deliberately show nothing – that is the odd irony at the heart of zero – it is almost unbelievably useful. It makes algebra,...
How You Are A Hive Mind
You make decisions. How good you are at doing so is irrelevant, what matters is that you make them. Now, you are smarter than a...