Daily Archives: August 28, 2015

Study: Moody Neurotics are more Likely to be Creative Geniuses

The Independent reports on research by Adam Perkins of King’s College London. The crux: A “panic button” in the amygdala, a key emotional centre in the brain, is believed to trigger an inappropriate fear response after perceived threats are conjured … Continue reading

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The Two Libraries

In The Nation, Sasha Ambrasky has a piece actually titled “How the Atheist Son of a Jewish Rabbi Created One of the Greatest Libraries of Socialist Literature”, which is a celebration of his Marxist grandparents’ 20,000 volume “house that had … Continue reading

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