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Reddit co-founder (and Mr Serena Williams) Alexis Ohanian has bought a £20m stake in Chelsea Women.
If I was an internet billionaire I wouldn't marry Serena Williams. Sleep with her, yes; marry her, ...

The vagus nerve is the route (routes, there are two of them, one each side of the neck) by which the brain controls the autonomic functions of the body. In 1988 the boffins discovered it can get out o ...

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Isn't it odd how you watch certain things avidly for years and then, all of a sudden, you don't want to know. When the P Diddy trial comes on I just fast forward. I've had my life ...

I didn't get that reference.

But I am like the judge who famously asked counsel, "And who are these Beatles of whom you speak?" "A popular singing group, my lord." When challen ...

Post up if you notice my problem solving is improving. Or getting worse......
I have just got off the phone with Hatty after some several weeks of non-contact and she said à propos the AEL, "Wi ...

Britain's leading intellectual, Mathew Syed, is a former table tennis champeen and has a lot to say about bat twiddling.

No, but his opponent is planning to attack him. He is well-versed in the orthodox lines of attack but he is afraid, the enemy being a grandmaster and all, that there may be unorthodox lines to worry a ...

I am reading David Hume's History of England, written in the middle of the eighteenth century, from the point of view of the Scottish Enlightenment. I cannot vouch for its accuracy but it gives a diff ...

What about a mind/brain interface?

Twiddling is on the cusp between deliberative and autonomic. Let's suppose that that engages the brain in some special way that allows the mind to be triggered i ...

I'm a polymathic genius and have fists of stone. But that may be because I've come out the other side of common-or-garden hand-wringing genius. Unless holding a vape twenty-four hours a day counts.

The palava over Shedeur Sanders is all about him 'twiddling with the ball' before throwing it.

Like I say, all Roman (and Greek) history should be judged from the archaeology alone. Same with early English history. Although, Wiley, I suppose we have to take on board these French dudes must have ...

This new Syrian dude continues to get lucky

The story so far:

1. Syria has been an ungovernable country, except by tyrannous governments, for its entire existence (since 1922).

2. Ahmed Huss ...

Officially, Israel is blockading Gaza in order to rid Gaza of its Hamas government. The argument is that when the people of Gaza really start suffering, they will rise up against Hamas (or Hamas will ...

Cheers. It's not really a funny story, it's a serious story done unseriously. But going through all six hundred Medium stories I have concluded it doesn't really matter. It's a funny old world.

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Topic: The Importance of Sport
Mick Harper Replies: 4461 Views: 6160547	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 3:02 pm Subject: The Importance of Sport
Mick Harper Replies: 4461 Views: 6160547	Reddit co-founder (and Mr Serena Williams) Alexis Ohanian has bought a £20m stake in Chelsea Women. If I was an internet billionaire I wouldn't marry Serena Williams. Sleep with her, yes; marry her, ...
Topic: Mind & Brain
Mick Harper Replies: 194 Views: 37299	Forum: Psychology Posted: 2:52 pm Subject: Mind & Brain
Mick Harper Replies: 194 Views: 37299	The vagus nerve is the route (routes, there are two of them, one each side of the neck) by which the brain controls the autonomic functions of the body. In 1988 the boffins discovered it can get out o ...
Topic: AE on Telly News
Mick Harper Replies: 2584 Views: 1333963	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 12:18 pm Subject: AE on Telly News
Mick Harper Replies: 2584 Views: 1333963	All News Stations Isn't it odd how you watch certain things avidly for years and then, all of a sudden, you don't want to know. When the P Diddy trial comes on I just fast forward. I've had my life ...
Topic: Existence: does it even?
Mick Harper Replies: 61 Views: 143857	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 12:08 pm Subject: Existence: does it even?
Mick Harper Replies: 61 Views: 143857	I didn't get that reference. But I am like the judge who famously asked counsel, "And who are these Beatles of whom you speak?" "A popular singing group, my lord." When challen ...
Topic: Mind & Brain
Mick Harper Replies: 194 Views: 37299	Forum: Psychology Posted: 11:27 am Subject: Mind & Brain
Mick Harper Replies: 194 Views: 37299	Post up if you notice my problem solving is improving. Or getting worse...... I have just got off the phone with Hatty after some several weeks of non-contact and she said à propos the AEL, "Wi ...
Topic: Mind & Brain
Mick Harper Replies: 194 Views: 37299	Forum: Psychology Posted: 10:31 am Subject: Mind & Brain
Mick Harper Replies: 194 Views: 37299	Britain's leading intellectual, Mathew Syed, is a former table tennis champeen and has a lot to say about bat twiddling.
Topic: Mind & Brain
Mick Harper Replies: 194 Views: 37299	Forum: Psychology Posted: 10:27 am Subject: Mind & Brain
Mick Harper Replies: 194 Views: 37299	No, but his opponent is planning to attack him. He is well-versed in the orthodox lines of attack but he is afraid, the enemy being a grandmaster and all, that there may be unorthodox lines to worry a ...
Topic: Robin the Wallace to Pay the Hood
Mick Harper Replies: 33 Views: 93935	Forum: British History Posted: 9:54 am Subject: Robin the Wallace to Pay the Hood
Mick Harper Replies: 33 Views: 93935	I am reading David Hume's History of England, written in the middle of the eighteenth century, from the point of view of the Scottish Enlightenment. I cannot vouch for its accuracy but it gives a diff ...
Topic: Mind & Brain
Mick Harper Replies: 194 Views: 37299	Forum: Psychology Posted: 9:31 am Subject: Mind & Brain
Mick Harper Replies: 194 Views: 37299	What about a mind/brain interface? Twiddling is on the cusp between deliberative and autonomic. Let's suppose that that engages the brain in some special way that allows the mind to be triggered i ...
Topic: Mind & Brain
Mick Harper Replies: 194 Views: 37299	Forum: Psychology Posted: 7:32 am Subject: Mind & Brain
Mick Harper Replies: 194 Views: 37299	I'm a polymathic genius and have fists of stone. But that may be because I've come out the other side of common-or-garden hand-wringing genius. Unless holding a vape twenty-four hours a day counts.
Topic: Mind & Brain
Mick Harper Replies: 194 Views: 37299	Forum: Psychology Posted: 7:15 am Subject: Mind & Brain
Mick Harper Replies: 194 Views: 37299	The palava over Shedeur Sanders is all about him 'twiddling with the ball' before throwing it.
Topic: All Things Roman
Mick Harper Replies: 433 Views: 349284	Forum: History Posted: 7:13 am Subject: All Things Roman
Mick Harper Replies: 433 Views: 349284	Like I say, all Roman (and Greek) history should be judged from the archaeology alone. Same with early English history. Although, Wiley, I suppose we have to take on board these French dudes must have ...
Topic: War on Terrorism
Mick Harper Replies: 2054 Views: 766688	Forum: Politics Posted: 6:57 am Subject: War on Terrorism
Mick Harper Replies: 2054 Views: 766688	This new Syrian dude continues to get lucky The story so far: 1. Syria has been an ungovernable country, except by tyrannous governments, for its entire existence (since 1922). 2. Ahmed Huss ...
Topic: War on Terrorism
Mick Harper Replies: 2054 Views: 766688	Forum: Politics Posted: 5:58 am Subject: War on Terrorism
Mick Harper Replies: 2054 Views: 766688	Officially, Israel is blockading Gaza in order to rid Gaza of its Hamas government. The argument is that when the people of Gaza really start suffering, they will rise up against Hamas (or Hamas will ...
Topic: Funny Stories
Mick Harper Replies: 66 Views: 13782	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 5:45 am Subject: Funny Stories
Mick Harper Replies: 66 Views: 13782	Cheers. It's not really a funny story, it's a serious story done unseriously. But going through all six hundred Medium stories I have concluded it doesn't really matter. It's a funny old world.