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Museum of Serial Killers, in Florence.
Kevin Dutton • The Wisdom of Psychopaths
The great fear for human beings remains the repressed right hemisphere of the brain. As you begin to unleash the floodgates of this part of your brain, whether through some form of shamanic training, mystical technique, drugs, therapy or art, you put your whole constructed reality in great danger. You may begin to feel overwhelmed by the flood of i
... See moreRichard Rudd • The Gene Keys: Embracing Your Higher Purpose
An unthinkable belief is a thought that one cannot admit having, or even characterize as worth entertaining, without raising doubts about one’s civility, morality, loyalty, practicality, or sanity. An unthought belief is an idea that is not even entertained.
Timur Kuran • Private Truths, Public Lies: The Social Consequences of Preference Falsification
The frantic conception that my brother was within, that the resistance made to my design was exerted by him, had rooted itself in my mind.
Charles Brockden Brown • Wieland: or, the Transformation, an American Tale
Environments and worldviews really come down to a series of situations and situational reactions. If your situational reactions are generally appropriate but against your best interests, you are a well-adjusted Loser. If they are both appropriate and in your best interests, you are a Sociopath. If your reactions are inappropriate (whether or not th
... See moreVenkatesh Rao • The Gervais Principle: The Complete Series, with a Bonus Essay on Office Space (Ribbonfarm Roughs Book 2)
Shortly before the Hammonds’ arrival the building’s East Portico had been the scene of an assassination attempt against President Andrew Jackson. The assailant was named Richard Lawrence, who believed himself to be England’s long-dead King Richard III and claimed that Jackson had interfered with the delivery of payments long owed to him by the colo
... See moreErik Larson • The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
A stupid creature will harass you for no reason, for no advantage, without any plan or scheme and at the most improbable times and places. You have no rational way of telling if and when and how and why the stupid creature attacks. When confronted with a stupid individual you are completely at his mercy.
Carlo M. Cipolla • The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity (Il Mulino)
It was a remarkable feat of self-actualization, but at what cost, what stresses of body and soul, a bending of the psyche beyond human limits such as might be endured on a space voyage to Mars. The man existed in a 24/7 paranoid clench. He had TV and radio for intellectual affirmation, a two-packs-a-day habit for sensual sustenance, and none