Science Is The Best Idea Humans Have

You Start Doing The Addictive Behavior To Feel Good And Then Your Receptors Get Overloaded With Dopamine, Then You Stop Doing The Addictive Thing And Some Of The Receptors Have Shut Down And You Don't Have Enough Dopamine To Feel Good. So Then You Feel Bad And Go Back To The Addictive Behavior To Get More Dopamine. The Strange Thing Is That It Works With What We Think Of As Uppers And Downers And Whatever You Call Gambling - Sidewaysers.

There Is No Debate In The Scientific Community...we Need [congress] To Change Things, Not To Deny What's Happening.

Speaking Of Human Computers, There Is A Guy Named Art Benjamin, He's A Human Calculator. He Says It's A Skill He Learned As A Kid. Now He's A Math Professor At Harvey Mudd. He Can Find The Square Root Of A Six Digit Number In A Few Seconds. Practice.

I Used To Play Ultimate Frisbee, And I Just Got A Reputation For Making Popcorn At Parties. I Don't Mean To Brag On Myself, But I Make The Popcorn In The Pot, And It Comes Out Fine Every Time.

I Tell Personal Stories Associated With Aspects Of The Theory, And I Hope They Are Interesting And Compelling. I Don't Feel You're Going To Change A Grownup's Mind In One Reading. People Have To Be Exposed To Scientific Ideas Over And Over Again For Years. It's Also Not A Textbook.