There was a king once named Damocles that had a sword suspended over his throne that could come crashing down at any random moment and kill him, to remind himself of the fragility of his power, and human life.
I have no idea how that anecdote might apply to people in power in this day and age, or why people would reference the anecdote.
An overactive hypothalamus which holds onto all memories in an obsessive manner regardless of their relevancy or emotional content, cooperating with the hippocampus.
If the brain were a person, a hyperthymesic brain has OCD.
I'm probably going to upset a few Star Wars fans with this, but in the original version that I saw of the New Hope / Ep4, both Han and Greedo have their blaster pistols drawn under the table, and Han shoots Greedo first.
I've seen the entire internet argue about who shot first, but the irony is that if he didn't shoot first he would get shot by Greedo and the story would end right there.
I had heard stories from my parents about people foraging for mushrooms in "the old country" (the Soviet Union), villagers from their province sometimes supplemented dwindling supplies with wild forest mushrooms.
They said they were invited multiple times to go on mushroom hunts but were afraid of traversing the forests after dusk, and they were glad they refused, because one large family served mushroom soup, and the menti (police/milita) found them all dead.
Parents, grandparents, children, an entire family generation wiped out by mushroom soup, all dead in their chairs in the dining room.
They would "turn into" unremarkable humans. Is the purpose of the simulation to depress the people seeking IVF, or is there a eugenics component involved?
Astrogeological and xenobiological surveys conducted throughout traversable space indicate that the predominance of life follows commonly observed patterns in statistics and mathematics, namely Ricarduan Distribution.
Over 80-85% of all extant biological life currently is deceased or no longer living. Less than 10% is currently alive, with the remaining 5-10% arriving further in cosmological points in time, in the billions of years remaining in the present expansion cycle.
So in short terms, most of the life in space is currently "dead".
I've been bisexual since practically birth, and sharply recall in my childhood, how the adults in our community would be all "aww" when playing with female friends, but acted like I murdered someone when kissing a male friend.
It was like being born into a world of sharp divides, where an ice cream shop sold vanilla and chocolate ice cream, and being harshly screamed at for wanting both flavors.
"NO! NO Vanilla and Chocolate Twist!"
It only got worse from there, and I realized many humans are just prehistoric great apes operating on squishware enhanced by metal tools.
They invented mathematics and philosophy but the vast majority of them have shit for brains and shouldn't be trusted with matches, let alone children, norms, or laws governing millions.
No, you're right