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December 31, 2025 at 2:37 AM

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45K views · 1.3K reactions | The first rule of Santa's list is, "Don't think about Santa's list." | Mini Philosophy

The first rule of Santa's list is, "Don't think about Santa's list."

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December 25, 2025 at 12:01 AM

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December 24, 2025 at 2:26 AM

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Consciousness breaks from the physical world by keeping the past alive

<p><em>Conscious experiences of change, from seeing a bird take flight to listening to a melody, cannot be broken down into ever smaller units of experience. They must inhabit what William James calle...

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December 21, 2025 at 4:41 PM

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Time seems to speed up as we get older. A 60-second fix can slow it down.

How you perceive time could be connected to your heartbeat.

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December 19, 2025 at 11:11 AM

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December 14, 2025 at 10:57 PM

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Reflecting time isn’t just physics — it’s a mirror for consciousness: a reminder that reality isn’t something “out there” happening to us, but something that arises through us, here and now.

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Scientists Confirm the Incredible Existence of Time Reflections

Basically, if you look in a time mirror, you’ll see your back instead of your face.

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December 14, 2025 at 9:48 PM

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“Cosmology as We Know It May Be Broken”: New Confirmation of the Hubble Tension Challenges Existing Models

New measurements by astronomers have strengthened the Hubble tension, involving discrepancies between the expansion rate of the universe.

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December 12, 2025 at 11:45 AM

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167K views · 36K reactions | 🧠Consciousness doesn’t just observe reality… it invents it. And we can simply demonstrate this at home with an illusion caused by our perception of the present moment call...

🧠Consciousness doesn’t just observe reality… it invents it. And we can simply demonstrate this at home with an illusion caused by our perception of the present moment called the specious present...

December 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM

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An Odd take on Stoicism | Todd R LeBlanc

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December 5, 2025 at 1:30 AM

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December 1, 2025 at 1:21 AM

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A Bit of Fry & Laurie - Psycho Psychiatrists

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November 29, 2025 at 1:24 PM

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406K views · 10K reactions | When you stop trying to understand the present and simply feel it, thinking dissolves into being. What remains is the peace of pure presence. | Eckhart Tolle

When you stop trying to understand the present and simply feel it, thinking dissolves into being. What remains is the peace of pure presence.

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November 29, 2025 at 2:07 AM

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201K views · 4.5K reactions | Is mathematics real or just an invented language? | Mini Philosophy

Is mathematics real or just an invented language?

November 27, 2025 at 12:09 PM

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Life is just matter with meaning | Todd R LeBlanc

According to their framework, life isn't just chemical or thermodynamic—it's informational.

November 26, 2025 at 10:51 PM

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Ozone hole ranked as 5th smallest in more than 30 years, according to new research | Todd R LeBlanc

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November 26, 2025 at 10:51 PM

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Why The Goldbach Conjecture Will Never Be Proven (Hint: Entropy)

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November 25, 2025 at 11:06 AM

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Unlocking The Mystery Of 137: Why This Number Is So Important | Todd R LeBlanc

Have you ever wondered why the number 137 keeps popping up in the universe? According to physicists, it’s not just a coincidence — it might be a hint at something deeply fundamental. This number is l...

Consciousness beautifully explained in 200 sec | Swami Sarvapriyananda at IIT Kanpur

November 25, 2025 at 12:19 AM

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November 23, 2025 at 2:57 PM

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The finding hints that truly “observer-free” physics may be impossible.

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Cosmic Paradox Reveals the Awful Consequence of an Observer-Free Universe | Quanta Magazine

Encouraged by successes in understanding black holes, theoretical physicists are applying what they’ve learned to whole universes. What they’re finding has them questioning fundamental assumptions abo...

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November 20, 2025 at 11:10 AM

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The World Soul (Anima Mundi)

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November 14, 2025 at 11:43 AM

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The Fourth Reading

If the present moment could be seen as a book, it would appear impossibly thick—filled with countless chapters that seem to stretch backward into the past and forward into the future. Yet, in truth, y...