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Evolution What is special about humans? 23 Nov 201827 Feb 2019 As soon as somebody asks the question “what is a ____?” we get into trouble. Not because we do not know about the thing in the blank, but because we tend to have the wrong idea about how to answer that question. Since the Greeks, the general feeling is that… Read More
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Yeah, read about that in the news. Totally cool. I listened to my first Neil Young record—After the Goldrush—when I was 12 years old, and I was instantly hooked. Still am. Sort of strongly resonated with a certain melancholy disposition, I guess. ^_^J.
Yeah, read about that in the news. Totally cool. I listened to my first Neil Young record—After the Goldrush—when I was 12 years old, and I was instantly hooked. Still am. Sort of strongly resonated with a certain melancholy disposition, I guess. ^_^J.