Is it the personas we hold, the stories we cherish with one another, or something else all together? — The content that follows explores the story of Phineas Gage and his mind-blowing personality change, one of the most famous stories in all of neuroscience. Then, it discusses Elon Musk’s announcement of Neuralink’s* potential to cure similar neurological abnormalities, possibly at the expense of our identities as humans.

An exploration of Time Dilation, a concept first posited by Albert Einstein in 1905 as part of his new theory of special relativity. — 1. ABSTRACT This paper deliberates on the theory and actuality of a mind-boggling phenomenon referred to as Time Dilation, as well as its underlying effects. The paper begins with a brief introduction to the history of physics, in which it discusses the deviation from the regularity of determinism in Newtonian Physics (also…

What? — Preamble Two young fish are swimming along and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way who nods at them and says, “Morning, boys. How’s the water?” …

An examination of the story of David and Goliath through the COVID-19 pandemic — Society is an embodiment of the mind, while the nations that make up society are its subordinate parts—this is the ecosystem of humanity. From a generalist’s point of view, it can be said that each of these nations often act of their own volition, and doing so to satisfy their…

Facebook just changed their name to Meta, reflecting their newfound aim to build the Metaverse; this is both revolutionary and terrifying. — Last week, Mark Zuckerberg notified the public that it changed its company name from Facebook to Meta, indicating that it would pivot its energy and resources into what’s known as the Metaverse. Numerous other Fortune 500 companies have reflected a similar interest, but none were as bold as Facebook to…

A Comprehensive Review Discussing the Various Applications of the Technology — The history of the Brain-Computer Interfaces dates back to 1976 when UCLA Professor and computer scientist, Jacques J. Vidal, proved that a visual evoked potential [A visual evoked potential describes how certain visual stimuli can cause spikes in the brain activity of a user.] (VEP) could be directly relayed from…

Especially when it comes to flying kites… 🤓 — We’ve all heard of the catchphrase — “there’s a first time for everything in life.” But how often do we think about the fact that there’s also a last time for everything? We all die one day. There will exist a last time that we do anything in life. This…

Part 1 — Featuring humanity and it’s eager participants. — “Imprisoned in our cave, [and] with our backs to the light, we can only watch the shadows on the wall.” — Plato, Allegory of the Cave The nature of reality is seldom considered in the lives of most. Often distorted by humans in various forms of biases — a result…

You have no control. All you have, is the ability to do or not do, but even then, it’s not up to you. — Imagine living in a world where you don’t have control, a world upon which you are always stuck with choosing between two options for anything and everything in life. Well, guess what? You’re kind of living in it. What if I told you that your life would be irrelevant if…