Does power truly flow from the barrel of a gun? Pop culture and conventional history often teach us that violence is the most effective way to produce change. But is that common assumption actually true? Political scientist Erica Chenoweth, who has studied more than 100 years of revolutions and insurrections, says the answer is counterintuitive. More recent Hidden Brain episodes

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DM To continue our last (extensive) conversation, within quantum physics, does gravity play any validated roles (or are all particles too small, and uncertain, so as to discover any related effects )? Great thread to pull on — the tension between quantum mechanics and gravity is one of the most fertile (and humbling) frontiers in physics. I'll do some deep research on this right now. Gravity in quantum physics research Research complete• Writing and citing report... 314 sou

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DM Another good morning (I'm casting a shadow!). It seems homeostasis is conventionally considered only physically, such as an aspect of physiology. However, it seems this is an equally relevant as holophrenic construct, and is so in all 13 areas of the Universal Holophren™. Indeed hubris, humility, curiosity, learning, etc. could be perhaps be better understood considered in this context. Good morning — and well noted, the photons are acknowledging your presence. This is a g

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