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Solving the Paradox of Tolerance

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Every now and then a proponant of ‘tolerance’ will cite political philosopher Karl Popper’s ‘paradox of tolerance’ to justify their suppression of the tolerant. Shame Karl Popper didn’t see it as much of a paradox, then.
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Existential Therapy

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Existential therapy seems like an ideal way to go about psychological healing, given the philosophy it grew out of. Unfortunately, like existentialism it suffers from ‘great man’ syndrome—a huge number of idiosyncratic practices that make it difficult to know how good it really is.
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Eating well

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Nutrition is a field of science plagued by very similar problems to brain science. You’re trying to make sense of a system that’s enormously complicated. So complicated in fact that it’s almost impossible to figure anything out at any level of detail, let alone how to perfect nutrition for every single person. But, just like brain science, there are a few very useful rules of thumb.
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All food is toxic

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All food is toxic. All of it. This is a far more appropriate starting point for any discussion of nutrition than any other. It might sound a little controversial, but it won’t take me long to convince you.
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Autopoiesis: the origin of complex thought

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The complexity of our world determines the complexity of our actions. Simple enough to say, and perhaps to understand, but the implications are quite incredible and it all hinges on one concept: autopoiesis.
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