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  • Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!

    At the end of his life, the great American physicist Richard P. Feynman wrote two books not about physics but about his adventures through life–and adventures they certainly were. By twenty-seven years old Feynman, whom everyone called Dick, had met and married the love of his life, earned a PhD from Princeton, been hired onto

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  • Cults, Cults, and Also Cults

    As the title of this post suggests, I have recently found myself drawn to cults. Not necessarily to the more gruesome aspects, but certainly the psychology that attracts people to these groups. Before going too far, I should probably define what I mean by a cult.

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