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• Summer Wright

  

  Neuroscientist Sam Harris on Our Misconceptions About Free Will and How Acknowledging Its Illusoriness Liberates Us Rather Than Taking Away Our Freedom

  brainpickings.org - Maria Popova

  “Understanding this truth about the human mind has the potential to change our sense of moral goodness and what it would mean to create a just …

• Summer Wright

  

  The blind woman who switched personalities and could suddenly see

  The Washington Post - Sarah Kaplan

  It had been more than a decade since “B.T.” had last seen anything. After suffering a traumatic accident as a young woman, doctors diagnosed her with cortical blindness, caused by damage to the visual processing centers in her brain. So she got a seeing eye dog to guide her and grew accustomed to …

• Summer Wright

  

  These Loaded Peanut Butter Brownies Are About To Rock Your World

  huffingtonpost.com - Brit + Co

  Summer is over, and we've got HALLOWEEN on the brain here at Brit + Co! Well, Halloween candy, to be exact ;) If you're craving something sweet, …

• http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/07/19/american-dreams-charming-pedophile-cruises-crass-u-s.html

  Summer Wright

  

  Joe Nolan

  Jul 19, 2015

• http://disinfo.com/2015/07/addiction-is-not-a-disease-how-aa-and-12-step-programs-erect-barriers-while-attempting-to-relieve-suffering/

  Summer Wright

  Jul 13, 2015