Sign up for the Mini Philosophy newsletter A place to pause and reflect on life’s bigger questions, with Big Think’s Jonny Thomson. “The classic example of a hijack is masturbation,” Edward Slingerland tells me. We’re talking about all the evolutionary quirks that humans tend to exploit — the cases where we’re “built” for one purpose, but decide to put that …
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The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department arrested Fox Sports broadcaster and former NFL quarterback Mark Sanchez on Saturday after an incident that led to his stabbing. Sanchez is accused of battery with injury, unlawful entry of a motor vehicle and public intoxication. Police said they arrested Sanchez at the hospital, where he remains. He has not been booked into jail, and …
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A man consulted ChatGPT prior to changing his diet. Three months later, after consistently sticking with that dietary change, he ended up in the emergency department with concerning new psychiatric symptoms, including paranoia and hallucinations. It turned out that the 60-year-old had bromism, a syndrome brought about by chronic overexposure to the chemical compound bromide or its close cousin bromine. …
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Public Health Response On October 24, PHMDC posted a food and symptom history questionnaire on its website. The link was distributed widely through a press release and on social media. All persons who experienced symptoms after eating food from the restaurant during October 22–24 were asked to complete the questionnaire. Respondents were asked to provide the names of other persons …
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