Interesting, Non Political News

For me personally, best way to try to get more sleep is get really damned good blackout curtains. I'm really sensitive to light levels from a sleeping perspective, so I'll frequently wake up when it gets bright enough outside automatically...which sucks if you went to bed really late.

What? The article isnt about people trying to get more sleep and failing -- its the opposite.

Some people sleep ridiculous, excessive amounts of time. Like more than the "8 hours" nonsense. I mean there are grown ass adults walking around thinking "no man I need 10 hours or I'm too tired"

While others are fine on a reasonable amount, like 6 to 8.

Its like we're discussing why some people are fat and eat too much and you walk in with an anecdote about how you can make your belly hold a little more food if you walk around the table in between courses.

Kind of cool - had no idea elephants hate bees. Although if that folklore has existed for centuries, why the f did no one think of using it for this purpose until recently?

A great read about what makes the human brain unique: concept cells.

Now I want to see a study of variation in concept cells across human populations. Correlation with aphantasia / no inner monologue? Are there genetic markers? Really huge concept here.

Wow, that was a fascinating read and makes complete sense. Developing language moved to abstract concepts because words had to represent things and brains that supported that had an advantage

The ethical concern aspect making it difficult to study is unfortunate - would be curious if elephants or orca could be shown to have evidence of concept neurons. Elephants have been shown to recognize accents/language in humans and avoided humans who are associated with elephant hunting tribes. Orcas also are frequently observed teaching each other skills or behaviors

Also would be impossible to tell, but I wonder if these existed in other human species, like Neanderthal