Thomas Ramey Watson

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Cats

I was outside talking to someone in my back yard. He’s a cat lover. Noir found us and started rubbing on my legs. We talked about my burgeoning fruit trees. Suddenly, Noir jumped up on my back, digging his claws in to hold on while he purred. Bent over so he’d stop digging in, I …

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The goddess of reason wasn’t so reasonable

Love her or hate her, you can’t deny that Ayn Rand, the 20th century’s most bellicose/eloquent (select adjective based on political persuasion) defender of laissez-faire capitalism, is experiencing a revival. Sales of her 50-year-old magnum opus, Atlas Shrugged, for years second only to the Bible, are soaring even more this year. Two major publishing houses …

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Brain Clears Away Old Memories To Form New Ones, New Research Shows (VIDEO)

Psychologists have long considered the process of forgetting as key to a healthy mind, yet neuroscientists haven’t paid much attention to it in the past, Frankland says. “If you embrace the idea that forgetting is healthy,” then it makes sense that neurogenesis may contribute to the clearing out of old memories, he says. Although it’s …

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