Huh. I honestly thought 5.7 pounds of gold would be worth way more than that.

Wow, I had no idea there was an 8+ earthquake every year on average.

That alone really explains how we only take notice when it directly impacts a populated area. I'm sure most people think those are truly once in a lifetime seismic events. But really, they happen quite frequently, especially when you are talking in geological terms.

One of the more famous examples of an intimate male friendship in the 19th century:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/did-abraham-lincolns-bromance-alter-course-american-history-180962203/

The word "false" is entirely accurate.

From the link: >Examples of these include beliefs such as, “If I fail at something it means I’m a complete failure” or “If I don’t have someone to love and accept me it means I’m unlovable.”

These are patently false in a way that any Logic 101 student could unpack. Yet, these exact types of narratives are pervasive in clinical depression.

CBT is all about identifying and attacking those false negative narratives.

I've dealt with serious and suicidal depression a couple of times in my life. States of depression absolutely are often brought on by pervasive self "false narratives". And one of the primary ways to treat depression is to gain the mental toolkit to analyze, reassess, and even rewrite those false narratives.

That's the whole underlying premise behind CBT. But don't take my word for it:

https://oxfordre.com/psychology/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190236557.001.0001/acrefore-9780190236557-e-837

Because the Greeks didn't name it. 🤷‍♂️

Depression often involves your brain/mind telling itself false stories about bad things happening to you. Often focusing on it being because you're a shitty person and it's your fault and you don't deserve good things, etc. That point of view is inherently toxic to a healthy mind, and it can be more powerful if someone truly believes that everything happening to them is out of their control. Because then, how could they ever change it?

Once people get a wider, wiser perspective on those events they can see that the stories playing in their head are generally false, which clears up a lot of their depressive thoughts.

>I should also be noted that because of this the emperor of japan would not be an emperor until like the 19th century

Weren't there multiple peoples inhabiting the Japanese islands, under Imperial rule, before the 19th century?

The "Japanese" aren't completely homogeneous to my understanding.

If you declare yourself an emperor, rule territory, and no one stops you... Aren't you an emperor?

They weren't intending to preserve the bodies, but instead were preparing them for a transition to divinity.

And the central aspect of this divine ritual involved... preserving the body.

It's like arguing I didn't intend to cook dinner, I just wanted to turn raw ingredients into an edible meal because I was hungry. And to do that I had to cook.

Damn, I've never seen a white cricket ball. But I was certainly aware that test cricket and one day cricket existed. TIL.

Can someone explain "whiteball" to me?

I understand the basics of cricket, but never heard this term.

One of the best shows ever made. But it's a slow burn drama.

Don't go in expecting thrills or action like Breaking Bad or the Wire.

"Mad Men" comes from a amalgamation of "Madison Ave" and "Ad Men". Mix that with their general patterns of behavior and you arrive at "Mad Men".