Words are our everyday tools, but some of them are really weird. Namely, when it comes to the longest words in the world, you might wonder how they were ever invented in the first place.
Long words are a really interesting part of (any) language, often serving specific purposes that help us explore the limits of expression. Some long...
Recently, there’s been a lot of talk about the apparent decline in global IQ, especially in developed countries, with recent studies supporting this trend.
Furthermore, it seems many would agree there’s a pervasive sense that, as a civilization, we’re speeding towards an "Idiocracy"—a reference to the classic film portraying a future so intellectually deprived that people have literally forgotten their...
Creating a list of the top 5 living intellectuals is no easy task. It’s not that finding remarkable individuals is difficult, but because it’s hard to select only five people. Additionally, how should we even rank these brilliant minds to come up with a final list?
We could use IQ as a measure, but we’ve already done that in several...
Synchronicity is a strange and very interesting thing. Some people say it is pure chance, while others believe there’s something deeper going on.
It’s when things happen that seem way too connected to be a coincidence—like when you think about an old friend, and they call you minutes later, or when a random book lands in your lap with the exact...
The world of literature is full of prolific authors, but have you ever thought about who’s actually written the most books? Writing indeed is hard and it takes a lot of time to write a book.
So can you think about the time needed to write 10 books, 100 books, or perhaps even 1000?
Has anyone done that?
Well, there are writers who...
We often say that life was much simpler in historic times. And while that might be true in some ways, realistically, people led much tougher lives than we do today.
Namely, 10000 years ago was the beginning of what we now call the Neolithic period, a time when people were starting to transition from nomadic lifestyles to settling down, forming...
