Humanity

Humanity

He Wouldn’t Tell Anyone Where the Best Corn Dog Was. A TikTok Sleuth Found It in Minutes.
You don’t have to say where: he already found it There’s a post on X. A hand holding a corn dog. The background is a walkway, people passing by, no street signs, no shop names, no location tag. The caption reads: “I found the best corn dog and I’m not telling anyone where it is.”
By Jinabout a month ago in FYI
The Paraobloptic Illusion: Why We Mistake Our Slanted Perspectives for Absolute Truth
Human beings are naturally wired to believe that they see the world exactly as it is. When we look at a tree, a political event, or a social conflict, we assume our perception is objective, clear, and unblemished. However, a profound conceptual framework captures the reality of human consciousness: the paraobloptic state.
By Julie O'Hara - Author, Poet and Spiritual Warriorabout a month ago in FYI
What To Really Fear
Fear is something special. As we grow closer to the time of year when haunted houses, scary movies, and the darkness envelop us more, what should we actually fear?
By Jason Mortonabout a month ago in FYI
The Strange Discovery of the Hexham Heads
I think at some point in our childhoods, we’ve all tried digging in the garden for treasure. Yet despite our efforts to find the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, we would find pointless things like dusty old bottle caps or one orphaned button.
By Rosie J. Sargentabout a month ago in FYI
Why the World Calls China “China” — Not “Zhongguo”
English does not call China Zhongguo because the name reached Europe through a chain that started with Qin. Zhongguo is an internal term. For centuries it described the central states or the central kingdom. It was not the name traders carried west. The name they carried came from Qin.
By Jinabout a month ago in FYI
Introduction To The Job You Never Knew You Took
You're already doing this job, and you never knew you'd been offered it. But are you taking full advantage? From the oldest things being sold to the newest ideas, to your social media. You're always selling. But are you getting the most out of what you sell?
By Jason Mortonabout a month ago in FYI
The 88 Hours That Broke Mathematics
88 Hours September 8, 2026, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University. Tristan Buckmaster stood at the blackboard in his office, writing an equation with his left hand. Chalk dust fell on his cuff. He did not brush it off. The coffee on the desk had gone cold, and the rim of the cup had a chip. He took a sip, then set it down. He texted his wife: "Today might be a big day." Then he turned his phone over, screen down.
By Jinabout a month ago in FYI
Zhang Yuanfu lost on his first night. Then he went back to his 300 clay crocks, and let fermentation take the trophy.
Zhang Yuanfu stood at the stove of the Hundred Chefs Battle for the first time, and the dish he sent up was returned. The judge did not say anything harsh, only tasted a bite, put down the spoon, and did not take a second chopstickful. Liang Jinglun later said the dish was “right in flavor, but wrong.” Zhang Yuanfu stood at the stove, his apron speckled with oil, the back of his hand stained with splattered sauce. He did not argue. He carried the dish back to the kitchen, dumped it in the trash, and washed the pan.
By Jinabout a month ago in FYI
Bringing a Loved One Home: When a Commercial Flight Requires a Stretcher
For most people, flying means walking through an airport, taking a seat, fastening a seatbelt, and waiting for the plane to reach its destination.
By Kristina Unruhabout a month ago in FYI
AI Just Did in 6 Months What Mathematicians Couldn't Do in 50 Years. Now 25 Fields Medalists Are Begging It to Slow Down.
When AI starts clearing out mathematical conjectures In 2026, if you only read headlines, you would think mathematics had suddenly entered harvest season.
By Jinabout a month ago in FYI
A number of things indicate the writing's on the wall
As I explained in the second part of this look at the ominous omens indicating a New World Order could be on the horizon I suggested World Goodwill’s "Coming One" could already be waiting in the wings, just biding time until the right moment arrives for a Google search to produce the big reveal... because if anyone should know that person’s identify there's a certain someone who could possibly serve as a gatekeeper with his finger right on the pulse.
By Steve Harrisonabout a month ago in FYI
The Hodge Conjecture Rumor: OpenAI, a Viral Tweet, and the Math World’s Quiet Fury
Around September 9, 2026, a post on X began to be shared repeatedly. The user synthwavedd wrote that the Hodge conjecture “is very close to being verified by OpenAI,” and said that either OpenAI or Anthropic was also close to solving the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture. He added that the intensity of the behind-the-scenes race for “the next one” was unlike anything he had ever heard described.
By Jinabout a month ago in FYI