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From Catching a Ball to Catching Time: A Journey Through the Brain’s Perception Engine
It began with a simple game of catch. A ball arcing through the air, hands stretching forward almost reflexively, eyes tracing the curve, and feet adjusting just enough to be in place at the right time. This ordinary act, repeated across parks, playgrounds, and backyards, hides a remarkable cognitive feat. Catching a ball is not…
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The Fire Within the Forest: What Redwoods Reveal About Nature’s Code
Some stories in nature seem too poetic to be real—like fables written by evolution. The towering redwoods of California are one such story. Standing as giants among trees, they appear serene and invincible. But their stillness hides an ancient, ruthless logic—a deep lesson about the ways of nature. In 2020, the wildfires that raged through…
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Language, Logic, and the Brain: Why We Read Mistakes and Think in Metaphors
You might have seen this sentence before: “Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy…”—and remarkably, you can still read it. Even when letters are jumbled, our brains don’t get stuck. They compensate. Predict. Fill in the blanks. Language, it turns out, is not a rigid code. It’s a dance of patterns, expectations, and clever shortcuts.…
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The Story of the Numbers We All Use
Every time we count, calculate, or type a number into our phones or laptops, we’re using symbols that feel almost as ancient as time itself: 1, 2, 3, 4… They’re called Arabic numerals today, but their story doesn’t begin in Arabia. Nor does it end there. In fact, it winds through ancient India, travels across…
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The Animal in Us: Questioning the Myth of Human Superiority
In many cultures and conversations, one phrase stands out when someone acts impulsively, selfishly, or violently: “Don’t behave like an animal.” It’s meant to be a reprimand, a reminder to act with decorum, to exercise restraint, to live by some higher moral code. But what’s embedded in that phrase is something more telling — the…
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The Way of Science – Solving the Wild Boar Paradox
The forests of Bavaria, southeastern Germany, are both beautiful and mysterious, harboring a secret that has puzzled scientists for decades. The mystery involves wild boars, creatures deeply embedded in the local ecosystem and culture. Their meat, a traditional delicacy, was found to contain radioactive cesium-137 at levels alarmingly higher than safety regulations allow, even decades…
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Hello world!
Welcome to The Critical Thought — a space shaped by curiosity, built for reflection, and driven by a deep desire to understand how the world works. This blog is born out of a simple belief: ‘that critical thinking is not a luxury reserved for academia or experts, but a daily tool for navigating complexity —…