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Aristotle thought that the brain is an organ to cool the blood. Now we know it's the seat of consciousness and cognition. When did the understanding change, and what made us reconsider?

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What were the relative advantages and disadvantages of various medieval weapons? How do I decide if I should use a sword, a spear, a mace, or a battle axe?

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Why were the Soviets so opposed to genetics?

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What exactly started the Dark Ages? How do we go from "Rome falls, Christianity spreads" to "general civilizational decline"?

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What were the relative advantages and disadvantages of various medieval weapons? How do I decide if I should use a sword, a spear, a mace, or a battle axe?

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What were the relative advantages and disadvantages of various medieval weapons? How do I decide if I should use a sword, a spear, a mace, or a battle axe?

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Why were the Soviets so wary of genetics?

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How did it happen that many drugs (marijuana, heroin, etc) ended up banned pretty much worldwide pretty much simultaneously?

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In medieval Europe, how much would a fully-trained and fully-equipped knight cost, realtively speaking, compared the the cost various military-realted artefacts of modern warfare?

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Why were the Soviets so unaccepting of genetics?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Aristotle thought that the brain is an organ to cool the blood. Now we know it's the seat of consciousness and cognition. When did the understanding change, and what made us reconsider?	19
What were the relative advantages and disadvantages of various medieval weapons? How do I decide if I should use a sword, a spear, a mace, or a battle axe?	19
Why were the Soviets so opposed to genetics?	17
What exactly started the Dark Ages? How do we go from "Rome falls, Christianity spreads" to "general civilizational decline"?	12
What were the relative advantages and disadvantages of various medieval weapons? How do I decide if I should use a sword, a spear, a mace, or a battle axe?	12
What were the relative advantages and disadvantages of various medieval weapons? How do I decide if I should use a sword, a spear, a mace, or a battle axe?	7
Why were the Soviets so wary of genetics?	7
How did it happen that many drugs (marijuana, heroin, etc) ended up banned pretty much worldwide pretty much simultaneously?	7
In medieval Europe, how much would a fully-trained and fully-equipped knight cost, realtively speaking, compared the the cost various military-realted artefacts of modern warfare?	7
Why were the Soviets so unaccepting of genetics?	5