Peter Dickson
@phdpeter.bsky.social
Philosopher, medical researcher (psychiatry, psychology, oncology), astrophysicist, naturalist, violinist, flautist. Learning 28 languages Sydney
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Here’s what over 150 years of science really tells us about being left-brained vs right-brained.
Are right-brained people really more creative? Here’s what the science really tells us
theconversation.com
October 3, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Here’s what over 150 years of science really tells us about being left-brained vs right-brained.
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New Article!
The People’s Property and the Common Good
Cicero believed a true republic is built on a shared commitment to justice and mutual benefit. But what does that mean for how we govern ourselves? Learn more today.
The People’s Property and the Common Good
Cicero believed a true republic is built on a shared commitment to justice and mutual benefit. But what does that mean for how we govern ourselves? Learn more today.
September 30, 2026 at 5:25 PM
New Article!
The People’s Property and the Common Good
Cicero believed a true republic is built on a shared commitment to justice and mutual benefit. But what does that mean for how we govern ourselves? Learn more today.
The People’s Property and the Common Good
Cicero believed a true republic is built on a shared commitment to justice and mutual benefit. But what does that mean for how we govern ourselves? Learn more today.
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The first major Hollywood animation centred on Filipino culture speaks to the experience of migration that has become so deeply embedded in Philippine society.
DreamWorks’ Forgotten Island is a joyous, painful love letter to the Filipino diaspora
theconversation.com
October 2, 2026 at 8:49 PM
The first major Hollywood animation centred on Filipino culture speaks to the experience of migration that has become so deeply embedded in Philippine society.
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Marie Antoinette was released into a cultural moment dominated by consumerism as empowerment, when ‘girl power’ was used to sell music and fashion to young women.
Marie Antoinette at 20: Sofia Coppola’s playfully postmodern period drama is finally getting the praise it deserves
Marie Antoinette was released into a cultural moment dominated by consumerism as empowerment, when ‘girl power’ was used to sell music and fashion to young women.
tcnv.link
October 2, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Marie Antoinette was released into a cultural moment dominated by consumerism as empowerment, when ‘girl power’ was used to sell music and fashion to young women.
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The late mathematician Ronald Graham was also a skilled juggler. Fifty-five years ago, he posed a question that may have stemmed from the hobby. This year, it was finally solved. https://www.quantamagazine.org/mathematicians-harness-randomness-to-crack-a-55-year-old-conjecture-20260928/
September 29, 2026 at 10:53 PM
The late mathematician Ronald Graham was also a skilled juggler. Fifty-five years ago, he posed a question that may have stemmed from the hobby. This year, it was finally solved. https://www.quantamagazine.org/mathematicians-harness-randomness-to-crack-a-55-year-old-conjecture-20260928/
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Our brain waves have more complex shapes than we thought. Recently, neuroscientists measured a menagerie of traveling waves, including ones that look like spiraling vortices. https://www.quantamagazine.org/surprisingly-complex-waves-reveal-the-brains-inner-workings-20260930/
Surprisingly Complex Waves Reveal the Brain's Inner Workings | Quanta Magazine
Unexpected patterns traveling across the human brain may be reorganizing its activity in real time.
www.quantamagazine.org
September 30, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Our brain waves have more complex shapes than we thought. Recently, neuroscientists measured a menagerie of traveling waves, including ones that look like spiraling vortices. https://www.quantamagazine.org/surprisingly-complex-waves-reveal-the-brains-inner-workings-20260930/
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Lisa Sauermann and Huy Tuan Pham have been friends for the past decade. They just solved a decades-old math mystery with help from Fourier analysis. https://www.quantamagazine.org/mathematicians-harness-randomness-to-crack-a-55-year-old-conjecture-20260928/
September 30, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Lisa Sauermann and Huy Tuan Pham have been friends for the past decade. They just solved a decades-old math mystery with help from Fourier analysis. https://www.quantamagazine.org/mathematicians-harness-randomness-to-crack-a-55-year-old-conjecture-20260928/
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Topologist Maggie Miller explains how she visualizes the 4th dimension in this week’s episode of The Joy of Why with co-host Janna Levin: https://www.quantamagazine.org/what-does-the-fourth-dimension-actually-look-like-20261001/
What Does the Fourth Dimension Actually Look Like? | Quanta Magazine
Maggie Miller explains why our intuition about three dimensions breaks down in four, and how she visualizes 4D spaces as a reel of three-dimensional snapshots.
www.quantamagazine.org
October 1, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Topologist Maggie Miller explains how she visualizes the 4th dimension in this week’s episode of The Joy of Why with co-host Janna Levin: https://www.quantamagazine.org/what-does-the-fourth-dimension-actually-look-like-20261001/
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Cruise’s presence is the most interesting thing about a film that is otherwise much too full of itself.
Digger tries to mock powerful older men – but can’t escape 64-year-old millionaire Tom Cruise
Cruise’s presence is the most interesting thing about a film that is otherwise much too full of itself.
tcnv.link
October 1, 2026 at 5:26 AM
Cruise’s presence is the most interesting thing about a film that is otherwise much too full of itself.
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This expansive Psyche Portrait by @nancyaverett.bsky.social captures the French neuroscientist Stanislas Dehaene effervescent passion, deep care and abiding awe for the developing brain – mixed in with that all-important dash of indignation to power his advocacy
He mapped the learning brain. Then came the hard part | Psyche Portraits
The neuroscientist Stanislas Dehaene wants to bring four decades of findings on how the brain learns into the classroom. But evidence alone can’t overcome the politics in education
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September 28, 2026 at 10:15 AM
This expansive Psyche Portrait by @nancyaverett.bsky.social captures the French neuroscientist Stanislas Dehaene effervescent passion, deep care and abiding awe for the developing brain – mixed in with that all-important dash of indignation to power his advocacy
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For many Americans raised in deprived neighbourhoods, gun violence has fundamentally shaped their inner behavioural scripts to anticipate danger everywhere, perpetuating the cycle – but what can be learned can be unlearned, with programmes designed to help rewrite these scripts buff.ly/ghYgRJZ
Early violence is a bad teacher. But the mind can learn anew | Aeon Essays
A world of violence sustains itself through guns, poverty and other social ills, but also through the minds it creates
buff.ly
October 2, 2026 at 10:15 AM
For many Americans raised in deprived neighbourhoods, gun violence has fundamentally shaped their inner behavioural scripts to anticipate danger everywhere, perpetuating the cycle – but what can be learned can be unlearned, with programmes designed to help rewrite these scripts buff.ly/ghYgRJZ
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Growing numbers of women are using testosterone for menopause symptoms, but female-specific products remain scarce and evidence patchy.
Women are turning to testosterone, but what does the science actually say?
Growing numbers of women are using testosterone for menopause symptoms, but female-specific products remain scarce and evidence patchy.
tcnv.link
October 1, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Growing numbers of women are using testosterone for menopause symptoms, but female-specific products remain scarce and evidence patchy.
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Our study shows that brain remains malleable and can learn new things well into older age.
Reading, socialising and doing puzzles can help preserve cognitive health – large study shows
Our study shows that brain remains malleable and can learn new things well into older age.
tcnv.link
October 1, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Our study shows that brain remains malleable and can learn new things well into older age.
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Can AI-human connections ever meet the psychological criteria of attachment – the relationships that hold people’s lives together?
How deep do AI relationships really go? An expert in attachment theory explains
Can AI-human connections ever meet the psychological criteria of attachment – the relationships that hold people’s lives together?
tcnv.link
October 1, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Can AI-human connections ever meet the psychological criteria of attachment – the relationships that hold people’s lives together?
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A visit by Hindu monks to the Eiffel Tower sparked a worker strike after women employees were allegedly reassigned during the visit.
At the center of the controversy is a centuries-old religious practice known as “brahmacharya.”
theconversation.com/what-the-eif...
At the center of the controversy is a centuries-old religious practice known as “brahmacharya.”
theconversation.com/what-the-eif...
What the Eiffel Tower controversy reveals about a Hindu monastic practice – known as ‘brahmacharya’
‘Brahmacharya’ is a monastic discipline centered on controlling the senses and directing attention toward spiritual practice.
theconversation.com
October 2, 2026 at 6:12 AM
A visit by Hindu monks to the Eiffel Tower sparked a worker strike after women employees were allegedly reassigned during the visit.
At the center of the controversy is a centuries-old religious practice known as “brahmacharya.”
theconversation.com/what-the-eif...
At the center of the controversy is a centuries-old religious practice known as “brahmacharya.”
theconversation.com/what-the-eif...
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The rebellious teen narrating J.D. Salinger’s classic novel of arrested development still speaks to us. But should we be listening?
Friday essay: The Catcher in the Rye is 75 – and every time I meet Holden Caulfield, I see him anew
theconversation.com
October 2, 2026 at 7:43 AM
The rebellious teen narrating J.D. Salinger’s classic novel of arrested development still speaks to us. But should we be listening?
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Psychologists identify the musical triggers of beauty and the sublime
Psychologists identify the musical triggers of beauty and the sublime
A new psychology study reveals that minor musical keys evoke the sublime, major keys predict beauty, and visual elements heavily dominate our overall aesthetic responses when we experience audio and visual media simultaneously.
www.psypost.org
September 30, 2026 at 11:12 AM
Psychologists identify the musical triggers of beauty and the sublime