Neurons — a fuckton of them — are what make us smarter than other animals

Dec12
by on December 12, 2019 at 12:02 pm
Posted In: syndication


Here’s something new to consider being thankful for at the dinner table: the long evolutionary journey that gave you your big brain and your long life. Courtesy of our primate ancestors that invented cooking over a million years ago, you are a member of the one species able to afford so many cortical neurons in its brain. With them come the extended childhood and the pushing century-long lifespan that together make human beings unique. All these bequests of your bigger brain cortex mean you can gather four generations around a meal to exchange banter and gossip, turn information into knowledge…

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This $722M Bitcoin mining scam referred to its marks as ‘dumb’ investors and ‘sheep’

Dec11
by on December 11, 2019 at 10:44 am
Posted In: Hard Fork


Authorities in the US have arrested three men in connection with BitClub Network, a Bitcoin mining scheme that allegedly defrauded investors out of a staggering $722 million. According to a release issued by the US Department of Justice, Matthew Brent Goettsche and Jobadiah Sinclair Weeks — both from Colorado — have been charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. They’re also charged, alongside Joseph Frank Abel from California, with offering and selling unregistered securities. Goettsche reportedly told his conspirators that their target audience would be “dumb” investors. He also allegedly referred to them as “sheep,” and said he was “building this…

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