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The Neuroscience of Vaginal Orgasms
Women with spinal cord transections experience vaginal orgasms with sensations carried by the vagus nerve.
Hermes Solenzol
May 18, 202314 min read


The Origins of Dominance-Submission
Dominance-submission frees ourselves from the psychological pressure of pride and shame.
Hermes Solenzol
May 8, 20237 min read


Cannabis Neuroscience - A Mutation That Gets You High All Your Life
Mutations that increase the endocannabinoid anandamide decreased pain, but did not eliminate as completely as mutations in Nav1.7
Hermes Solenzol
Apr 21, 20234 min read


Cannabis Neuroscience - Charlotte’s Web
Charlotte’s Web is a cannabis strain with high cannabidiol (CBD) used to treat children with epilepsy.
Hermes Solenzol
Apr 20, 20236 min read


Cannabis Neuroscience - Cannabinoids and Endocannabinoids
The endocannabinoids anandamide and 2-AG act as retrograde neurotransmitters in synaptic plasticity and memory formation, anxiety and pain.
Hermes Solenzol
Apr 19, 20236 min read


Cannabis Neuroscience - Cannabinoid Receptors
THC, CBD and other cannabinoids found in marihuana act through CB1, CB2 and GPR55 receptors.
Hermes Solenzol
Apr 18, 20234 min read


Basic Problems of Capitalism — The Tragedy of the Commons
Tragedy of the commons is when corporations exploit a common resource, leading to its depletion.
Hermes Solenzol
Apr 14, 20233 min read


Controversial Issues in BDSM
Controversial issues in BDSM include sexual predators, consent, choking, drugs, mental problems and domestic discipline.
Hermes Solenzol
Apr 10, 20237 min read


Basic Problems of Capitalism — Perverse Incentives
Perverse incentives cause corporations to act against the good of society, which cannot be corrected by the market forces of capitalism.
Hermes Solenzol
Apr 5, 20235 min read


Lies About Prostitution: 3) Sex Workers Hate Their Job and Their Clients
Prostitutes like their work because it helps and pleasures others.
Hermes Solenzol
Mar 25, 20235 min read


Lies About Prostitution: 2) Prostitution Degrades Women
Prohibiting prostitution violates the consent and intimacy of the sex worker and her client.
Hermes Solenzol
Mar 24, 20234 min read


The Traps of the Ego
The idea that we deserve the best, as well as craving happiness and virtue, are traps of the ego.
Hermes Solenzol
Mar 20, 202310 min read


The Way of the Warrior Writer
A writer’s Way of the Warrior has intellectual honesty, self-reliance, humility, courage, restrain and personal power.
Hermes Solenzol
Mar 19, 202315 min read


Neurons, Explained in Ten Minutes
Neurons process information as excitatory and inhibitory postsynaptic potentials in dendrites that generate action potentials in the axon.
Hermes Solenzol
Mar 12, 202311 min read


The Way of the Warrior: A Philosophy of Life Based on Egoless Action
The Way of the Warrior is a philosophy of life consisting on acting with focused attention
Hermes Solenzol
Mar 8, 202312 min read


An Easy Guide to Finding Scientific Papers to Cite in Your Writing
Science papers should be cited according to their type and quality. The best way to find them is PubMed.
Hermes Solenzol
Feb 25, 202310 min read


Death is Nothing to Us
Since there is no consciousness after death, we experience nothing, so there is nothing to fear.
Hermes Solenzol
Feb 24, 20238 min read


How to Be Intellectually Honest
Intellectual honesty is a commitment to examine the evidence, think rationally, tell the truth, and act according to the truth.
Hermes Solenzol
Feb 12, 202310 min read


Polyamory, Feminism and the Myth of the Noble Savage
A critical examination of the idea that prehistorical humans were egalitarians and polyamorous.
Hermes Solenzol
Feb 11, 202311 min read


A Review of 'Radical Ecstasy'
Review of Radical Ecstasy, by Dossie Easton and Janet Hardy, a book about the intersection of BDSM and mysticism.
Hermes Solenzol
Feb 9, 20233 min read
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