Hugo Mercier

@hugoreasoning

Evolutionary and cognitive psychologist. Author, Not Born Yesterday (), The Enigma of Reason ().

Vrijeme pridruživanja: srpanj 2017.

Medijski sadržaj

  1. 28. sij

    and to those who were kind enough to provide endorsements! &

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  2. 14. pro 2019.

    The stories tended to turn into full-blown bloodletting, with a voluntary cut that cures the headache. (6/9)

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  3. 14. pro 2019.

    No. The truth is even weirder. You don’t need a fancy theory to practice bloodletting. In fact, about a third of the world’s culture have practiced bloodletting in one form or another—without having ever heard of Galen or other ancient physicians. (4/9)

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  4. 14. pro 2019.

    Maybe they were following Galen’s suggestions? The famous Greco-Roman physician, known for developing the theory of humors, was big on bloodletting. Like, really big. He recommended it for everything from headache to loss of speech. Or hemorrhage (!!). (2/9)

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  5. 14. pro 2019.

    Today is the anniversary of George Washington’s death. How did he die? He caught a throat infection. Then his doctors decided to drain 2.5L of blood (2/3 of a gallon, about half his blood). Somehow he didn’t make it. Why would his doctors—the best available—do such a thing? (1/9)

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  6. 26. lip 2019.

    Turns out, about a third of cultures worldwide practice(d) bloodletting in one form or another. The Guna (Panama and Colombia) used a miniature bow to shoot a miniature arrow into the temple of those suffering from headaches.

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  7. 26. srp 2018.

    The TED-Ed team put this together, the animation is brilliantly creative!

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