Wisdom Builder
History Trading Cards
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Timeless ideas at the intersections of science, philosophy, critical thinking, and history.
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Stuff Happened
Animal Vocabulary: Dozens of Words
Animal Evolution
125 Million Years Ago
Expanded Limbic System, reward circuitry
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King Shuruppak
- The last king before the great flood! His advice to his son Ziusudra?
- Be righteous, and the gods may just choose you to build a boat, fill it with pairs of animals, and save the world!
Paternal Wisdom
circa 2600 BCE.
The Wise King lived 185 Generations Ago.
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Al-Farabi
- Second Teacher
Islamic Neoplatonism
Born in 872, lived to 950.
46 Generations Ago
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Intellect
Intellect & Wisdom
Blank slate filled with impressions
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Galileo: Observation Corrects the Map
Galileo
1610
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Philo of Alexandria
Cultural Synthesis
Born circa 20 BCE, lived to circa 55 CE.
82 Generations Ago.
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Printing Press Invented
Journalism
1440
Germany
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General Relativity
Gravity is complex.
Nov 1915
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