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Research to date into human psychological and sociological effects based on on-orbit near-Earth experiences may have limited generalizability to a long-distance, multi-year space expedition, such as a mission to a near-Earth asteroid (which currently is being considered by NASA) or to Mars. In the case of Mars, new stressors will be introduced ...
Tuke was among the first persons to recognize an increase in the prevalence of insanity by making use of statistics to identify possible causes, which he clarifies in great detail in Insanity in Ancient and Modern Life. [1] As many of his other books, the book was used as a psychiatric workbook for classes on mental illness. [14]
Insanity, madness, lunacy, and craziness are behaviors caused by certain abnormal mental or behavioral patterns. Insanity can manifest as violations of societal norms , including a person or persons becoming a danger to themselves or to other people.
Others tried to adapt to the entirely new way of life, and abandoned the old ways, but still fell victim to madness. Some coping mechanisms to escape the emotional trauma of moving to the prairie was to continually move around to new locations, or to move back East. [3] Immigrants were particularly at risk for prairie madness.
The stoned ape theory is a controversial hypothesis first proposed by American ethnobotanist and mystic Terence McKenna in his 1992 book Food of the Gods. [1] [2] The idea claims that the cognitive revolution was caused by the addition of psilocybin mushrooms, specifically the mushroom Psilocybe cubensis, into the human diet [3] around 100,000 ...
Dave Langford reviewed Voyage from Yesteryear for White Dwarf #57, and stated that "Solid and quite worthy stuff, but practically devoid of characterization." [2]Colin Greenland reviewed Voyage from Yesteryear for Imagine magazine, and stated that "The clash of worlds is a clash of world-views, the peaceful anarchy of Chiron against the new authoritarian regimes of Earth.
This requires the kidnapping of humans as test subjects, to ensure the bioweapon will serve its purpose of killing every remaining human on Earth. When guerillas in the U.S. and Romania become aware of the Shongairi plot, they manage to save some victims, but the Shongairi use their air supremacy to continue their genocidal mission.
The Wandering Earth is a science fiction novella by Chinese writer Cixin Liu.The novella focuses on humanity's efforts to move the Earth in order to avoid a supernova.It was first published in 2000 by Beijing Guomi and won the 2000 China Galaxy Science Fiction Award of the Year.