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Winter Winds
Sengoku Period, Japan — The pale blue sky stretched endlessly above the Moritame mansion, its stillness broken only by the occasional whisper of winter wind. A crisp, biting breeze swept through the sandy courtyard, carrying with it the scent of frosted earth and aged timber. Sugi stood beside the small pond, its surface laced with…
Answering Life’s Most Difficult Questions
There are many questions that are unanswerable. Why does the universe exist? How was it created? Will humans ever go extinct? While these questions may never be answered, some questions that are in this category of “unanswerable” seem to have straightforward answers. In this article, I go through a few of such questions and provide,…
Is it Sexist to Dislike Endgame’s “Female Avengers” Moment?
Do you remember that moment in Avengers: Endgame when all of the female heroes united and kicked some alien ass? Sure, everyone does. It was a moment that stands out in cinema as one of female empowerment. So is it sexist to dislike this moment? No, after analyzing this moment for maybe too long, I…
Animal Worship
Diodorus, a classical author, explained the origin of animal worship by recalling a myth in which the gods, threatened by giants, hid under the guise of animals. People then naturally began to worship the animals that their gods had disguised themselves as even after the gods returned to their normal state. I’ve been thinking recently…
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