Category: Writings
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Trump Won
in WritingsI am in utter despair knowing that Trump won last night. I am afraid of the future, and disheartened to think of what this means for my black friends, my trans friends, my gay friends, and my latino friends. I think all of them are at greater risk today than they were when we went…
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Psylocibin Clinical Trial: My Experience
in WritingsFor the longest time I have suffered from depression. A few months back I enrolled in a clinical trial called to see if synthetic Psilocybin could be effective at alleviating the symptoms of depression for people like me who struggle with treatment-resistant depression. Today, I was administered a pill which could have been the synthetic…
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Getting Better So I Drew a Foot
I don’t really know how to write about this. I want to explain what has been going on in my life because I know these recent events are not unique to me. I like to think that being transparent with the mental health issues I deal with from time to time can help encourage others…
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Mark Sargent’s Flat Earth Model
The only Flat Earther I am aware of who has proposed a mostly working model is Mark Sargent. Mark Sargent says we are living on a flat Earth, and all of the things we see in the sky are “projections” on a solid dome. Beyond this dome is undefined – the sum total of our…
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Why Doesn’t Space Suck all the Air Away?
I watched a debate recently between Mark Sargent and a lawyer Viva Freito discuss the Flat Earth conspiracy. In that video, Mark Sargent started by asking, “If the Earth is a globe, surrounded by the vacuum of space, why doesn’t the vacuuum of space suck all the atmosphere away?” The video is here. (If you…
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con-science: debating the flat earth
I have recently become pretty much addicted to watching videos of people attempting to debunk the Flat Earth idea. The more I found myself watching these videos, the more I started to wonder: Why do I enjoy watching these so much? Why do people actually believe that the Earth is flat? What would it take…
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Life with Depression
in WritingsHi. My name is Josh. I suffer from chronic clinical depression and anxiety. I have suffered with this disease as far back as I can remember. It sucks, but I’m willing to bet it doesn’t look like what many people expect. Today, there is much greater acceptance of mental illness, and people are more understanding…