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MOVIES | Andrei Tarkovsky | 1966 Biographical History and Veneration Andrei Rublev was a Russian artist, one of the greatest medieval painters of Orthodox Christian icons and frescoes. He lived from approximately 1360 to 1430, and though the specific location of his birth remains unknown, his life is closely associated with the
History
William of Orange (William III) William of Orange held the position of Stadtholder of the Netherlands and was regarded as the de facto leader of the Dutch Republic. He was the Stadtholder of Utrecht, Zeeland, Holland, Guelders, and Overijssel. Following the Glorious Revolution, William was proclaimed King of England, Ireland,
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PEOPLE | 1795 - 1881 Thomas Carlyle: An Overview Thomas Carlyle was a historian and a highly idiosyncratic Scotsman, known as a writer of significant interest. His corpus is rather strange and difficult to approach, largely because his prolific output of articles and essays is scattered across numerous collections. The definitive
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Overview John Fitzgerald Kennedy served as the 35th president of the United States from 20 January 1961 until his assassination on 22 November 1963. His tenure represented the zenith of the American Century, marked by a combination of high-stakes Cold War diplomacy, a commitment to civil rights, and a transformative
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Roman von Ungern-Sternberg was a Baltic German aristocrat and White Russian warlord who rose to prominence during the era of the Russian Civil War. He is recognized as a uniquely captivating historical personality who integrated European conservatism and Russian Orthodox monarchism with Vajrayana Buddhism and Mongolian shamanism. His historical impact
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William Joseph Donovan William J "Wild Bill" Donovan is recognised as the father of American centralised intelligence. His consequential role was defined by his invention of modern, centralised American strategic intelligence and his leadership of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II, the direct precursor
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BOOKS | Phylogenetic and Evolutionary Foundations of Brain Asymmetry Brain asymmetry is a fundamental biological feature present for as long as neural circuits have existed. The sea-worm nematostella vectensis, the oldest known creature with a neural circuit, possesses a divided brain. This division is a phylogenetic development observed in all vertebrates,
Theology
Origins and Early Life of Saint Constantine Saint Constantine the Great was born in 272 AD in the region of modern-day Serbia. His father, Flavius Constantius, served as a Roman military officer and later as Caesar within the tetrarchy established by Diocletian. His mother, Saint Helena, was a woman of
Theology
Symphonia is the foundational principle of a perfect synthesis between ecclesiastical and secular authority in a harmonious relationship. Within this system, church and state co-rule the nation, with each being responsible for its specific sphere while cooperating on the most significant decisions. The secular ruler, such as an Emperor, Zar,
Philosophy
The planning fallacy is a Cognitive Bias in which predictions regarding the time required to complete a future task exhibit an Optimism Bias and systematically underestimate the actual duration. First proposed by Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky in 1979, the concept describes a tendency for individuals and organisations to underestimate
Philosophy
Hindsight bias, commonly identified as the knew-it-all-along phenomenon or creeping determinism, is a cognitive distortion where individuals perceive past events as having been more predictable than they were in reality. This phenomenon involves a systematic tendency to overestimate the ability to have foreseen an outcome once that outcome is already
Philosophy
Definition and Operationalisation Optimism bias is a Cognitive Bias where the tendency of an individual to overestimate the likelihood of experiencing positive future events and underestimate the likelihood of experiencing negative future events. This cognitive phenomenon is a hallmark of a healthy human psyche and is one of the most