apophenia

When we talk about alcoholism, the conversation tends to orbit vague ideas like “addiction,” “bad choices,” or “genetic predisposition.” But what if none of these are quite right? What if alcoholism, like most so-called addictions, is simply a symptom—a maladaptive attempt to regulate a broken internal state? What if the body, in its desperate scramble to correct stress, inflammation, and energy failure, reaches for anything—alcohol included—that can suppress the system long enough to feel momentarily alive again?

Psychedelics like LSD, psilocybin (found in shrooms), and DMT have long been associated with consciousness-expanding experiences, spiritual awakenings, and emotional breakthroughs. But beneath the mystical storytelling and clinical PR campaigns lies a simple chemical truth

Many women are socialized—and sometimes biologically primed—to be cautious around men. This wariness can evolve into an overgeneralization: interpreting male attraction, assertiveness, or even awkwardness as threatening or “creepy.”

At first glance, it might seem surprising. Aren’t men usually the ones thought to form strong groups—sports teams, frats, online clans?
The study “Gender Differences in Automatic In-Group Bias: Why Do Women Like Women More Than Men Like Men?” explores a fascinating psychological asymmetry:

It’s strange how confidently people claim that male pattern baldness is all about testosterone or DHT. The term itself—“male pattern baldness”—has boxed the conversation into a narrow and misleading narrative. For one, the condition isn’t even exclusive to men. A striking number of older women—more than half, according to some studies—develop similar patterns of hair thinning and loss.