“When I think of all the books I still have to read, I am certain of being happy again.”, Jules Renard There is something universal in this simple thought. Happiness suspended in unread pages, the promise that despite silence or absence, there is always a place to go without ever moving. In the face of…
In a New York neurology ward, patients suffering from global aphasia, a severe language disorder where both comprehension and verbal expression are profoundly impaired, are watching a televised presidential speech. Due to extensive damage in the left hemisphere of their brains, these patients cannot grasp the words or their sequence. The content of the speech…
Faraj Bayrakdar, a Syrian poet, endured fourteen years of torture in Aleppo’s prisons. In a lightless cell, he etched verses onto scraps of cigarette paper and pieces of cloth: “I write so the walls of my cell don’t become the limits of my universe.Each word is a nail hammered into the coffin of my torturers.”…
We often assume that thinking means talking to ourselves silently. But is that truly the case?Imagine a world without words. Could we still reason, anticipate, and solve problems? Some argue that without language, complex thought would be impossible, that our ideas would be limited to vague sensations and blurred images. However, both scientific evidence and…
He saw the eyes, the noses, the mouths. He could draw them with almost clinical precision, each line accurate, every curve exact. And yet, what he sketched held no meaning. He didn’t recognize what he had just drawn. Faces no longer spoke to him. They weren’t blurred, on the contrary, he saw them all too…
Have you ever experienced a sudden intuition, a creative spark that seems to emerge from nowhere? That inexplicable sense of “knowing” something without being able to articulate why? These fleeting yet powerful moments often defy the mechanical explanations we’ve come to associate with brain function. What if the key to understanding the complexity of our…
Midnight. In the stillness of a darkened room, the cold glow of a smartphone draws the gaze of a tired eye. As eyelids grow heavy, fingers continue their silent dance across the screen, responding to notifications. Once, nighttime signaled rest and renewal. Today, it’s interrupted, hijacked by technology. The blue light emitted from our screens…
Some silences speak louder than words. In Monsieur Tan’s case, his silence was not an absence, but a riddle. When he arrived at Dr. Paul Broca’s office, he brought with him a fundamental question: How does the brain create what makes us human, our language, our ability to name the world around us, to share…
Jean Baudrillard, a towering figure in contemporary sociology and philosophy, left a lasting mark on the intellectual landscape with his ability to expose the often-invisible mechanisms of modern society. His 1970 work The Consumer Society remains one of his most influential and prophetic contributions. In this book, Baudrillard tackles a subject that has only grown…
From the earliest days of humanity, we have searched for meaning in what we cannot see. Behind natural phenomena, inner impulses, and inexplicable intuitions, a silent presence seems to guide the order of the world. The invisible is far from empty, it acts as a discreet, persistent force shaping our emotions, beliefs, and decisions. What…