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OR: the secret key to permanent happiness

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/claude-dont-touch-my-lump

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Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/there-is-no-epidemic-of-loneliness

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OR: an apology to my English teachers

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/i-like-em-thick

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OR: you must look at this fish and go insane

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/incentives-are-for-losers

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yeehaw

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/blog-jamboree-2026-the-winners

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2 Decline, 2 Deviance

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/the-decline-of-deviance-2

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..."was having a stroke while doing a poo"

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/the-most-wonderful-thing-that-happened

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OR: the Great Switcheroo

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/stop-eating-lady-gagas-oreos

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OR: crock pots and lightning bolts

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/shame-them-shun-them-ban-them-beat

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OR: the Halo theory of science

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/nothing-ever-dies-it-merely-becomes

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OR: if we were playing by Settlers of Catan rules, I'd be dead already

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/infinite-midwit

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Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/the-one-science-reform-we-can-all

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Links 'n' updates

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/i-swear-the-ufo-is-coming-any-minute

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OR: why you should sell onions on the internet

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/underrated-ways-to-change-the-world-b64

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Read on, queen

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/text-is-king

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Experimental History just turned four, so here are last year’s most-viewed posts:

1. The Decline of Deviance
2. Face It: You’re a Crazy Person
3. 28 Slightly Rude Notes on Writing
4. Bag of Words, Have Mercy on Us
5. New Paradigm for Psychology Just Dropped

a three-part treatment for a near-universal affliction

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/how-to-be-less-awkward

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I'm off this week for the holidays, so here's a post I return to at the start of every new year. See you in 2026!

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/so-you-wanna-de-bog-yourself

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OR: grindset and bedrot

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/the-drug-that-taught-me-how-much

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OR: pedants 'n' pinheads

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/secrets-of-the-ancient-memelords

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Links 'n' updates for Fall 2025

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/you-say-potato-i-say-leprosy

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Where has all the weirdness gone?

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/the-decline-of-deviance

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OR: whack 'em if you got 'em

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/thank-you-for-being-annoying

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yeehaw

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/blog-extravaganza-2025-the-winners

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OR: Borg vibes

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/use-this-magic-bullet-to-shoot-yourself

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OR: Claude, will you go to prom with me?

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/bag-of-words-have-mercy-on-us

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N = 1172

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/do-conversations-end-when-people

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Links 'n' updates for Summer 2025

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/revenge-of-the-blockheads

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OR: why your brain needs a boxcutter

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/face-it-youre-a-crazy-person

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OR: sugar daddy salt bae

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/three-dumb-studies-for-your-consideration

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OR: the DIY Renaissance

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/the-second-annual-blog-post-competition

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OR: the ideas your mother warned you about

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/new-paradigm-for-psychology-just

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OR: catapulting myself into a pit of tarantulas

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/28-slightly-rude-notes-on-writing

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itty bitty ways to be better

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/the-bluetooth-test-and-other-keyholes

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OR: "Son of sheeple"

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/be-myself-id-rather-die

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Links 'n' updates

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/hey-would-you-mind-killing-that-patient

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OR: the Three Sirens of Entropy

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/funding-science-is-actually-a-badass

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OR: Rickets, please!

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/how-to-feel-bad-and-be-wrong

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OR: The devil is here and he's making some good points

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/two-stupid-facts-that-rule-the-world
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OR: Good Cup, Bad Cup

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/the-end-is-nigh-and-heres-why

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OR: the Inquisition was right

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/the-anarchist-and-the-hockey-stick

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OR: how to get a good heart unstuck

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/underrated-ways-to-change-the-world
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Take the test here! https://ituringtest.com/

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/ideological-turing-test

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OR: the mystery of the televised salad

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/is-psychology-going-to-cincinnati

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Weird anatomy, criminal confessions, and a literal basket case 

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/blog-extravaganza-the-winners

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OR: fantastic niches and where to find them

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/theres-a-place-for-everyone

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Links and updates for Summer 2024

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/bloodletting-leeches-and-other-fda

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OR: Keep stomping necks until utopia arrives

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/good-ideas-dont-need-bayonets

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OR: "Look, ma! I'm pretending to cure cancer!"

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/whos-got-the-guts-to-go-to-the-moon

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Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/the-first-transmissions-from-science

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Ruth's post about pasta: https://ruthdaniel.substack.com/p/long-ago-and-farfalle?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=post_embed&utm_medium=web

Violet's post about sleep: https://counterfeitbees.substack.com/p/dont-let-the-man-tell-you-how-to?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=post_embed&utm_medium=web

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