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Altered States of Consciousness in BDSM
BDSM induces altered states of consciousness known as sub-space and top-space
Hermes Solenzol
Feb 14, 20248 min read
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How Identity Politics Sabotaged the Left
Identity Politics is undermining the Left by denying social progress and espousing divisive ideas.
Hermes Solenzol
Jan 17, 202411 min read
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Consent Is Not As Simple As It Seems
Understanding consent is key to prevent sexual abuse and rape.
Hermes Solenzol
Jan 12, 202412 min read
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What Has Philosophy Ever Done For Us?
Philosophy criticizes science while it has been unsuccessful in epistemology, metaphysics and ethics.
Hermes Solenzol
Dec 22, 202311 min read
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How to Avoid Hurting the One We Love
How emotional abuse creeps into relationships.
Hermes Solenzol
Dec 16, 202310 min read
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The Difference Between Sadism and Cruelty
Sadism is the consensual infliction of physical or emotional pain while cruelty is to make people suffer for an ulterior goal.
Hermes Solenzol
Dec 2, 20238 min read
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Should Animal Rights Be Included in the Progressive Agenda?
Animal rights do not belong in the progressive agenda because they conflict with environmentalism, science, humanism and social movements.
Hermes Solenzol
Nov 30, 20236 min read
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Is Everything Made of Information?
Information as the basic nature of reality avoids the pitfalls of materialism, idealism and dualism.
Hermes Solenzol
Nov 24, 202313 min read
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The Way of the Warrior
The Way of the Warrior philosophy of life summarized in seven points that help me find meaning in my life.
Hermes Solenzol
Nov 18, 20231 min read
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The Neuroscience of Flow
Flow is a mental state of focused attention, selflessness and euphoria.
Hermes Solenzol
Nov 17, 202311 min read
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What To Do If Choking Goes Wrong
Advice on what to do if a person choked during sex of BDSM is unconscious or does not have a pulse.
Hermes Solenzol
Nov 14, 20234 min read
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The Runner’s High—Endorphin Rush or Endocannabinoids?
The runner’s high is an example of endorphin rush, but it is unclear if it is caused by endorphins or endocannabinoids.
Hermes Solenzol
Nov 2, 202313 min read
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Evidence of Brain Damage Caused by Choking During Sex
Scientific studies show that women who are choked have more psychological problems and changes in brain connectivity.
Hermes Solenzol
Oct 11, 20236 min read
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Can Choking During Sex Cause Brain Damage?
Choking during sex can produce brain damage from neuronal death from anoxia, reperfusion injury, and changes in heartbeat.
Hermes Solenzol
Sep 30, 20236 min read
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Breath Play: The Air Choke and the Blood Choke
Asphyxia during sex can be done using an air choke or a blood choke, which block air entry or the blood supply to the brain, respectively.
Hermes Solenzol
Sep 29, 20233 min read
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How deathly is choking during sex?
Death by autoerotic asphyxiation is less common that thought. Still, choking is the most deathly BDSM activity.
Hermes Solenzol
Sep 21, 20233 min read
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Why do people enjoy being choked?
People like to be choked because they find it pleasurable.
Hermes Solenzol
Sep 20, 20235 min read
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How Common Is Sexual Choking?
Several surveys show that college students increasingly practice choking during sex
Hermes Solenzol
Sep 16, 20232 min read
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Dopamine: Why Heroin Is Addictive but Porn Is Not
Porn is not addictive. It induces short increases of dopamine and not the sustained ones produced by cocaine and opioids.
Hermes Solenzol
Aug 24, 202320 min read
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Leaving Catholicism During the Franco Dictatorship in Spain - My Spiritual Journey, Part 2
I struggle to break up with Catholicism while attending an elite school ran by Opus Day in Madrid.
Hermes Solenzol
Aug 23, 202313 min read
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