2024

Neuroastrology Günther Schlonk Neuroastrology Günther Schlonk

Tidal Wave hYpothesis – Lunar Illumination of Global High-order Thoughts: The TWyLIGHT Theory of Consciousness

Despite significant progress in the fields of psychology, neurobiology and wheat, the mechanisms of consciousness remain elusive, or possibly delusive. While there are many theories of consciousness, none of them are absolutely, unequivocally wrong. Our new theory sheds light on the origin of consciousness. Specifically, it sheds moonlight on it.

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Chemistry Günther Schlonk Chemistry Günther Schlonk

Solid-Phase Peptide Synthesis on a Mid-Century Modern Table Support

Scientists are very fond of talking about the importance of serendipity in research. This usually means one of two things. The first thing is “sure, my work appears to be incredibly niche and pointless, but don’t discount the possibility that I’ll stumble over a cure for cancer in the rectums of these worms I’m studying”. The second is “sometimes fuck-ups are salvageable, if you keep an open mind”. This paper is the latter sort of serendipity.

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History Günther Schlonk History Günther Schlonk

Why Nothing Ever Happens

Nothing ever happens. In this paper we will try to explore why. We will try to explain the history of stuff happening, why it doesn’t anymore, and what these findings could mean for the future. We will also try to explain the nature of time and how it relates to current events.

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Cosmology Günther Schlonk Cosmology Günther Schlonk

Should Neutron Stars be Added to the Periodic Table?

 IUPAC currently recognises 118 chemical elements. The last twenty have half-lives shorter than Australian prime ministers, and are of equally limited utility to science. However, physicists have predicted that an island of nuclear stability may exist around element 126, containing long-lived isotopes. We propose that this island does exist, about 400 light-years away.

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Food Science Günther Schlonk Food Science Günther Schlonk

Monolithium Glutamate: Eat Your Way Out Of Depression

In the early 1800’s, British colonial endeavours in India were impeded by high rates of malaria. Innovative officers solved this problem by taking quinine (an effective but foul-tasting medicine) and adding gin to make it palatable. Thus, the gin and tonic was born, India was colonised, and alcoholic larceny became a British national pastime. Herein, we apply the same principle to treating major depressive disorder, hopefully with less divisive results.

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Physics Günther Schlonk Physics Günther Schlonk

Evaluating the Theoretical Impact Force of Mike Tyson’s Punch on Poultry: A Quantitative Analysis

This study applies thermodynamics and biomechanics to calculate the energy required to cook a chicken through kinetic impact. Starting from established models of thermal energy transfer, it determines the mechanical energy necessary to raise a chicken’s temperature to a cooked state. The analysis then quantifies the force and energy output of Mike Tyson’s punches to estimate how many impacts would achieve the same thermal result, as well as proposing a new unit of energy to better communicate what it feels like to be punched in the face by Mike Tyson.

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Sociology Günther Schlonk Sociology Günther Schlonk

“Its Complicated”: Love Pyramids, Love in the Seventh Dimension and other Geometric Romances

Abstract: In this paper I gaslight myself to believe that my senpai loving another classmate is a good thing. Specific: Love Triangles are so 1990s. TV, trashy romance novels and other media need to get with the times and give us more complex romantic relationships. This paper presents novel romance stories for novel romance stories and visualizations of such relationships until I don’t know how to anymore. We propose that the only good love stories are incomprehensible love stories.

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