The Invisible Forces Controlling You (w/ Bill Sullivan), You Daydream Surprisingly Often, and Ancient Greek Temples Were Built on Fault Lines on Purpose

Learn about how frequent daydreaming may be killing your mood, why ancient Greek temples were purposely built on fault lines; and the invisible forces that make you do the things you do, with author Bill Sullivan.

You Daydream Surprisingly Often, and It's Not Helping by Rachel Bertsche

• Bradt, S. (2010, November 11). Wandering mind not a happy mind. Harvard Gazette; Harvard Gazette. https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2010/11/wandering-mind-not-a-happy-mind/
• Daydreaming Is a Downer. (2010, November 11). Daydreaming Is a Downer. Science | AAAS. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2010/11/daydreaming-downer
• Killingsworth, M. A., & Gilbert, D. T. (2010). A Wandering Mind Is an Unhappy Mind. Science, 330(6006), 932–932. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1192439

Ancient Greek Temples Were Purposely Built Over Fault Lines by Reuben Westmaas

• Dyer, J. (2017, September 19). Did Ancient Greeks Deliberately Build Temples on Earthquake Faults? Livescience.com; Live Science. https://www.livescience.com/60447-ancient-greeks-built-temples-earthquake-faults.html
• Earthquake faults may have played key role in shaping the culture of ancient Greece. (2017, September 12). Phys.org. https://phys.org/news/2017-09-earthquake-faults-key-role-culture.html
• Kolasa-Sikiaridi, K. (2016, July 26). From Delphi to Google: Ancient Oracle to Modern Day Search Engines | GreekReporter.com. Greekreporter.com. https://greece.greekreporter.com/2016/07/26/from-delphi-to-google-ancient-oracle-to-modern-day-search-engines/
• Delphic Oracle’s Lips May Have Been Loosened by Gas Vapors. (2001, August 13). Nationalgeographic.com. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2001/08/greece-delphi-oracle-gas-vapors-science/

Additional resources from Bill Sullivan, author and Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology at Indiana University School of Medicine:

• Pick up “Pleased to Meet Me: Genes, Germs, and the Curious Forces That Make Us Who We Are” on Amazon https://amazon.com
• Bill Sullivan’s official website https://authorbillsullivan.com/
• Follow @wjsullivan on Twitter https://twitter.com/wjsullivan
• Indiana University School of Medicine bio https://medicine.iu.edu/faculty/13502/sullivan-william

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