Dispatches from the web

Here are some of the most interesting readings from last week:

• How does learning Turkish feel to a German writer? Our reluctance to use the word no seems to be a big problem:  http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2015/10/20/how-to-say-no-in-turkish/
• A Syrian Law student's precarious journey over 10 borders from Syria to Sweeden. A must-read before any discussion on refugees: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/10/26/ten-borders
• Early detection could make living with Schizophrenia possible: http://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/stop-the-madness/
• U.S is a terrorist state, which used human Guinea Pigs and advanced psyhcology to develop torture methods beyond the imagination of Mengele. When it was found out that one of the torture victim was innocent, the official reaction was: "One can only be sure of the suspects innocence after the suspect fails to give any information after such horrendous torture." This is beyond outrageous: https://medium.com/accountability-for-torture/out-of-the-darkness-6926af89c80c#.31d7i3s8h
• Evolution presents you: Functioning mechanical gears in insects: http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/functioning-mechanical-gears-seen-in-nature-for-the-first-time