Why We Like Order In Our Life
“Moth and rust doth corrupt.” The nature of things to disintegrate, to devolve into chaos, has …
Science
The Two Different Ways We Navigate In The World
Language has allowed us to understand and navigate in the world, but we also rely on…
What Are They Thinking?
I often check Fox News online to get the conservative slant on news. Poor as it …
Our beliefs resist new facts
Mother Jones has a really interesting article on how our beliefs block new information: Pre-existing beliefs, …
Ten Years!
Today is the 10th anniversary of this blog, so I’ll celebrate with a bunch of random …
Sharp knives
In my woodworking days I learned how to sharpen knives on a stone, so when invited …
The limits of Science
Let us consider what the domain of science covers. There is a hierarchy in science arranged …