Social media so boring. Why is it still so addictive? (N.B. I mostly exempt Twitter from this critique of social media, because at least...

"Most" confuses people, because it has two meanings. First, it can mean "more than 50% of [something]", as in "most of my jelly beans are...

One of the biggest open problems in computer science is the question of whether "P=NP" is true. Simply put, it is something like asking:...

It occurred to me this morning, and I thought it might be worth writing down, to add to the canon of bad metaphors for the mind and...

(2000 words, 7-8 minutes to read) My Beautiful Bubble (MBB) is skeptical about claims that X, Y, Z activities can “rewire your brain” in...

A kind of madness overtakes my brain, Distracting me, in every waking hour. I feel it ever pulling me in twain; My greatest weakness,...

I’ve been interested in the ways in which stories can be interesting and informative, even if they are not literally true. That is, maybe...

Previously: Please Stop Misunderstanding Occam’s Razor. What is Occam’s Razor? It is an academic principle attributed to 14th Century...

(1400 words, 5 minutes to read) Almost every introductory philosophy class reads a few of the Socratic Dialogues, written by Plato. These...

I’ve been thinking a lot about honesty lately. This is in part because I’ve recently moved significantly towards an “honesty all the...