LillieefranksIQ isn’t as intuitive or well-evidenced as you’ve heardPeople who think that IQ is an important, meaningful measure of a person’s cognitive ability have two basic approaches to defending it…Sep 3Sep 3
LillieefranksA Simple And Intuitive Explanation of The Monty Hall ProblemThe Monty Hall Problem is a classic probability puzzle with a counterintuitive solution. You have to pick between three doors; behind one…Jun 3Jun 3
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LillieefranksinGreener Pastures MagazineYou Call That Art? My Six Year-Old Kid Could Critique Art Culture More Trenchantly Than That!You call that art? You’re gonna show me this and you’re gonna look me in the eyes and tell me you think you’re some kinda artist? Lemme…Apr 181Apr 181
LillieefranksDaniel Paul Schreber And the Ambiguity of Trans HistoryIn this essay, I’m going to use they/them pronouns for Daniel Paul Schreber. That’s not because they used these pronouns. In fact, I’m not…Mar 9Mar 9
LillieefranksinGreener Pastures MagazineA Trailer For My Inspirational Movie About the Inventor of Crazy StrawsThey’re just not thinking big enough!Mar 5Mar 5
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Lillieefranks“Can You Give it To Them?” : Gollum, Emotional Appeals And That One Weird Thing Gandalf SaysIn the second chapter of The Fellowship of the Ring, Gandalf and Frodo have a long conversation that introduces all the basic themes of…Jan 261Jan 261
LillieefranksRebel Moon and the Politics of AestheticsRebel Moon is a movie that has something to say about politics.Jan 7Jan 7
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