Words that describe something, adjectives and adverbs, are often used to deliberately distort information and…
The Pleasures of a Non-Conformist is a collection of short essays by the Chinese thinker Lin Yutang.
I bought this book after reading and enjoying The Art of Living by Lin, and found it to be very much in the same style…
A reading list for understanding the bioenergetic ideas of Dr. Raymond Peat and others
This was a post I wrote here on Thinker’s Playground a few years ago, before I relaunched the site.
There’s no such thing as randomness. Random is an abstract concept that we use when the cause of an event is either unknown, or so complex as to be practically unpredictable. So we use the concept of randomness as a placeholder to allow us to work around these uncertainties.
It is better to take many small steps in the right direction than to make a great leap forward only to stumble backward. — Chinese Proverb
In medieval times, the court jester played an important role in society. While others were forced to observe a strict etiquette of politeness and deference to royalty and nobility, the jester was the one person in society who was free to speak his mind…
God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December. — J.M. Barrie
“The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and…