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12 ways to change the level of water in a bathtub*

1. Turn the faucet on or off.
2. Change the price of…

The myth of sources

The beginning of the universe.

The prime mover.

The source of truth.

The root cause.

The real reason.

Dealing with the mental hot potatoes of cognitive dissonance around Trump’s election

Domino organisms

Imagine an intricate pattern of dominoes that, in the process of tipping each successive domino over, also somehow managed to upright an equal number of dominos that it eventually connected to and allowed itself to continue going indefinitely.

On Getting Stronger When Weakened

Which of these entities gets stronger when attacked and threatened?

• Cancer
• Bacteria

I think the answer is, strangely, bacteria. Cancer can be destroyed with chemo, and generally doesn’t get…

The Catalog of All Things

When I was in 1st or 2nd grade my family got a World Book Encyclopedia from someone selling them door-to-door.

What Are Our Known Knowns?

Much of our life is spent learning things. At school, with books, with people, at the job, etc. But what does it mean to really know something, and how much can it really be accomplished?

Living to the Fullest

Micah said:

It’s easy to answer “I would live life to fullest,” but harder to define what “fullest” means.

Living life to the fullest is such a wiggly concept. It brings to mind a day filled with endless ice cream, pizza, wine, nature…