thinking

56 posts

1. Is this thing on? December 13, 2022
2. Why Walking Helps Us Think January 4, 2018
3. How I Got My Attention Back – Backchannel February 5, 2017
4. Do we need *more* radical Islam? - Marginal REVOLUTION September 2, 2016
5. Cardiologists and Chinese Robbers October 18, 2015
6. My creative process begins with: just thinking August 27, 2015
7. Vanguard after the Revolution: Bill James sparked a baseball insurrection, but he has regrets about the world he wrought November 9, 2014
8. That Catcalling Video and Why “Research Methods” is such an Exciting Topic (Really!) November 9, 2014
9. We make ourselves lists in order to know if we think what we think September 17, 2014
10. The Joy of Typing June 22, 2014
11. Charlie Munger's 18 Biases That Cause You to Fool Yourself and Make Bad Decisions June 21, 2013
12. Does reading have a future? A noted Canadian philosopher gazes into the future May 29, 2013
13. Take the hard feelings away, and this is the right thing to do April 7, 2013
14. A Point of View: Chess and 18th Century artificial intelligence - BBC News April 2, 2013
15. Conspiracy is a nearly irresistible labor-saving device February 18, 2013
16. The Age of Reason February 11, 2013
17. A Wealth of Words by E. D. Hirsch, Jr., City Journal WInter 2013 January 28, 2013
18. Scott Adams Blog: Sleep Tip 03/21/2011 November 18, 2012
19. You Learn From People Who Mostly Agree With You | Ben Casnocha October 25, 2012
20. Two noteworthy things about things that Everyone Knows October 13, 2012
21. The Light by Which You See September 11, 2012
22. Cognitive Surplus by Clay Shirky September 7, 2012
23. Forms, styles, and structures should change like skirt lengths July 11, 2012
24. Wes Anderson’s Arrested Development June 12, 2012
25. What we call a home May 20, 2012
26. Metaphors We Live By - George Lakoff and Mark Johnson [pdf] April 18, 2012
27. Words to Be Aware Of – Lone Gunman March 9, 2012
28. Had the concept of software been available to me March 4, 2012
29. When we’re shown an image we tend to let our guard down March 3, 2012
30. Writers, it seems to me, should write, not make speeches March 2, 2012
31. Introspection means talking to yourself January 17, 2012
32. Maria Popova's Beautiful Mind - Mother Jones December 26, 2011
33. [Transcript] Tyler Cowen on Stories - Less Wrong Discussion December 26, 2011
34. Your Mind Takes on the Character of Your Most Frequent Thoughts December 7, 2011
35. If you’re dumb, surround yourself with smart people December 6, 2011
36. Always make a definition or sketch of what presents itself to your mind, so… November 21, 2011
37. Hypomnema - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia November 14, 2011
38. Confidence in Beliefs Is Not a Measure of Evidence Quality October 14, 2011
39. I’m not terribly interested in whether real, brain-chemically-defined… September 23, 2011
40. We must be indulgent to the mind, and from time to time must grant it… September 14, 2011
41. collision detection: The art of public thinking September 1, 2011
42. If my mind could gain a firm footing, I would not make essays, I would make… August 29, 2011
43. List of cognitive biases - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia August 22, 2011
44. Without the making of theories I am convinced there would be no observations June 7, 2011
45. This is very Hansonian April 22, 2011
46. Before we learned to tell stories, we learned to read them March 3, 2011
47. Opinions | Meteuphoric January 25, 2011
48. Purloined Letters: Are we too quick to denounce plagiarism? November 21, 2010
49. Ideas and views that differ from one’s own should not be targets… November 14, 2010
50. My two favorite things! August 6, 2010
51. Interview with Joyce Carol Oates | Arch Literary Journal June 22, 2010
52. Austin Kleon: Sketchbook: July 2009 - May 2010 June 1, 2010
53. The problem with clichés is not that they contain false ideas, but rather that… April 26, 2010
54. Live | TEDxMidAtlantic: Tyler Cowen on Stories November 6, 2009
55. The general glut of information and opinion makes it disconcertingly easy… September 7, 2009
56. How to Build an Economic Model in Your Spare Time November 16, 2008