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Fake Fruit Fables
In 1665, an apple didn’t fall on Sir Isaac Newton’s head.
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Iterate, Iterate
Give a group of well-educated adults a task to complete, and they’ll set to planning right away.
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Presenting the Case
Aargh!
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Oxygen Mask
If you’ve been to the top of a mountain, you probably know the air is thinner up there. I recently described this experience like so:
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Circles of Competence
When I started wrestling at the tail end of my freshman year of high school, I was a fish out of water.
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Critical Mass
Yesterday, I wrote about crushing pressure.
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The Importance of Exportant
The word important is… well, important.
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Playing Around
Stop playing around!
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Menus, Meals, Matrix
Ever hear the phrase “the map is not the territory”?
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Arguing Over Definitions
I’ve watched the debates surrounding generative artificial intelligence intensify over the past few years.
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Hanlon's Razor
Ever hear of Occam’s razor?
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All Cretans Are Liars
2600 years ago, give or take, a fellow named Epimenides supposedly lived in Knossos, on the island of Crete.
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