Scrambled Egg Theory https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Mar31_Post.mp4 What is confidence? There’s contextual confidence. There’s meta-contextual confidence. Then there’s meta-meta confidence. When people say, “be confident,” they are referring to “meta-meta confidence.” First, contextual confidence. Let’s say you’ve never made an omelette. And you have no idea how. All you can […]
Talking Chickens
Good Intentions Once there was a farmer. A chicken farmer. He raised chickens. And he raised eggs. Eggs for scrambling. Eggs for frying. Eggs for juggling. One day. He saw a documentary. Chickens Need Love https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Jan23_Loop.mp4 On raising chickens. The guy in the documentary. […]
Unfinished Chainsaw Battle
Old Pals Once there were two friends. They loved each other very much. And they were very competitive. They would have contests for everything. Who could tie their shoes the fastest. Who could make the most delicious popcorn. Who could get the cutest girl’s phone number. Who could […]
Clowns Juggling Eggs
DIY Man I knew this guy who wanted a swimming pool. But he didn’t want to pay for the whole deal, as it would cost to much in terms of construction, insurance, getting licenses and what not from the city. So he decided to build his own. His wife suggested they get […]
Magic Hula Hoops
Infinite Flow Theory I had this friend in college that was always trying to do this ridiculous experiment. He thought that if he calibrated everything correctly, he’d be able to create a non stop flow from beer into his mouth, and urine out of his penis. But he never quite matched the beer […]
Long Game Occultist
License Scams Getting a license these days to sell something is difficult. A hundred years or so ago, if you wanted to sell something, you just sold it. An interesting problem from game theory is why it’s illegal to advertise cigarettes on TV. Why No Cigarette Ads? https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Aug11Loop.mp4 Most people assume that […]