3D Puzzles There are a lot of cool, 3D block puzzles. Kind of like jigsaw puzzles, but because they are 3D and not 2D it’s always pretty complicated how to put them together. When they are put together, they seem to be very simple. Until you take them apart, and they become […]
Circles Bread and Pi
Bread Making The other day I was making some bread but I forgot to put in the baking powder. You can use baking powder in bread that doesn’t require yeast. Since I didn’t have any yeast, but I had some baking powder, I figured it would work well enough. But I forgot […]
The History Erasure Paradox
Hindsight Bias One problem in modern society is hindsight bias. When you rewrite your past to better predict the future. A common metaphor is driving by looking in the rear-view mirror. A much deeper bias is our instinctive, cause-effect generator. This pops in many unexpected and troublesome places. Perplexing Randomness […]
Question Everything
Church Girl I used to go to this Christian church that was very light on the dogma and heavy on the activities and that’s the reason I went there was to participate in a lot of outreach activities. I met this one girl there and we would hang out sometimes but it was always […]