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What Do Socks Have to Do With Computers?
An experiment with computational thinking. Plus, ever heard of contronyms?
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Did You Hear About the Senator Who Did Something Sketchy?
It does happen, occasionally. Learn about ten patterns of loaded language.
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A Question That’ll Keep You Curious
Reflections on following through on an idea, an app to help manage your bookshelf, a manuscript update, and a portrait from Bedlam
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Signed Book Giveaway
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The Sunk Cost Fallacy and How It Influences Our Decisions
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Confirmation Bias, We're Like a Family, and Overloading Symbols and Colors
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The Motte and Bailey Fallacy
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12 Angry Men Are Locked In a Room, How Many Logical Errors Do They Make?
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Purpose
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The Argument From Incredulity
Plus, 5 books not about thinking that taught me about thinking
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Does Too Much Choice Paralyze Us?
Has the question “What should we get for dinner?” come up with a spouse or roommate or friend? Does it end well? For me, it usually goes like this—
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How to Make a Teeny, Tiny Book
What is this, a book for ants?
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12 Angry Men Are Locked In a Room, How Many Logical Errors Do They Make?
A deep-dive into the movie 12 Angry Men. And a look at how one sole voice of reason can affect change in an entire group.
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How Context Switching Eats Away at Us and What to Do About It
Sorry, Gary, but can I pick your brain real quick about something? (Plus, a note about a pretty intriguing book.)
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What Are Philosophical Razors?
Plus, did I manage to hit my goal of writing 60k words in 22 days? And a movie recommendation.
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How Do Apple’s Sentences Compare to Hemingway’s?
What Apple events teach us about persuasive language.
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