Lately, I’ve been having these odd, harmlessly dystopian thoughts. You know, the kind where you fantasize about waking up in a completely changed world. Not like a “new job, new car, new hairline” kind of changed. More like “everyone has calmed down, politics aren’t blood sport, and people at Thanksgiving actually talk to each other” […]
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Recently, I found myself in the midst of a deeply philosophical conversation with my wife. It was the kind of profound dialogue that makes you question not only the laws of physics, but also the fragility of the human brain after a bike ride. You see, I had just finished a grueling 13-mile cycling workout.
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The other night, I was watching a crime drama. You know the type—dark lighting, brooding protagonist, improbable genius wrapped in a trench coat. The hero in question, a brilliant forensic scientist, was offered a “big job upstairs”—a fast-track promotion. He politely declined with a simple line that hit me like a slap in the brain:
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A tragicomedy in three acts, starring your government. Congratulations, democracy! You handed the keys to the kingdom over to a group of people whose primary qualifications are “owns a webcam,” “has strong opinions about lizard people,” and “once went viral yelling in a truck.” And now, surprise! Everything’s broken, nothing works, and your national discourse
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Somewhere along the way, sarcasm became our cultural default. Not wit, not satire, not irony—the good stuff that once made minds turn and ideas stick—but sarcasm, the half-smirked, low-effort cousin of cleverness. These days, if you want to stand out in the vast noise of public discourse, you don’t sharpen your point—you coat it in
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Is the apple that is the world getting more rotten with each passing day? And if so why is that? Let’s apply the scientific method to our analysis and see what becomes of it. First let us lay out what the scientific method is. Step one is to create the null hypothesis. A null hypothesis
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Every once in a while, someone gets it twisted. They stand at the crossroads of power and ego, puff out their chest, and start acting like they were born in charge. Like they own the place. Like the pot of gold is theirs, and the rest of us should be grateful just to catch a
You Are Not the Keeper of Our Pot of Gold. You Are a Temporary Leprechaun. Read More »
I was listening to some old John Prine tunes on my streaming service the other day—just letting the music wash over me like it always has. Somewhere between Sam Stone and Souvenirs, my mind drifted back to my late teenage years. I was an aspiring musician at the time, though the emphasis was definitely on “aspiring” and not
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When I was in high school, options were slim for a kid who was into math. Senior year brought a choice between basic statistics and a light introduction to calculus—hardly enough to satisfy a mind eager for challenge. Meanwhile, a few older friends were off taking engineering courses at the nearby community college. That’s when
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So I have had this blog since before I can remember. It has always been focused on thoughts, opinions, and stories from the past. The stories have often been manipulated and enhanced by the magic of my own failing memory. It may be that this is what artificial intelligence is, since failing memory results in
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