☯️ On Black and White Thinking

We often focus on the “right” way to do things, but just as important, is the “wrong” way to go about things. I’ve recently become much more aware of an anti-pattern that I keep running up against...

📜 Theory, Explained

From my distant perspective into academia, it seems that theory is something of a holy grail in published papers. Presenting novel information is interesting. Being able to explain why that information looks the way it does is better...

🧐 How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes

I've never read a Sherlock Holmes novel. I did however recently pick up an excellent short book from Peter Bevelin titled A Few Lessons from Sherlock Holmes. Needless to say, it got my attention...

🤔 The Nassim Taleb Starter Pack

I've always had fun learning new ways of thinking, especially when the ideas turn out to be practical. Luckily, Nassim Taleb has produced a gold mine of meaningful ways of thinking...

🧠 Occam's Razor Explained

Occam's Razor is a principle from Philosophy that is often simplified to the assertion that the simplest answer is normally the correct one...