Logic and Reason

Last Tuesday, I voted in the midterm elections. I did it by filling out an absentee ballot in front of a computer at the library. I thought ...

I didn't want to make this blog into a link blog, but I come across a lot of interesting stuff on the web, and I usually just post it to...

In the background signing books is renowned scientist Richard Dawkins (I'm in the center foreground). I think Richard Dawkins constitu...

A fascinating psychological phenomenon: Anchoring .

My computer in my dorm is my base. Whenever I'm in my room without having decided exactly what to do next, I get in my computer and see ...

Here is a video of a brilliant talk by Richard Dawkins entitled "Queerer Than We Suppose: The Strangeness of Science". Very good ...

I remember my introductory biology textbook said that the existence of human pheromones was still basically a mystery. Now researchers at Pe...

I wrote some quick thoughts on this once, but here's a post that really nails it .

I've been playing piano for two years. I don't take lessons, I just practice harder and harder pieces, and I'm reading some of t...

During the 2004 election season, there was this idea that President Bush isn't as dumb as his words, actions and policies. It seemed pla...

This bird is an almost perfect biological tape recorder . Amazing.

I must post this link to a new spinoff website by Marshall Brain: God Is Imaginary .

I would like to resolve the seemingly paradoxical phenomenon that atheists are often the most moral people you'll ever meet. I am an a...

If you are not a scientist and you completely disagree with a fundamental theory of modern science, chances are you have what I call a loose...

I am reading Introduction to the Theory of Computation . In the chapter about advanced topics in computability theory, it mentioned a techni...

Here is another dorm observation: a lot of people in my dorm whistle a lot. They whistle loudly and for a long time. But there is no tune! T...

ax^2 + bx + c = 0 Solve for x. Obviously, x is equal to the quadratic formula. Can you derive it? Hint: the most important technique is c...

I hate hair dryers so much! They make a terribly loud and annoying noise for about two minutes straight, and piss off dorm-mates like me. Th...

Look at these fascinating facts about the 1500s .

"Listening is more important than talking. That is why God has given us two ears and only one mouth." So what's the alternat...