Tag: science
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Beans and an Oubliette
I had a dream this morning that I was doing experiments with beans on top of a gas stove. The beans were conductive so I was testing different electric connections. The stove apparently belonged to a queen and she wanted me experiments stopped because she wanted something cooked on the stove. My experiments were thrown…
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Placebo Pessimism
Human beings are incredibly good at believing that there are patterns in the chaos where none actually or naturally exist. Once we are convinced that there is a pattern in what we are seeing we tend to look only at the evidence that confirms that belief. This is true in religion, science, education, and among…
