I get more spam than anyone I know. -- Bill Gates Have you been receiving more spam phone calls lately? Do you hate them? Do you still occasionally get tricked into answering them? Today, we're …
The Eyes in the Back of Your Head
Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others. -- Jonathan Swift I don't know the exact point in humans' evolutionary history where a genetic mutation gave moms an extra set of eyes in …
What IS Brain Freeze?
There are few things more frustrating than knowing you know a word but being unable to prove it. -- Jake Teeny (when he couldn't find a quote applicable to today's post). Today in Columbus we had a …
Free Virtual Reality
Dreaming permits each and every one of us to be quietly and safely insane every night of our lives. -- William Dement I once spent an entire summer training myself how to dream. Well, training …
Choice Blindness
When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that is in itself a choice. -- William James (the father of psychology) The other day, my girlfriend had a photoshoot, and she asked for my opinion …
Are Safe Spaces Helpful?
People demand freedom of speech as compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use. -- Soren Kierkegaard At the commencement address for University of Notre Dame’s 2017 graduating …