1. People tend towards talking about things in absolute terms because doing otherwise requires more energy-consuming real estate in the brain. 2. Some people live according to a fortress of rules that they build for themselves. Combining 1 + 2 can yield resolute resolve across a myriad of topics, currency chief among them, such as…
There are often many ways of modeling the same thing. Models are inherently inaccurate, but the best are those which combine an acceptable degree of inaccuracy with a significant reduction in complexity. It’s obvious that the theorized output of a system depends on the model used to represent the system, but it’s nonetheless an important…
Opinions you have about anything are reinforced each time you share them with another person. Possibly because my working hours are spent deep inside an acronym mating ground, the titles I’ve decided on for the concepts responsible are Repetition Influenced Perspective (RIP) and Combative Human Assailed Stock Market (CHASM). RIP: Leave a prisoner confined to…
The characteristics of a person’s body, the fairness of the face they wear, the sound of their voice; while some variance is possible through diet, surgery, and smoking, these physical attributes are largely outside the realm of modification, and they at least partially inform the personality of the person to whom they belong. People run…
A collection of romantic sentiments, based on experiences I’ve had since elementary school, presented in the style of R.D. Laing’s Knots: The type of girl I want is not the type of girl who would want me. You only want me if I don’t want you. I only want you if you don’t want me….
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