Teaching eighth grade math made me better at math because I had the chance to focus on the fundamentals.
Author Archives: John
Rich
Be rich enough to waste your time.
Water
Don’t ask if someone wants water, just hand them a glass.
Each Day Is A New Day
Just because you believed something in the past is not a good enough reason to believe it now.
The Question You Should Be Asking Yourself
Why can’t you just sit by yourself and not do anything?
Social Pressures Against Rationality
Rationality is hard—if we were completely rational, we would be considered psychopaths by everyone around us.
Steadfast Beliefs
When confronted by conflicting evidence, we can either update our beliefs or categorize such evidence as an anomaly, rare, or untrue. We tend to do the latter.
The Problem With Induction
How do you know the event was rare?
