Eligible Book Snapshot
Eligible: A Modern Retelling of Pride & Prejudice by Curtis Sittenfeld My rating: 4 of 5 stars Very fine recasting of Pride and Prejudice to 21st century America with liberated woman and massive changes in…
Daily Life
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Covid by Age Group
We hear that covid is more serious for older people and that children don't get it much. Being a number person, I like to see…
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Covid-19 Cases and Hospital Admissions
I've heard the doctors and newscasters say that hospitalizations occur a few weeks after the covid-19 cases occur. I wanted to see how long that…
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Covid-19 Increase in Deaths
How trivial is the covid-19 death rate? It has increased the US death rate by 10% every month. Deaths per Day. Aggregated to Month October…
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Mid-Pandemic Prognosis
The fatality rate for people who contact Covid-19 has dropped. Look at the left table below. It shows the heavy toll the disease took on…
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Non-Logical Influences
Placebo Effect If a number of people are given a sugar pill (unbeknownst to them and inert with respect to an illness), some will report…
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Fundamental Attribution Error. A Real Impact
Let me start with a formal description. The fundamental attribution error (FAE), also known as correspondence bias or attribution effect, is the tendency for people…
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MindWorks and Internal Worldview
I always look for new angles to understand how the mind works. When Mark Gorkin (@stressdoc) mentioned that MindWorks uses beliefs, thoughts, and feelings to…
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Education Cluster
The education cluster of posts starts with general principles then focuses on high school changes. It ranges from overall educational goals to curriculum changes to…
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Government
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Cost of Tea Party
Nov 4, 2020. With the pandemic, many of us now…
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Voting Decisions in a Democratic Republic
The United States is a democratic republic. Democratic meaning rule…
Science
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Covid-19 Cases and Hospital Admissions
I've heard the doctors and newscasters say that hospitalizations occur a few weeks after the covid-19 cases occur. I wanted to see how long that…
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Cost of Tea Party
Nov 4, 2020. With the pandemic, many of us now see another proper role of government—coordinating the response to a national, medical emergency. What if…
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Covid-19 MD and GA new cases
Once a number person, always a numbers person. Despite the pandemic being a baleful event, my mathematical brain still finds the tracing of its numbers…
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Economic Policy
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Cost of Tea Party
Nov 4, 2020. With the pandemic, many of us now see another proper role of government—coordinating the response to a national, medical emergency. What if…
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Wall Street and Main Street
The mass media uses Wall Street and Main Street in their discussions. Of course, they have overlap, but Wall Street is happiest when the S&P…
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Invisible Hand
Invisible Hand, self-regulation of markets Dictionary.com describes the typical conception. The Invisible Hand in the economics of Adam Smith, an unseen force or mechanism that…
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Fiction on Burning Thoughts
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First Home
“We’re crazy to be freezing. Out in the wilderness, miles from home,” my little brother complained. “I should be playing World of Warfare with my…
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Return to Earth
He who climbs onto the roof should not kickaway the ladder.-Karol IrzykowskiBaltimore CanyonSundaySep. 5, 2258 “Eureka, I have found it!” That’s what I should have…
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Sometimes Something Happens
Sometimes something happens and you just think, isn't that interesting? Something like that happened to me at work. A woman, whom I like, a coworker…
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Salamander Stew
Nambo, the 6187th, set aside his art module and a bowl of tasty stew. He arose from a pleasant reverie aboard the starship, Polaris, happy…
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Hall of Fame
In Nirvana, there is a curious skyscraper, a hodge-podge of styles and wild invention. It appears a fanciful layer cake. Upon a hand-troweled foundation lay…
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Time Travel
This story was written long ago. The year 2000 was but a distant twinkle. My name is Reinhold Armod. I am the unfortunate man who…
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Nanosecond in the Life
Cloud chamber with ionized tracks Philip Photon waits in the matrix of his gestation nucleon for the moment of his release. Beads of perspiration trickle…
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