and thus relies on System 1 for much of the real work of thinking. These two systems can work independently of each other, in parallel, and can disagree with one another—like when we’re troubled by the sense that, despite our careful thinking, “something is just wrong” with a decisio...
Have you ever wondered why, for so many people (and especially for anyone older than 30 years old), weight gain seems to be a fact of life? It's because the human body is way too efficient! It just does not take that much energy to maintain the human body at rest; and when exerci...
muscle growth to brain health.However, there’s still much to learn when it comes to the exact relationship between nutrition and sleep. Research suggests that a number of foods help shorten sleep onset time (that’s the amount of time it takes to fall asleep), but for the most part,hard...
they slope a teeny bit in a promising direction - blood pressure is the best of these, but blood pressure isn't what this study is supposed to be about; measure enough things and you're guaranteed to findsomethingyou can spin as news. But, overall, not much of anything actually changed...
I didn’t go out much to hang out with friends (it’s kind of hard to even have friends when you’re always panicky about who you can trust as a kid) so books were my friends. A lot of people would disagree with what they chose but to be honest it was the best decision for ...
The “programmer” output another holographic subtitle into the air without so much as a glance toward me: [it’s talking normally for a hun unit. i guess the transfer went well after all! and here i assumed it’d be impossible.] It was at this point that I realized that the “progra...
time together the last three years, and he means much more to me than just a quarterback and a player. The relationship we've built is something special, and it always will be. I just care about him as a person. I feel very fortunate to coach him but also to have him as a friend...
In 1994 I came across a book on soap making and thought, “Well, gee, it can’t be too hard.” I remembered my great-grandmother from Sweden had made it, and so had my mother when I was much younger. So I gathered my ingredients and set forth to make soap. ...
Three weeks and six batches of pita bread later, I am ready to report my findings. And I have much more to share than just a recipe. I even created an amazingly scrumptious, quick and easy version of one of my favorite foods. I also spent more time crouched down in front of the ov...
A long overdue lunch I owe Lisa for betting her who did worse on the GRE, “there’s no way you did worse than me, I’ll bet you.” Indeed, she did do worse. Lunch on me at Lucky’s. These guys are all 1st year grad students but I don’t see them much because I am ...