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1. about 17 hours ago on Flo and Friends

   “hackneyed”: lacking significance through having been overused; unoriginal and trite.

2. about 17 hours ago on Arlo and Janis

   Occam’s razor, often attributed to 14th–century friar William of Ockham, says that if you have two competing ideas to explain the same phenomenon, you should prefer the simpler one.

   Religion is a good example of the dangers of oversimplification.

3. 1 day ago on Ben

   No, I am more selective. I “remember” passages of a book that I found interesting. Usually those passages are built around some idea or some quote that I particularly like.

   It is my opinion that much of a book is necessary background the author must put in to set the context for interesting ideas. Once you know that background, you don’t need to read it again.

   In a similar vein, many series books need to repeat some basic info for the sake of readers who are new. This happens in every Jack Reacher book and in every Bones (Temperance Brenner) book. Readers who are familiar with that basic material can just skip it.

4. 1 day ago on Ben

   When you have a photographic memory, keeping a hard copy is not necessary.

5. 1 day ago on Flo and Friends

   I am formerly left-handed, nerve damage (from a rock climbing mishap) forced me to learn to write righty. But I am still a great physicist.

6. 1 day ago on Crankshaft

   Yeah, I’m a back door man, I’m a back door man

   The men don’t know, but the little girls understand.

   (the doors)

7. 1 day ago on Bliss

   I’ve started to read about “attachment theory” (Levine & Keller). I used to agree with you. Now I think the concept of “enough” discipline is complicated.

8. 1 day ago on Flo and Friends

   I’ve noticed in my workplace (science lab) that nearly half of all mathematicians/physicists are left handed.

9. 3 days ago on Crankshaft

   She’s much prettier than Perfesser Cosmo Fishhawk.

10. 3 days ago on Bliss

    Faint impressions of the skyscraper forest, but it still makes me appreciate being far from the big cities.