For reading between the lines with greater comprehension
I saw Al Gore’s movie, An Inconvenient Truth, and went right out and bought a used Honda Insight (66 mpg). I know my energy-conserving car makes a negligible dent in global warming. My father would have called my purchase a “votive act,” votive meaning showing or symbolizing a wish or desire. When he was diagnosed [...]
Of all life’s pleasures, one of the sweetest is good conversation. I suppose for some, good conversation is just taking turns telling stories apropos of nothing in particular, but for the rest of us good conversation is a kind of rigorous play, the kind of detective work kids do together, exploring for new clues and [...]
One of my favorite decision theory jokes goes like this: A man is boasting about his successful marriage. A friend asks him what’s the secret. “It’s a simple division of labor,” the happy husband says. “She makes all the little decisions and I make all the big ones.” “For example?” the friend asks. “She decides [...]
When you’re deep into the details of some discipline, be it nursing, accounting, auto repair, or mind reading, the number of important factors and considerations gets so great that you need a way to organize them. Here, in the deeps of mind reading, the way to organize the multitude of factors is through careful abstract [...]
A dear old professor of mine wrote suggesting that I give more guidance or advice in these Mind Readers columns. To me, guidance comes in three varieties. The first tells people what they should always do. The second tells people to find the happy medium between two or more things they should do. The third [...]
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