I like understanding things. Many explanations strike me as insufficient, and I wanted to know what features characterize the explanations that frustrate me. I looked through answers to why questions on Quora, found ones I didn’t like, and tried to find patterns in them. So far, I've come up with...
Sometimes conversations involve people using the same word differently. In the best case scenario, participants notice and choose a favorable provisional definition. Outside of conversations, people advocate for specific meanings to be adopted or not adopted more broadly. Below, I discuss reasonable and unreasonable ways people evaluate definitions, along with...
I try to think about topics like desire, causation, and evidence and often find myself in puddles of confusion. I’ve recently wondered how, when someone can see various perspectives on a topic and can’t decide which has most merit, they can resolve these internal debates. I also wondered if this...
I, like many others, struggle with sticking to my goals. I was interested in analyzing data relevant to the topic and thought the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter might be an interesting place to look, as I was aware that not every funded Kickstarter delivered a product. I focused on video games...