I’ll admit that this is an ambitious post title. Thinkers have struggled against this question for thousands of years. One of the interesting things about this question is that the answers don’t converge on a single point. Instead there are many different methods to answer what might be the most important human question. I’m certainly […]
Post Number 500
This is the 500th post on ScottHYoung.com. Although some of the posts are news-related, if you include the 100-200 articles I’ve written off the website, 3 e-books and an interactive program, I’d guess I’ve written more than 500 articles worth of content. I thought I’d take this opportunity to share a little about how the […]
Eat Like a Statistician
How healthy is the food you put into your body? This question is a bit like asking people if they are good drivers; 80% of people claim they are above the median, even though this is statistically impossible. You may like to think you’re healthy, but do you actually know? The solution is to run […]
Friday Links 08-03-05
From the Web I’ve stockpiled two weeks worth of links for today. Last week was the release of Learn More, Study Less, which replaced the normal edition of Friday Links. The Art of Pseudo-Skimming – Cal writes about how to pseudo-skim. The idea is similar to my interpretation of speed reading–that you need to control […]
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