How does being smarter change how you learn things? While definitions of intelligence vary, and the models behind what makes some people smarter than others vary even more, a common view says that intelligence is likely linked closely to having a better generalized working memory. Working memory is essentially the ability to hold multiple ideas […]

There’s a lot of different lenses you can use to view any situation. Say you’re trying to get in better shape, improve your career, find a good relationship or just want to be happier with your life. You could see these through a lens of effort: the problem is simply that you haven’t tried hard […]

In case you missed it, I spent last month learning MIT’s quantum mechanics. I’ve written a bit about how the project went, what I did and why I did it here. Today, I’d like to talk about what I’ve learned and try to explain, without using math, what picture of reality quantum mechanics gives us […]

Yesterday morning, I finished my month-long project to get a good foundation in the basics of quantum mechanics. I had picked this project for two reasons. First was because I knew it was going to be a challenging class and the idea of understanding the strange rules which govern all of reality has fascinated me […]