My grandmother always said that if it rains on the first of the month, it’ll rain for fifteen days. As a kid, I tried to prove her wrong with science—but the results surprised me. Discover why our brains are wired to ignore the truth and how “confirmation bias” shapes everything from our morning commute to our professional relationships.
With over 60,000 plugins in the WordPress repository, finding a tool is easy—but finding one that won’t crash your site is the real challenge. Here is my personal framework for vetting plugins before they ever touch my website.
I spent years in the cogs of the evangelical machine, driven by a fear of infinite fire and a desperate need to do the “right thing.” But I eventually discovered that the loudest voices aren’t always the truest. This is why I’ve returned to writing—not for traffic or money, but for the sake of objective reality.
Slapping -p’password’ into your BASH script is a security disaster waiting to happen—anyone running ps -ef can see your credentials in plain text. But how do you automate backups and API calls without compromising your server? From .my.cnf and GPG encryption to Cloud Secret Managers, here are the best practices for handling secrets in Linux.
We’re often told that “common sense isn’t so common,” but is it actually enough to navigate the modern world? From confirmation bias to emotional reasoning, our brains are wired to take shortcuts that can lead us astray. Discover why the hardest part of thinking critically isn’t questioning others—it’s questioning yourself.
I spent decades feeling like an alien on the wrong planet—working twice as hard just to keep up with the “normies.” At 62, understanding AuDHD has changed everything. I’m finally stopping the act and choosing to spend the rest of my life on my own terms. Here is why the square peg is finally done trying to fit into the round hole.
According to Wikipedia, “The term ‘Renaissance man’ was first recorded in written English in the early 20th century. It is used to refer to great polymaths like those of the Renaissance.” Could it be that some of these greats were ADHD long before ADHD was identified?
Why do politicians and billionaires benefit when you stay uninformed? Explore the tension between the comfort of ignorance and the power of knowledge, and discover why reading banned books is an act of rebellion.
Is belief a virtue or a vulnerability? While supporting a child or believing in democracy serves a purpose, there is a dangerous line where belief replaces evidence and facts are swapped for narratives. From the biological pull of tribalism to the influence of faith on public law, explore why the pursuit of certainty can often lead us away from reality.
In a recent post, we examined how the human brain has evolved over hundreds of thousands of years to support the survival of Homo sapiens as semi-nomadic hunters and gathers. Much of the research behind it didn’t seem appropriate for the original post, but it seemed worth sharing. Let’s talk about some of the specific affects of our mental adaptation.
Evolution shaped us – bodies and minds – to survive in a world that we no longer inhabit. For us to thrive in our present environment, we need to take a realistic view of what we are and where we came from.
It’s the 16th of March, 1968, and 24-year-old Second Lieutenant William L. Calley Jr. has only been in Vietnam for three months. Hailing from Miami, Florida, United States, the short, stocky college drop-out is preparing to lead about a hundred men from Charlie Company on a mission to find and kill Vietcong enemies.
