I was just reading Paul Graham‘s Mind the Gap (still not done). He was talking about wealth vs. money. It reminded me of a realization I had just the other day, so I thought I would share it with all of you! All the time I would hear people saying that there was unlimited wealth. [...]

This is actually a misconception. Most people assume it was the cat’s curiosity that killed it. This is not the case. It all comes from the story of Schrödinger’s cat. (answer bellow) A cat is placed in a sealed box. Attached to the box is an apparatus containing a radioactive nucleus and a canister of [...]

So I read this article on Space.com that some group of astronomers has decided that Pluto is no longer a planet, but is now astroid number 134340. My first response is to paraphase William Shakespeare “What’s in a name? That which we call a Pluto by any other name would still be a planet.” If [...]

I am reading this fabulous book called Cracking Creativity. It talks, among other things, about Albert Einstein’s creative process. I saw this quote today and it got me thinking: “It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.” -Albert Einstein That is the whole beauty of linear and creative thinking. [...]