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Apples and oranges

Published on November 26, 2019November 26, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Making the right comparison

The answer you get depends on the question you ask.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Working from a snapshot

Published on November 19, 2019November 18, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Patient astronomers

People are rather ill-designed for astronomy.

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Greek tragedy

Published on November 12, 2019November 10, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Retained in translation

What comes across, and doesn’t, when we change languages.

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Fixing old things

Published on November 5, 2019November 3, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Repairable still

When do you stop paying for repairs?

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How did you do that?

Published on October 29, 2019October 27, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Doing and teaching

Watching yourself think takes effort and attention.

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A study in saffron

Published on October 22, 2019October 21, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Some supermarket economics

We contemplate making a fortune in the spice trade.

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Old science fiction

Published on October 15, 2019October 15, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

The trouble with predictions

It didn’t happen that way, but we enjoy the stories in spite of that.

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How much memory?

Published on October 8, 2019October 6, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Knowing vs. looking it up

Memorization is not the same as learning.  Still, it has its uses.

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At the fair

Published on October 1, 2019October 1, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Art and historical economics

We try to place a pleasant weekend in context.

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Searching for a word

Published on September 24, 2019September 20, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

At the source

There are many things we should already have read.  Sometimes we get around to reading them.

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