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A rotten apple can spoil the barrel but a bad farmer can spoil the farm.
As Chico Marx said in Duck Soup, “Well, who ya gonna believe me or your own eyes?” Humans put great store in their visual abilities (which makes sense, given its predominance in our sensory systems) and we tend to believe what we see. That’s why magic tricks work: They distract…
I could go on and on about hairs. And I will.

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Sorry I was a little late with this one. I got a bit salty over it.
As opposed to "Happy Friday." I'm fully booked tomorrow. So, no.
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This is a portion of a foreword I wrote for Malice Domestic: Murder Most Conventional. It is a conversational approach to much of my philosophical…
And read to the end to learn about exciting new anti-counterfeiting technology
The legislation is willing but the budget is weak.
A murderous nurse at work—or just coincidence? “We humans are terribly good at seeing patterns when they’re not there” (that’s pareidolia, related to…
If you study field mice, your field is biology and you are a biologist. If you study polymers, your field is chemistry and you are a chemist. If you…
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