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January 2016
Time is a Box
June 2013
3D Printing
The Skin Gun
March 2013
Review: Drive
Genome Compiler
December 2012
Environmental Reliability
June 2012
Intransitivity
Economics of Dueling
Zone of Proximal Development
Endowment Effect
Parkinson's Law
The Future Takes Time
Hacking New Senses
Security Theater
Review: Paradox of Choice
May 2012
Classic Software Development Mistakes
Rats as Detectors
Teaching Creative Thinking
Misunderstanding Email
Reader Question: How do fireworks work?
Applied Game Theory
Focus on a Purpose to Inspire Action
Asking the Naive Question
April 2012
Review: Stop Stealing Dreams
March 2012
Little Albert
February 2012
Code Review: metadash
January 2012
Enjoying the Process
Deferred Gratification
The Dark Side of Meta
November 2011
Reset to a Known State
Anscombe's Quartet
Patient Problem Solving
Khan Academy
September 2011
Quality v. Quantity
Classical Music as a Punishment
Boredom & Distraction
Get Paying Customers First
The Briefcase Technique
Pretotyping
Metaist, Now with More Metaist
December 2010
Dr. Tae on Teaching and Learning
Pi v. Tau
October 2010
Reader Question: How do geological layers work?
Reader Post: Spicy Food
August 2010
Nobody Likes a Goody Two-Shoes
Dry Water
Indigo Children
Forer Effect
Prisoner's Dilemma
July 2010
Effective Apologies
Meanness & Executive Pay
Babies & Morality
Facilitated Communication
June 2010
Ideomotor Effect
May 2010
Take The Metaist 2010 Survey! [Closed]
Reader Story: Circular Learning Management System
Reader Question: How is yogurt made?
Cold War Continues in North Korea
Reader Review: The Checklist Manifesto
Google Chrome is Fast
Origin: Drink From a Fire Hose
April 2010
Synthetic Happiness
Seedless Fruit
March 2010
Review: Mint.com
February 2010
Disease Screening & Base Rate Fallacy
Review: The Autonomy of Mathematical Knowledge
The Arnell Group & PepsiCo
Reader Question: Brushing & Curling
Zotero
Shoes & Gait
January 2010
Clever Hans Effect
First Instinct Fallacy
Cargo Cults
Pentatonic Scale
Placebo Effect
fMRI & False Positives
Dihydrogen Monoxide
Conference: Biological Foundations of Morality
The Mindless Ginkgo
The Dilute Homeopathy
The Perceptive Lintgen
The Deceptive Hydrick
The Amazing Randi
Split-brain
Inattentional Blindness
Wireless Electricity
Electromagnetic Induction
Resonance
December 2009
Thinking About Other People's Thoughts
Crowdsourcing & Crowd Wisdom
Vending Machines for Crows
Playgrounds that Generate Electricity
Chiropractic Destroyed from Within
Fear of Spiders and Snakes
Punctuation Marks
Steampunk
Gambling & Insurance Policies
Rules, Discretion, Appeals & Audit
Boredom & Body Language
Intrinsic & Extrinsic Motivation
Review: Economics in One Lesson
Arrow's Impossibility Theorm
Zeno's Paradox
Reader Question: What is Google Wave?
Dan Bull Sings Open Letters
November 2009
Russell's Paradox
The Importance of Numeracy
Computational Theory for Lawyers
Review: I Will Teach You To Be Rich
Advances in Printer Ink
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Pomodoro Technique
Discontent Grows with Google: Wave, Colsure and Go
Inbox Zero
Psychological Barriers
Easy Big Wins
Zombies in Math and Literature
Fairness: Equity, Equality and Relative Need
Pareto Efficiency