Benjamin Keep

Benjamin Keep

Nov
30

Have recipes changed?

Like so many observations about life, I'm not sure if things have changed or if I'm just growing older. But
4 min read
Nov
23

When plans are overrated

The Magic streamer Kenji "Numot the Nummy" Egashira does something unusual. He doesn't make guides to help people understand the
3 min read
Nov
16

The Ranking Trope

I’ve always admired my son’s Bartebly-like resistance to one of the most common questions that adults ask children:
2 min read
Nov
09

The Threads of Bad Science

How do you extract bad science from your head? During one of my previous jobs, I had to pore over
3 min read
Nov
02

Learning is Path Dependent

Prior to the summer of 2022, my son had no interest in rockets. Trains? Yes. Fire trucks? Yes. Planes? Hell
2 min read
Oct
26

When Information Sours Decision-Making

I began playing poker in the early aughts. No-limit-holdem was skyrocketing to popularity, online casinos were offering absurd bonuses to
3 min read
Oct
19

Why Won't Science Tell Me The Answer?

Science is often portrayed as an activity that provides answers. And so it does. To get to the moon, you
1 min read
Oct
12

Lessons from The Mozart Effect

Can listening to Mozart make your kid more intelligent? The Mozart Effect wasn't the original quirky psychology finding. But it
7 min read
Oct
05

Government by Crisis

In 1038, a young leader from "The Great State of White and High" (AKA Xi Xia) decided to start a
3 min read
Sep
28

The Best Book No One Has Read

It's bad when academics don't even read your book. Alistair Crombie's magnum opus, "Styles of Scientific Thinking in the European
3 min read