Rest and Digest vs Fight or Flight
Our bodies, when you think about it, have to deal with very different sets of challenges at different times: fending off tigers (or opposing players on »
Chesterton's Fence
Chesterton's Fence says, in short, that you should never let someone reform something (a rule, an institution) if he tells you that the thing »
On Shuttle Drivers, Chocolate, and NP-Completeness
I used to regularly take a shuttle from my university campus back to my house. As the students climbed aboard, we would each dutifully nod to »
Understanding Inflammation
In developed countries, some of the most intractable medical problems are not related to infection, but rather inflammation. It’s hard to watch TV and not »
Game Theory: Strategy and Backward Induction
Let’s play a game. I’ll let you go first which I promise will let you win… if you play just right. The game is »