The Exceptional Self
Posted on Jun 4, 2003 | Last Updated Nov 19, 2011
Essays delving into trying to excel and make something better of life.
Learning Approaches
Posted on Jun 4, 2003 | Last Updated Nov 19, 2011
Essays dealing with the often heated debates on learning styles.
We Need Science
Posted on Jun 4, 2003 | Last Updated Nov 19, 2011
Essays on the need to prioritize science in our everyday lives--and to focus on science in our schools.
Perplexing Things
Posted on Feb 6, 2014 | Last Updated Jun 23, 2014
Essays on perplexing and amazing aspects of reality that are often unintuitive.
statistics, nature, mind, math, perplex
My failed faith
Posted on Oct 19, 2002 | Last Updated Oct 30, 2011
The evolution of Shawn Olson's views on faith, religion and ethics.
apostasy of shawn olson, ethics, morality, debate
My feelings on God
Posted on Oct 19, 2002 | Last Updated Oct 30, 2011
My personal views on God.
agnostic, agnosticism, atheism, god, religion debate
Education in Debt
Posted on Dec 30, 2002 | Last Updated Oct 30, 2011
The assumption that a diploma means educated is not well founded.
cost of education, waste education, schooling, schools diplomas
Reviewing the Slate
Posted on Feb 26, 2004 | Last Updated Nov 5, 2011
Review of Steven Pinker's book The Blank Slate and the common notion that we are all born without predispositions.
blank slate, human nature, steven pinker, cultural relativism, feminism, brain, psychology
Google's Dewey Update
Posted on Jun 9, 2008 | Last Updated Nov 12, 2011
Some thoughts on the latest upheaval to the search engine world and the so-called Dewey Update.
google, dewey update
