How to cut down on mindless scrolling and fight brain rot
The “Brain Rot” Problem We have all been there: spending incessant time on our phones, doom-scrolling our lives away. It is not uncommon for us to feel very unmotivated and…
Continue readingMaximize Your Impact: The Best Strategies for Donating Money and Why You Should
If you have some disposable income which you might consider donating to a YouTuber or a blogger, please stop and think about it for a bit. By donating it to an effective charity, that money could be used to make a far bigger positive impact in the world.
Continue readingReading List: Brief Answers to the Big Questions by Stephen Hawking
Stephen Hawking is the first scientist/author who has had a profound impact on my life. Yes, even before I was profoundly changed by watching Carl Sagan`s Cosmos on TV, the…
Continue readingConspiracy Theories – Why they are actually an easy answer and why do people believe in them
About one-third of Americans believe that 9/11 was an inside job by the Bush Administration. source: Scientific American. Now, unlike the moon landings or the flat Earth that is a dangerous…
Continue readingMy tips on how to make a difference at work
Introduction This is not yet another productivity tips post from a random self-proclaimed “productivity expert.” Instead, we will focus on being a positive contributing factor at work. How do we…
Continue readingReview: Delusions of Gender by Cordelia Fine
If you would go by some popular science magazines and conventional wisdom – when it comes to differences between men and women science is settled. We know exactly what the differences are, what are the strong points of being a man and what are the strong points of being a woman.
Continue readingReading List: Arguing about Gods by Graham Oppy
If you are like me and ask yourself the Big Questions fairly frequently, you probably ask yourself perhaps the biggest question of them all: Is there a God?
Continue readingHow I passed the PL-400 Exam
You might not be familiar with the PL-400 exam – it is the requirement to obtain the “Power Platform Developer Associate” certification.
Continue readingAtheism: The Basics by Graham Oppy – Review
Author examines the definition of atheism, the history of atheism, speaks about various notable atheists from history and examines whether they really were atheists in the same sense of the word as we use the word today, or were they “merely” sceptics or something else entirely.
Continue readingHow to detect fake news
Fake news is just that – articles and other content that are presented as true but are in reality either made up completely or do contain an element of truth but grossly exaggerate or misrepresent other elements and facts that can be found in the article. Or even half of an article can be true, and the other half completely made up. Here’s how not to be fooled.
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