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In some ways, trolling seems like it’s an intrinsically anti-geek activity.

Higher taxes will be better! Or maybe lower ones! Or maybe a totally different tax plan! Or maybe it’s just really really really hard to know anything about economics.

Have you ever found yourself acting in weird ways after consuming a work of fiction? Turns out it’s something our brains are wired for.

The biggest obstacle between you & having your very own whatever-it-is is just the misconception that “making” is just for factories.

Hoo boy. I had nowhere near the background I needed to do this episode justice, but I think the message is still a good one: without rigor, language & thought is messy as all hell.

It’s a common refrain: “Sorry, I’m not some sort of math-genius. I kinda suck at math & I hate it.” Actually, you probably just suck at arithmetic. Math is fun.

Usually, we think about “emotional” & “rational” as polar opposites, but is that actually true?

The “Feminist Sex Wars” are some of the most bitter & vicious arguments imaginable – why is it that movements of people who more or less agree on goals are so eager to fight amongst themselves?

Nerds like me tend to fetishize knowledge as a worthy end unto itself…but is that necessarily true?