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“High Achievers Use Bell Curves to Get Ahead of The Pack” Preview KEW Episode 98: The Normal Curve

By kpluseiswise | May 18, 2022May 17, 2022 by kpluseiswise

You hated statistics, right? And probably didn’t care too much about math? That’s how most people are, anyway. I didn’t really see the point in learning much of the numbers stuff, until I needed the knowledge. Household budgeting, running a business, and understanding what other people are trying to say are just three reasons to understand math and mathematical relationships. This Episode is an example. The normal, or ‘bell’ curve, or normal distribution, is a…

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‘You are You, and You are Me’ KEW Episode 97: A New World View

By kpluseiswise | May 13, 2022May 10, 2022 by kpluseiswise

Do you put on your oxygen mask first? Then what? We help our kids, our partners, the people sitting next to us. But we don’t think too much about what to do next. We are sort of obsessed with taking care of ourselves. And some of us suck at it. If you, like me, struggle with codependency, people pleasing, and conflict avoidance you may actually struggle with putting your needs first. Getting your needs met…

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‘We Are . . . . Earth. Solving the Problem Together’ Preview KEW Episode 97: New World View

By kpluseiswise | May 11, 2022May 17, 2022 by kpluseiswise

A lot of people may have an issue with this Episode. I really don’t have a feel for how many people believe we are all connected. KEW Episode 10 focused on the idea of Connectedness, but I don’t know if it is a popular concept. To me it is obvious that we are both individuals and also connected. Call it the dual nature of humans. Or dualism. Or individualism AND communism. Any kind of ism.…

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“How Could I Be So Wrong While Being So Confident I Was Right?” KEW Episode 96: Type II Error

By kpluseiswise | May 6, 2022May 3, 2022 by kpluseiswise

You know you do it. You think you are right about something, only to find out you were incredibly, undeniably, 180 degrees wrong. It happens. To all of us. To all of us humans, anyway. We all think we’re right. If we didn’t, we wouldn’t have conviction. We’d be open. We’d be undecided. Once we have made a decision, well, that decision is correct, correct? I mean, right? But not always. Many of us are…

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“I never made a mistake in my life. I thought I did once, but I was wrong” Preview KEW Episode 96: Type II Error

By kpluseiswise | May 4, 2022May 2, 2022 by kpluseiswise

How do you feel about math? How about statistics? If you are like most people, you don’t really care too much about math OR stats. I, myself, did not really like either – until I needed them. As a budding scientist I was really into field work, collecting data, hypothesizing, and playing in streams. But I wasn’t too keen on the writing and data analysis and stuff. Eventually I realized that you are only as…

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What if We Miss Our One and Only Amazing Purpose?

By kpluseiswise | May 3, 2022May 2, 2022 by kpluseiswise

I’m gearing up for my 100th Episode. Not the episode itself, really, but what will happen AFTER the episode. I’m gearing up for KEW episodes 101-200. The next few Episodes leading up to 100 are building up to a massive idea that has arisen from the first 100. Kind of an integration and a revelation. I will introduce the main ideas in episodes 99 and 100. Then the fun begins. But to explain the title…

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“Will You Be Remembered as a Good Person?” FLASHBACK! KEW Episode 16: Who Tells Your Story?

By kpluseiswise | May 2, 2022April 30, 2022 by kpluseiswise

This post was inspired by Lin Manuel Miranda and ‘Hamilton’. History is ‘His’ ‘Story. No matter what happens, it is kept alive in memories, writing, and stories. And whomever keeps it alive interprets the story. However, eyewitness testimony, or individual human memory, has been shown to be among the LEAST reliable way to relate things that happen ( However, eyewitness testimony, or individual human memory, has been shown to be among the LEAST reliable way…

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“Rugged Individualism or Unified Connection?” KEW Episode 95: Cooperation vs Competition

By kpluseiswise | April 29, 2022September 20, 2023 by kpluseiswise

Do you enjoy friendly competition? Many of us do. Some say it brings out the best in us. Some thrive in an environment where other people push us to perform at higher and higher levels. I can appreciate friendly competition like this. But I rarely see it. And sometimes even friendly competition turns sour. Feelings get hurt. Tempers flare. The high level of energy surrounding competitive exchanges can often spill over into anger. In Economics…

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“Because even if you win, you’re still a rat!” FLASHBACK! KEW Episode 15: Rat Racer

By kpluseiswise | April 25, 2022April 24, 2022 by kpluseiswise

If I’ve said it before, I’ve said it a million times. I still feel cheated by the rat race. The American Dream. The big lie. We are born, at least in the USA, dependent on the exchange of labor for money to support the US capitalist system. If we’re lucky we have guardians to support us until we are ‘adults’, but then we have to earn a few thousand dollars a month just to pay…

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“Balance, Moderation, and Going All-In” KEW Episode 94: Homeostasis

By kpluseiswise | April 22, 2022April 20, 2022 by kpluseiswise

Do you seek balance in your life, or do you go all-in on things you like? I used to think everyone wanted balance, and had a moderate approach to all things in order to maintain that balance across their varied interests. Given that there are only so many hours in a day, it’s hard to do all the things we love to do – or even the things we don’t want to do! But I…