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KEW The Acid Test Assumptions. Using DNA and Nature to Advise the Big Questions (Episode 106)

By kpluseiswise | January 5, 2023January 3, 2023 by kpluseiswise

Before embarking on an investigation any researcher worth their salt will state their assumptions. This lays the groundwork for what is to come and allows the reader to contextualize the investigation. In regular science, this is often ignored. It’s a shame we seem to be losing this important piece of the discourse puzzle. Anyway, when it comes to the Acid Tests, most of my assumptions are ‘what we already know’ kinds of things. -DNA is…

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There is No Free Lunch. KEW Episode 89: Trade-offs

By kpluseiswise | March 18, 2022March 18, 2022 by kpluseiswise

You gotta give a little to get a little. . .

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KEW Episode 73: What is Stress?

By kpluseiswise | November 26, 2021 by kpluseiswise

Ahh, stress, our bestest buddy. Our forever companion. The voice in our head telling us how much we suck. The ticking clock rushing us to work and home every day. Yeah, you know what stress is, but what is it REALLY? And how can it be so many DIFFERENT things? Can you define it if someone asks you? Beyond whatever it is in that particular moment that is bothering you? Like, generally, what is stress?…

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KEW Episode 70: The Great Resignation

By kpluseiswise | November 5, 2021 by kpluseiswise

Ok, sure. So more people than usual are not working. Makes sense. There was some unemployment incentives, a little extra cash, extended for a longer period of time. That probably made not working and being on unemployment more attractive for a while. There were also eviction moratoria across the U.S. that reduced monthly expenses for a lot of renters. And, sure, there was some fear about being around a lot of people; especially in the…

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FLASHBACK! KEW Episode 48: Unlearning

By kpluseiswise | October 4, 2021 by kpluseiswise

Many KEW episodes and posts refer to things I learned in the past that maybe don’t help us any more, are outdated, or were simply wrong to begin with. From thinking Competition actually regulates our markets (Episode 6), wondering how Old Beliefs (Episode 9) hold us back, to the idea that we all feel different, but that actually makes us the same (Episode 21). Under all of this there is a theme of having to…

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Preview KEW Episode 65: How Do We Know if We Really Know What We Think We Know?

By kpluseiswise | September 29, 2021 by kpluseiswise

I’m not sure where I heard this phrase but I always thought it had a nice balance of being both funny and thought provoking. Like, many a truth comes out in jest. It sounds like I’m kidding, but this is a serious question. How do we ever ‘know’ anything? Go back to my very first Episode 1: Facts. This is part of what I was getting at. Humans just don’t have the capacity to know…

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FLASHBACK! KEW Episode 47: Changing Behavior Changes Beliefs

By kpluseiswise | September 20, 2021 by kpluseiswise

For years I was stuck trying to THINK my way into changing my behaviors, beliefs, habits, actions. Not that I was all that bad or needed massive changes, but there were things I wanted to be different. I would get anxious a lot. I would get defensive sometimes. I would say no to social invitations. I would be afraid to try some new things. You know, just some things I wanted to change. So, I…

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KEW Preview Episode 63: The Two Types of Shoulds

By kpluseiswise | September 15, 2021 by kpluseiswise

This Episode started out examining the different kinds of shoulds. Some shoulds come from extrinsic sources like my dad telling me I needed to get a job and not study philosophy in college, or your church telling you not to be gay. Extrinsic shoulds can be pretty easy to identify because they are often things we rebel against, are mean, or are even evil. Intrinsic shoulds can be complicated. Some are good. We tell ourselves…

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Preview KEW Curiosity Interview Series 9: Marcas Hemmila

By kpluseiswise | May 26, 2021 by kpluseiswise

Marcas Hemmila is on a mission to help you grow, get unstuck, and ignite a fire in your life. His background is super interesting as he has been in the military and was a computer programmer, but is now spreading hope and help across the internet. So he brings with him a cool combination of leadership, a scientific mind, and a genetic predisposition to help people. He is putting out incredible content daily on tiktok,…

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KEW Episode 48: Unlearning

By kpluseiswise | May 21, 2021March 12, 2024 by kpluseiswise

As I move toward Episode 50 and what I hope to be a major shift in what I’m working toward with KEW, I realize how important Unlearning is. How do we KNOW if we REALLY know what we THINK we know? Well, we don’t. But we can think about it. And unlearning comes in to play as a necessary ‘next step’ for those of us who have ever asked this kind of question. Or questions…