Monthly Archives: May 2008

The Relationship Uncertainty Principle

A long long time ago, a friend and I wrote a document on the science of relationships. It was mostly silly, but it did have one section that wasn’t just made up. That section was on the Relationship Uncertainty Principle. The RUP works in a fashion similar to Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle in quantum physics. The …

May 20, 2008 – 9:56 pm | By Cap'n Refsmmat | Posted in Life | Tagged , , | Comments (2)

Any Psychologists in the House?

Can anyone explain to me why people love talking about things like they’re experts when they really don’t know anything about the subject? Like this guy: You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video I’m often asked questions about things that are out of my area of expertise. Rather than make …

May 16, 2008 – 10:03 pm | By Cap'n Refsmmat | Posted in Life, Science | Comments (3)

Going Gradeless

I’ve talked to quite a few people who agree that high school students focus too much on grades and too little on the actual learning — that students aim to improve their numbers, not their understanding. A good example would be the high school students who take vast numbers of college-level classes not because they …

May 6, 2008 – 12:11 am | By Cap'n Refsmmat | Posted in Education | Comments (6)