May 25, 2017
David Haskell
Asked how he developed his famous law of universal gravitation, Isaac Newton quipped: “By thinking on it continually.” Contrast this with the myth that it came to him all at once when an apple fell on his head! Albert Einstein attributed his own achievements to his willingness to spend 20 minutes on a problem…
April 13, 2017
David Haskell
Do you think philosophy is bullshit? Maybe it’s not total bullshit. Philosophy is well and good for kids in school, for instance, but not practical in the real world? We love to joke about philosophy majors flipping burgers for a living, don’t we? Philosophy sounds like a lot of talk and…