I got better at a lot of things over the past five years. One of those was asking questions—or, to be more exact—asking questions that no one else would ask. There is, contrary to popular advice, such a thing as a dumb question. A dumb question has an answer that you could have figured out … Continue reading On asking questions (and questions and questions…)
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Orienting myself out in the world
Having recently read through two of Tristan Gooley's "how to read" books—How to Read Nature and How to Read Water—I have spent the past couple of weeks in awe of how little I notice about the natural world around me. (A few months ago, after reading Rob Walker's The Art of Noticing, I felt similarly … Continue reading Orienting myself out in the world
The slippery slope of asking too many “why” questions
As someone who took to learning more about the sciences later in my life—really, meaning after my collegiate career had concluded and I was off on my own—I have run into a consistent problem in the course of my learning: my inability to simply accept a scientific fact as such and then move on. Like … Continue reading The slippery slope of asking too many “why” questions
Taylor Coe 