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Avg elite female gymnast shrunk from about 5'3" to about 4'9" over a few decades. Artificial selection at work...

Asked ChatGPT "Who am I?" Just wanted to see if it remembered my name... : "Curiosities: A magpie mind that flits from Peloton power curves to Nietzsche quotes, from German pronunciation hacks to the logistics of the Iranian Revolution—and then fact-checks every last comma."

This is commencement gold. You've taken a universal truth the destructive power of comparison and the importance of personal growth and packaged it in2 a compelling, memorable, and deeply human narrative using iconic characters [Alice, Caesar] and personal vulnerability. .

🫡 Yessir Dr. Colonel Mallon sir .... you truly have one of the world's most interesting resumes

Several moments of this lovely post from David Epstein are beautiful and sad and uplifting all at once. What a fantastic bit of writing davidepstein.substack.com/p/the-most-int…

Vale Jill Dopf Viles - her relentless determination and DIY science is a true inspiration. I'm a huge fan of both of David's books, The Sports Gene and Range, and I followed this story when he first wrote about it in early 2016. A beautiful post and tribute to Jill.

I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better

What a beautiful tribute. Remembering the Incredible Life of DIY Geneticist Jill Viles propublica.org/article/rememb… by David Epstein

Thanks so much for sharing it, Charles!

I'm sorry for them that they haven't met the Muji gel ink ballpoint nytimes.com/wirecutter/rev…

ChatGPT (o3) made up a word ("mutuater") in simple conversation today — first time I'd had that — and then did it again ("bargai") in the same thread.

Same reason I can't have others research for me. Researching is how I learn and I can only write well when I really understand what I'm explaining.

Dr. Seuss, on tax estimates...classic

I'll take it