IELTS was very hard
I recently took a computerised IELTS (Academic) test (except the speaking part), and it was far harder than I expected it to be. Serves me right to be overconfident—I did…
An aside on keeping pet cats
I've just finished The Power of Babel, which was a book about the benefits of owning a cat, preferably black with white spots.Okay, it's not, it was a very interesting…
Intelligence is not selected for
A discussion on meaning by way of how we exist, with a twist
Pinker’s Enlightenment Now
The biggest problem with this book is the fact most important section: "On science, reason, and humanism" was placed at the back of the book, easily-missed by the many skimmers…
Excuses for why I haven’t finished the Power of Babel
The Power of Babel is a 2001 book by John McWhorter that I'm still reading after 3 weeks.It's filled with so many examples and comparisons I couldn't help but get…
“Don’t forget”, I said
When I was six I thought my memory was eternal and that I could not possibly forget anything as long as I tried. It's been decades now, and I still…