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General knowledge

Suspect a Mistake Before Malice: Hanlon’s Razor

Hanlon’s Razor is a rule of thumb that says not to blame malice for what mistakes or foolishness can adequately explain. This piece covers where it came from, why we tend to read o

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Education

Learning More Deeply by Teaching: The Protégé Effect

Why do we learn better ourselves when we try to teach others? This article explains the origins of the protégé effect, the Betty's Brain experiment, why preparing to teach deepens

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Library & information science

The Concept and Stages of SQ3R, an Effective Reading Method

This time, I would like to introduce SQ3R, a step-by-step technique for effective reading. SQ3R is a reading method consisting of five stages: surveying, questioning, reading, memo

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Library & information science

Library Checkout and Return Systems: Flowcharts and Concepts

This time, I would like to put together some material about the system used to check out and return books at a library. A library's checkout and return system automates its loan-re

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Journalism & communication

A Persuasion Vaccine You Get in Advance: Inoculation Theory

Inoculation theory holds that people who meet weak counterarguments in advance and practice refuting them resist stronger persuasion later. This piece covers William J. McGuire’s 1