Benjamin Keep

A while ago, I was at the self-checkout machine paying for my groceries when the machine ate my penny. Strange.

The experience of striking a tennis ball offers rich feedback. As you're waiting for the ball, you can

Do you know how to charge your electronics? When I was a teenager, the standard advice was to never leave

Often, we assume that more education leads to smarter individuals – at least, "smarter" as modern societies would define

It’s easy to think that those who oppose various scientific findings – like creationists or flat-earthers – don't understand

It's good to be right when arguing. To feel vindicated. To win. To know that you were right

Any argument in any context can involve miscommunication, frustration, intractability, emotional attachment, and pettiness. But there are important differences between

Many online discussions go nowhere because people never actually engage with the substance of the argument. I have had several

Conversations about free speech often invoke the marketplace of ideas: that the answer to “bad speech” is “more speech” because

Nearly every organization collects survey data of some sort. Few actually know what they’re doing. When my son was