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Category: Readings

Too Solitary to Stay: Liu Zongyuan’s Little Stone Pool

Liu Zongyuan, 柳宗元

Why a 10% Increase and a 10% Decrease Do Not Cancel

百分比, Percentages

Great Beauty Without a Spoken Explanation

Zhuangzi, 庄子

Why Do Mature Sunflowers Usually Stop Following the Sun?

Sunflowers, 向日葵

The Junzi Uses Things; the Lesser Person Is Used by Them

荀子, Self-Cultivation, Xunzi, 修养

Why Can Staring at Red Leave a Cyan Afterimage?

Afterimages, Colour Vision, 色觉, 残像

Standing on Tiptoe Does Not Make One Steady; Overstriding Does Not Carry One Far

Dao De Jing, 道德经, Restraint, 克制

Why Does Sparkling Water Sting the Tongue?

Carbonation, 碳酸饮料, Sensory Science, 感官科学

The Noble Person Learns to Shape the Self, Not to Offer a Gift

荀子, learning, Xunzi, 学习

Why Random Arrivals at a Bus Stop More Often Land in Long Gaps

Inspection Paradox, Probability, 检视悖论, 概率

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