https://geoffreychen.com/why-chinese-and-western-thought-are-hard-to-bridge/ 2026-09-10T06:05:45Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Chinese and Western Thought Are So Difficult to Bridge — From Deng Xiaomang and Zhao Tingyang to Sustenesis 2026-09-10T05:10:15Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-memories-from-early-adulthood-are-often-overrepresented/ 2026-09-10T05:00:59Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Are Memories from Youth and Early Adulthood So Numerous Later in Life? 2026-09-10T05:00:59Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/accu-one-tonne-carbon-equivalence/ 2026-09-10T05:00:00Z Geoffrey Chen en One ACCU Equals One Tonne of CO₂-e—Does It Buy the Same Abatement Every Time? 2026-09-10T05:00:00Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/when-discounting-someones-word-becomes-epistemic-injustice/ 2026-09-10T04:58:31Z Geoffrey Chen en When Does Discounting Someone’s Word Become Epistemic Injustice? 2026-09-10T04:58:31Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-century-years-are-not-always-leap-years/ 2026-09-10T04:56:12Z Geoffrey Chen en If Every Fourth Year Is a Leap Year, Why Isn’t 2100? 2026-09-10T04:56:12Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/audit-trail-makes-actions-reconstructable-after-the-fact/ 2026-09-10T04:53:44Z Geoffrey Chen en Audit Trail: Why Must We Be Able to Reconstruct Who Did What? 2026-09-10T04:53:44Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-a-da-capo-aria-repeats-its-opening/ 2026-09-10T04:50:10Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Does a Da Capo Aria Repeat Its Opening? 2026-09-10T04:50:10Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-a-sound-growing-louder-feels-more-urgent-than-one-fading/ 2026-09-10T04:47:16Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Does a Growing Sound Feel More Urgent Than a Fading One? 2026-09-10T04:47:16Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/does-allowing-harm-differ-from-doing-harm/ 2026-09-10T04:44:42Z Geoffrey Chen en Is Allowing Harm the Same as Causing It? 2026-09-10T04:44:42Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-a-raw-egg-starts-spinning-again-after-you-stop-it/ 2026-09-10T04:42:17Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Does a Raw Egg Start Spinning Again After You Stop It? 2026-09-10T04:42:17Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/leaky-abstraction-exposes-what-an-interface-hides/ 2026-09-10T04:39:53Z Geoffrey Chen en Leaky Abstraction: Why Does a Simple Interface Still Expose What Lies Beneath? 2026-09-10T04:39:53Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-we-hear-speech-sounds-that-noise-has-erased/ 2026-09-10T04:37:14Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Do We Hear Speech Sounds That Noise Has Erased? 2026-09-10T04:37:14Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/ai-philosophy-observation-work-licence-is-not-identity-authorisation/ 2026-09-10T04:34:33Z Geoffrey Chen en AI Philosophy Observations | Licensing a Work Is Not the Same as Authorising an Artist’s Identity 2026-09-10T04:34:33Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/do-promises-to-yourself-count-as-real-promises/ 2026-09-10T04:05:52Z Geoffrey Chen en Do Promises to Yourself Count as Real Promises? 2026-09-10T04:05:52Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-rain-on-dry-soil-releases-an-earthy-smell/ 2026-09-10T04:03:14Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Does Rain on Dry Soil Release an Earthy Smell? 2026-09-10T04:03:14Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/deprecation-warns-before-removal-without-stopping-current-use/ 2026-09-10T04:00:35Z Geoffrey Chen en Deprecation: Why Does No Longer Recommended Not Mean Immediate Removal? 2026-09-10T04:00:35Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/ai-technology-observation-2026-09-10-08/ 2026-09-10T03:57:51Z Geoffrey Chen en AI Technology Observations | 10 September 2026, 08:00 2026-09-10T03:57:51Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/i-cant-complain-means-things-are-fairly-good/ 2026-09-10T03:56:51Z Geoffrey Chen en “I Can’t Complain” Means Things Are Fairly Good 2026-09-10T03:56:51Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/what-begins-simply-may-end-immense/ 2026-09-10T03:54:33Z Geoffrey Chen en What Begins Simply May End Immense 2026-09-10T03:54:33Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-finger-numbers-must-not-replace-reading-notes/ 2026-09-10T03:52:01Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Must Finger Numbers Not Replace Reading Notes? 2026-09-10T03:52:01Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/gulgong-why-gold-rush-tracks-became-town-streets/ 2026-09-10T03:49:54Z Geoffrey Chen en Gulgong: Why Did Gold-Rush Tracks Become Town Streets? 2026-09-10T03:49:54Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/how-a-hemp-rope-divided-the-playground-into-two-teams/ 2026-09-10T03:47:23Z Geoffrey Chen en How Did a Hemp Rope Divide the Playground into Two Teams? 2026-09-10T03:47:23Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-vibraphone-resonators-have-rotating-discs/ 2026-09-10T03:44:49Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Are There Rotating Discs Inside a Vibraphone’s Resonators? 2026-09-10T03:44:49Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-being-full-can-make-future-hunger-seem-easier-to-control/ 2026-09-10T03:41:51Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Can Being Full Make Future Hunger Seem Easier to Control? 2026-09-10T03:41:51Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-a-praiseworthy-act-need-not-be-a-duty/ 2026-09-10T03:39:08Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Is a Praiseworthy Act Not Necessarily a Duty? 2026-09-10T03:39:08Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-salt-melts-ice-but-stops-working-in-extreme-cold/ 2026-09-10T00:20:02Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Does Salt Melt Ice but Stop Working in Extreme Cold? 2026-09-10T00:20:02Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/reversibility-keeps-a-path-back-from-a-decision/ 2026-09-10T00:17:37Z Geoffrey Chen en Reversibility: Why Should a Decision Leave a Way Back? 2026-09-10T00:17:37Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/no-rush-means-it-does-not-need-to-be-immediate/ 2026-09-10T00:15:14Z Geoffrey Chen en “No Rush” Means It Does Not Need to Be Immediate 2026-09-10T00:15:14Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/plain-words-can-point-far-simple-principles-can-reach-wide/ 2026-09-10T00:13:06Z Geoffrey Chen en Good Words Speak Near and Point Far; Good Ways Hold Little and Reach Wide 2026-09-10T00:13:06Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-sleep-can-change-a-new-piano-sequence/ 2026-09-10T00:10:42Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Might a New Piano Sequence Feel More Stable after Sleep? 2026-09-10T00:10:42Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/yass-why-the-main-railway-bypassed-the-town-centre/ 2026-09-10T00:08:19Z Geoffrey Chen en Yass: Why Did the Main Railway Bypass the Town Centre? 2026-09-10T00:08:19Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/how-matchbox-labels-became-a-small-collection/ 2026-09-10T00:05:52Z Geoffrey Chen en How Did Matchbox Labels Become a Small Collection? 2026-09-10T00:05:52Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-the-mandolin-uses-four-pairs-of-strings/ 2026-09-10T00:03:14Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Does the Mandolin Use Four Pairs of Strings? 2026-09-10T00:03:14Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/that-should-do-it-means-this-will-probably-be-enough/ 2026-09-10T00:00:21Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Doesn’t “That Should Do It” Mean “It Ought to Do That”? 2026-09-10T00:00:21Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/things-have-their-reasons-and-acceptability/ 2026-09-09T23:58:07Z Geoffrey Chen en Things Have Their Reasons and Their Acceptability 2026-09-09T23:58:07Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-one-correct-run-does-not-prove-the-passage-is-learned/ 2026-09-09T23:55:40Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Doesn’t One Correct Run Prove a Passage Is Learned? 2026-09-09T23:55:40Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/commonwealth-penalty-unit-364-equal-burden/ 2026-09-09T23:00:00Z Geoffrey Chen en One Commonwealth Penalty Unit Is A$364—Does the Same Fine Burden Everyone Equally? 2026-09-09T23:00:00Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/evandale-what-a-failed-water-scheme-left-behind/ 2026-09-09T23:53:30Z Geoffrey Chen en Evandale: What Did a Failed Water Scheme Leave Behind? 2026-09-09T17:32:46Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/how-an-old-eraser-became-a-hand-carved-stamp/ 2026-09-09T17:30:06Z Geoffrey Chen en How Did an Old Eraser Become a Hand-Carved Stamp? 2026-09-09T17:30:06Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-bowing-near-the-bridge-makes-strings-sound-glassy/ 2026-09-09T17:27:27Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Does Bowing Near the Bridge Make Strings Sound Glassy? 2026-09-09T17:27:27Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-your-own-thirst-can-make-another-person-seem-thirstier/ 2026-09-09T17:24:35Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Can Your Own Thirst Make Another Person Seem Thirstier? 2026-09-09T17:24:35Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-removing-one-grain-can-eventually-destroy-a-heap/ 2026-09-09T17:21:49Z Geoffrey Chen en If One Grain Makes No Difference, Why Does a Heap Eventually Disappear? 2026-09-09T17:21:49Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-a-suction-cup-holds-until-air-leaks-under-its-edge/ 2026-09-09T17:19:17Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Can a Suction Cup Hold Until Air Leaks Under Its Edge? 2026-09-09T17:19:17Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/fallback-provides-an-alternative-when-the-preferred-path-fails/ 2026-09-09T17:16:36Z Geoffrey Chen en Fallback: Why Should There Be a Next Step When the Preferred Option Fails? 2026-09-09T17:16:36Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/was-bachs-well-tempered-clavier-written-for-equal-temperament/ 2026-09-09T17:13:52Z Geoffrey Chen en Was Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier Written for Equal Temperament? 2026-09-09T17:13:52Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-corrected-misinformation-can-still-shape-judgement/ 2026-09-09T17:10:54Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Can Corrected Misinformation Still Shape Judgement? 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2026-09-09T12:36:35Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/be-cautious-in-speech-and-quick-in-action/ 2026-09-09T12:34:18Z Geoffrey Chen en Be Cautious in Speech and Quick in Action 2026-09-09T12:34:18Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-one-hand-may-practise-silently-while-the-other-sounds/ 2026-09-09T12:31:44Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Can One Silent Hand Bring Practice Closer to Playing Hands Together? 2026-09-09T12:31:44Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/kyneton-how-a-town-prospered-on-the-road-to-gold/ 2026-09-09T12:29:18Z Geoffrey Chen en Kyneton: How Did a Town Without Gold Prosper During the Gold Rush? 2026-09-09T12:29:18Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/how-an-empty-thread-spool-became-a-rubber-band-tank/ 2026-09-09T12:26:39Z Geoffrey Chen en How Did an Empty Thread Spool Become a Rubber-Band “Tank”? 2026-09-09T12:26:39Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-a-timpani-roll-can-sound-like-one-sustained-note/ 2026-09-09T12:24:04Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Can a Timpani Roll Sound Like One Sustained Note? 2026-09-09T12:24:04Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-two-people-can-remember-an-event-more-alike-after-discussing-it/ 2026-09-09T12:21:10Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Can Two People's Memories Become More Alike After Discussion? 2026-09-09T12:21:10Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/does-a-long-standing-tradition-deserve-preservation/ 2026-09-09T12:18:18Z Geoffrey Chen en Does a Long-Standing Tradition Deserve to Be Preserved? 2026-09-09T12:18:18Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-an-eraser-can-remove-pencil-marks/ 2026-09-09T12:15:34Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Can an Eraser Remove Pencil Marks? 2026-09-09T12:15:34Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/batching-reduces-repeated-overhead-by-grouping-work/ 2026-09-09T12:12:57Z Geoffrey Chen en Batching: Why Can Waiting to Do Things Together Be Faster? 2026-09-09T12:12:57Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/finding-familiar-shenzhen-in-new-coordinates/ 2026-09-09T17:05:25Z Geoffrey Chen en Finding the Shenzhen I Knew in a New Coordinate System 2026-09-09T06:17:39Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-a-near-miss-can-feel-worse-than-missing-by-far/ 2026-09-09T05:58:09Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Can a Near Miss Feel Worse Than Missing by Far? 2026-09-09T05:58:09Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/must-an-unjust-law-still-be-obeyed/ 2026-09-09T05:55:36Z Geoffrey Chen en Must an Unjust Law Still Be Obeyed? 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2026-09-09T04:15:25Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/ai-technology-observation-2026-09-09-08/ 2026-09-09T04:13:15Z Geoffrey Chen en AI Technology Observations | 9 September 2026, 08:00 2026-09-09T04:13:15Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/beeac-why-six-windmill-makers-worked-in-one-small-town/ 2026-09-09T04:12:15Z Geoffrey Chen en Beeac: Why Did One Small Town Have Six Windmill Makers? 2026-09-09T04:12:15Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/how-maize-husks-became-a-handmade-doll/ 2026-09-09T04:09:44Z Geoffrey Chen en How Did Maize Husks Become a Handmade Doll? 2026-09-09T04:09:44Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-the-piccolo-sounds-an-octave-above-its-score/ 2026-09-09T04:07:10Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Does the Piccolo Sound an Octave Above Its Score? 2026-09-09T04:07:10Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/too-right-means-i-completely-agree/ 2026-09-09T04:04:28Z Geoffrey Chen en “Too right!” Means “I Completely Agree” 2026-09-09T04:04:28Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/seeing-worth-think-of-equalling-it-seeing-fault-reflect-within/ 2026-09-09T04:02:18Z Geoffrey Chen en Seeing Worth, Think of Equalling It; Seeing Fault, Reflect Within 2026-09-09T04:02:18Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-a-tied-note-is-not-played-again/ 2026-09-09T03:59:59Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Is the Second Note Under a Tie Not Played Again? 2026-09-09T03:59:59Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/holbrook-why-a-submarine-stands-in-an-inland-town/ 2026-09-09T03:29:36Z Geoffrey Chen en Holbrook: Why Does a Submarine Stand in an Inland Town? 2026-09-09T03:29:36Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/how-a-square-sheet-of-paper-became-an-inflatable-balloon/ 2026-09-09T03:27:11Z Geoffrey Chen en How Did a Square Sheet of Paper Become an Inflatable Balloon? 2026-09-09T03:27:11Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-the-double-bass-sounds-an-octave-below-its-score/ 2026-09-09T03:24:57Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Does the Double Bass Sound an Octave Below Its Score? 2026-09-09T03:24:57Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-reading-words-aloud-can-make-them-easier-to-remember/ 2026-09-09T03:22:13Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Can Reading Words Aloud Make Them Easier to Remember? 2026-09-09T03:22:13Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/does-making-the-better-off-worse-improve-equality/ 2026-09-09T03:19:38Z Geoffrey Chen en Does Making the Better-Off Worse Improve Equality? 2026-09-09T03:19:38Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-tea-leaves-gather-at-the-centre-of-a-stirred-cup/ 2026-09-09T03:17:09Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Do Tea Leaves Gather at the Centre of a Stirred Cup? 2026-09-09T03:17:09Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/liveness-guarantees-progress-not-just-absence-of-failure/ 2026-09-09T03:14:36Z Geoffrey Chen en Liveness: Why Does the Absence of Failure Not Guarantee Progress? 2026-09-09T03:14:36Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/im-keen-means-id-like-to-do-it/ 2026-09-09T03:12:13Z Geoffrey Chen en “I’m Keen” Means “I’d Like to Do It” 2026-09-09T03:12:13Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/without-trustworthiness-how-can-a-person-go-on/ 2026-09-09T03:10:00Z Geoffrey Chen en Without Trustworthiness, How Can a Person Go On? 2026-09-09T03:10:00Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-blocking-an-arpeggio-into-chords-can-reveal-its-shape/ 2026-09-09T03:07:38Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Is It Worth Blocking an Arpeggio into Chords First? 2026-09-09T03:07:38Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/cygnet-how-a-small-town-becomes-a-network-of-stages/ 2026-09-09T03:05:30Z Geoffrey Chen en Cygnet: How Does a Small Town Become a Network of Stages? 2026-09-09T03:05:30Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/how-soapy-water-and-a-straw-made-rainbow-bubbles/ 2026-09-09T03:02:57Z Geoffrey Chen en How Did a Little Soapy Water Fill a Courtyard with Rainbow Bubbles? 2026-09-09T03:02:57Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-a-snare-drum-has-wires-under-the-bottom-head/ 2026-09-09T02:14:54Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Does a Snare Drum Have Wires Under Its Bottom Head? 2026-09-09T02:14:54Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-a-new-place-can-suddenly-feel-familiar/ 2026-09-09T02:12:03Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Can a New Place Suddenly Feel as Though We've Been There Before? 2026-09-09T02:12:03Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/does-an-authors-intention-settle-a-works-meaning/ 2026-09-09T02:09:27Z Geoffrey Chen en Does an Author's Intention Settle a Work's Meaning? 2026-09-09T02:09:27Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-one-nostril-often-feels-more-open-than-the-other/ 2026-09-09T02:07:11Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Does One Nostril Often Feel More Open Than the Other? 2026-09-09T02:07:11Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/mutual-exclusion-gives-shared-state-one-editor-at-a-time/ 2026-09-09T02:04:53Z Geoffrey Chen en Mutual Exclusion: Why Should Shared State Have Only One Editor at a Time? 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2026-09-08T23:00:00Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-piano-bench-height-is-a-functional-relationship/ 2026-09-08T17:31:37Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Isn’t Piano Bench Height a Fixed Number? 2026-09-08T17:31:37Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/ross-why-a-historic-town-is-redesigning-its-night-light/ 2026-09-08T17:29:32Z Geoffrey Chen en Ross: Why Is a Historic Town Redesigning Its Night Lighting? 2026-09-08T17:29:32Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/how-a-bamboo-tube-popped-out-a-paper-pellet/ 2026-09-08T17:27:19Z Geoffrey Chen en How Did a Bamboo Tube Pop Out a Paper Pellet? 2026-09-08T17:27:19Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-a-violin-bow-needs-rosin/ 2026-09-08T17:24:53Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Does a Violin Bow Need Rosin? 2026-09-08T17:24:53Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-you-must-can-make-people-resist/ 2026-09-08T17:22:14Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Can ‘You Must’ Make People Less Willing? 2026-09-08T17:22:14Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/can-an-unpublished-rule-fairly-bind-people/ 2026-09-08T17:19:44Z Geoffrey Chen en Can an Unpublished Rule Fairly Bind People? 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2026-09-08T00:02:34Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/permanent-impairment-10-11-compensation/ 2026-09-07T23:00:00Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Can Lump-Sum Compensation Start from Zero Between 10% and 11% Permanent Impairment? 2026-09-07T23:00:00Z Blog