https://geoffreychen.com/why-returning-to-a-study-context-can-aid-recall/ 2026-09-23T17:46:55Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Can Returning to a Study Context Aid Recall? 2026-09-23T17:46:55Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/can-a-genuine-feeling-still-be-unfitting/ 2026-09-23T13:04:26Z Geoffrey Chen en Can a Genuine Feeling Still Be Unfitting? 2026-09-23T13:04:26Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-zero-factorial-equals-one/ 2026-09-23T13:01:13Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Does 0! Equal 1 Rather Than 0? 2026-09-23T13:01:13Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/safety-margin-keeps-normal-use-away-from-failure/ 2026-09-23T12:57:57Z Geoffrey Chen en Safety Margin: Why Is Just Enough Not Enough? 2026-09-23T12:57:57Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-people-keep-using-the-old-route/ 2026-09-23T12:54:32Z Geoffrey Chen en Why People Keep Using the Old Route When a Faster One Exists 2026-09-23T12:54:32Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/sustenesis-observation-2026-09-23/ 2026-09-23T12:53:40Z Geoffrey Chen en Sustenesis Daily Briefing — 23 September 2026: China, Australia and the United States 2026-09-23T12:53:40Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/ill-pass-is-a-polite-way-to-decline/ 2026-09-23T12:52:26Z Geoffrey Chen en “I’ll Pass” Is a Polite Way to Decline 2026-09-23T12:52:26Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/quiet-resolve-precedes-visible-understanding/ 2026-09-23T12:49:45Z Geoffrey Chen en Quiet Resolve Precedes Visible Understanding 2026-09-23T12:49:45Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-dynamics-should-not-wait-until-all-the-notes-are-correct/ 2026-09-23T12:47:00Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Shouldn't Dynamics Wait Until All the Notes Are Correct? 2026-09-23T12:47:00Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/kandos-why-a-cement-works-built-the-town-before-the-town-built-itself/ 2026-09-23T12:44:28Z Geoffrey Chen en Kandos: Why Did the Cement Works Build the Town First? 2026-09-23T12:44:28Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/how-soapy-water-became-bubbles-in-the-courtyard/ 2026-09-23T12:41:24Z Geoffrey Chen en How Did a Bowl of Soapy Water Fill a Courtyard with Bubbles? 2026-09-23T12:41:24Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-una-corda-does-not-always-mean-one-string/ 2026-09-23T12:38:23Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Doesn't Una Corda Always Mean One String? 2026-09-23T12:38:23Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/ai-philosophy-observation-detection-does-not-settle-duty-to-intervene/ 2026-09-23T03:40:58Z Geoffrey Chen en AI Philosophy Observations | Detecting Risk Does Not by Itself Settle the Duty to Intervene 2026-09-23T03:40:58Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/from-ai-to-si-naming-technology-language-philosophy/ 2026-09-23T02:40:57Z Geoffrey Chen en From AI to SI: The Technological, Linguistic and Philosophical Questions Behind a Name Change 2026-09-23T02:40:52Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-baker-is-easier-to-remember-as-a-job-than-a-surname/ 2026-09-23T02:01:04Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Is ‘Baker’ Easier to Remember as a Job Than as a Surname? 2026-09-23T02:01:04Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/does-benefiting-from-injustice-create-responsibility/ 2026-09-23T01:57:23Z Geoffrey Chen en Does Benefiting from Injustice Create Responsibility? 2026-09-23T01:57:23Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-a-hiccup-ends-with-a-hic-sound/ 2026-09-23T01:54:11Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Does a Hiccup End with a Sudden ‘Hic’? 2026-09-23T01:54:11Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/lag-separates-a-change-from-its-visible-effect/ 2026-09-23T01:51:05Z Geoffrey Chen en Lag: Why Has the Cause Changed Before the Result Catches Up? 2026-09-23T01:51:05Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-regulars-drift-away-after-a-shop-changes-hands/ 2026-09-23T01:47:54Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Regulars Drift Away After a Shop Changes Hands 2026-09-23T01:47:54Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/ai-philosophy-observation-permission-is-not-blanket-authorisation/ 2026-09-23T01:46:59Z Geoffrey Chen en AI Philosophy Observations | Granting Permission Is Not Blanket Authorisation 2026-09-23T01:46:59Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/ai-technology-observation-2026-09-23-08/ 2026-09-23T01:45:47Z Geoffrey Chen en AI Technology Observations | 23 September 2026, 08:00 2026-09-23T01:45:47Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/cant-complain-means-things-are-going-fine/ 2026-09-23T01:44:38Z Geoffrey Chen en Can’t Complain Means Things Are Going Fine 2026-09-23T01:44:38Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/a-good-learner-borrows-others-strengths-to-mend-shortcomings/ 2026-09-23T01:42:30Z Geoffrey Chen en A Good Learner Borrows Others’ Strengths to Mend Their Own Shortcomings 2026-09-23T01:42:30Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-a-silently-held-key-can-join-the-resonance/ 2026-09-23T02:31:09Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Can a Silently Held Key Join the Resonance? 2026-09-23T00:29:44Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/pemberton-why-a-timber-town-built-its-own-pool-in-a-creek/ 2026-09-23T00:27:23Z Geoffrey Chen en Pemberton: Why Did a Timber Town Build Its Own Pool in a Creek? 2026-09-23T00:27:23Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/how-a-magnet-on-a-string-turned-cardboard-fish-into-a-game/ 2026-09-23T00:24:42Z Geoffrey Chen en How Did a Magnet Turn Cardboard Fish into a Contest? 2026-09-23T00:24:42Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-a-trumpet-mute-changes-colour-not-just-volume/ 2026-09-23T00:21:54Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Does a Trumpet Mute Change Colour, Not Just Volume? 2026-09-23T00:21:54Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/all-good-can-mean-no-problem/ 2026-09-23T00:18:45Z Geoffrey Chen en “All good” Can Mean “No Problem” 2026-09-23T00:18:45Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/accept-the-unavoidable-as-part-of-ones-lot/ 2026-09-23T00:16:10Z Geoffrey Chen en Know What Cannot Be Helped and Accept It as One's Lot 2026-09-23T00:16:10Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-double-note-legato-needs-a-priority-line/ 2026-09-23T00:13:17Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Does Double-Note Legato Need a Priority Line? 2026-09-23T00:13:17Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/blinman-why-a-copper-town-did-not-disappear-with-the-mine/ 2026-09-23T00:10:45Z Geoffrey Chen en Blinman: Why Did the Town Outlive Its Copper Mine? 2026-09-23T00:10:45Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/how-wire-rings-turned-a-courtyard-into-a-tossing-game/ 2026-09-23T00:07:48Z Geoffrey Chen en How Did Wire Rings Turn a Courtyard into a Tossing Game? 2026-09-23T00:07:48Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-two-string-players-share-one-music-stand/ 2026-09-23T00:04:33Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Do Two String Players Share One Music Stand? 2026-09-23T00:04:33Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-more-options-can-make-a-choice-harder/ 2026-09-22T17:38:20Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Can More Options Make a Choice Harder? 2026-09-22T17:38:20Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/consent-can-be-withdrawn-before-the-authorised-act/ 2026-09-22T17:35:07Z Geoffrey Chen en Can Consent Be Withdrawn After It Has Been Given? 2026-09-22T17:35:07Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-raindrops-do-not-keep-accelerating-as-they-fall/ 2026-09-22T12:43:19Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Don't Raindrops Keep Accelerating as They Fall? 2026-09-22T12:43:19Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/leverage-points-make-small-interventions-change-system-behaviour/ 2026-09-22T12:40:11Z Geoffrey Chen en Leverage Points: Why Does Changing the Right Place Matter More Than Pushing Harder? 2026-09-22T12:40:11Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-we-underestimate-how-much-a-new-conversation-partner-liked-us/ 2026-09-22T12:37:04Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Do We Underestimate How Much a New Conversation Partner Liked Us? 2026-09-22T12:37:04Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/refusing-to-choose-can-still-shape-the-outcome/ 2026-09-22T12:33:50Z Geoffrey Chen en Is Refusing to Choose Still a Choice? 2026-09-22T12:33:50Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-the-sky-is-blue-but-sunsets-turn-red/ 2026-09-22T12:30:51Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Is the Daytime Sky Blue but Sunset Red? 2026-09-22T12:30:51Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/auditability-reconstructs-what-happened-and-why/ 2026-09-22T12:27:39Z Geoffrey Chen en Auditability: Why Must We Be Able to Reconstruct What Happened? 2026-09-22T12:27:39Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-temporary-exceptions-become-system-rules/ 2026-09-22T12:24:26Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Temporary Exceptions Become Permanent System Rules 2026-09-22T12:24:26Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/sustenesis-observation-2026-09-22/ 2026-09-22T12:23:33Z Geoffrey Chen en Sustenesis Daily Briefing — 22 September 2026: China, Australia and the United States 2026-09-22T12:23:33Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/sounds-good-means-that-plan-works-for-me/ 2026-09-22T10:32:56Z Geoffrey Chen en “Sounds Good” Means “That Plan Works for Me” 2026-09-22T10:32:56Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/learning-should-refine-the-self-not-serve-as-a-gift/ 2026-09-22T10:30:35Z Geoffrey Chen en Learning Should Refine the Self, Not Serve as a Gift 2026-09-22T10:30:35Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-common-tones-make-chord-changes-more-musical/ 2026-09-22T10:27:58Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Look for Common Tones When Changing Chords? 2026-09-22T10:27:58Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/temora-why-a-farming-town-keeps-its-aviation-history-airworthy/ 2026-09-22T10:25:30Z Geoffrey Chen en Temora: Why Does a Farming Town Keep Its Aviation History Airworthy? 2026-09-22T10:25:30Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-a-clockwork-tin-train-kept-circling-the-same-track/ 2026-09-22T10:22:48Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Did a Clockwork Tin Train Keep Circling the Same Track? 2026-09-22T10:22:48Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-a-pipe-organ-has-a-pedal-keyboard/ 2026-09-22T10:19:47Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Does a Pipe Organ Have a Pedal Keyboard? 2026-09-22T10:19:47Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/are-time-and-space-the-background-of-the-world/ 2026-09-22T10:16:50Z Geoffrey Chen en Are Time and Space Really the Background of the World? 2026-09-22T10:16:50Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-we-unconsciously-copy-another-persons-gestures/ 2026-09-22T10:16:06Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Do We Unconsciously Copy Another Person’s Gestures? 2026-09-22T09:49:26Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/wanting-what-another-has-is-not-always-envy/ 2026-09-22T09:46:12Z Geoffrey Chen en Is Wanting What Someone Else Has Always Envy? 2026-09-22T09:46:12Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-warm-water-can-loosen-a-metal-jar-lid/ 2026-09-22T09:43:05Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Can Warm Water Make a Metal Jar Lid Easier to Open? 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2026-09-22T09:28:47Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/how-an-exercise-book-page-became-a-paper-fan/ 2026-09-22T09:25:50Z Geoffrey Chen en How Did an Exercise-Book Page Become a Little Fan? 2026-09-22T09:25:50Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-marimba-bars-are-carved-underneath/ 2026-09-22T09:22:49Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Are Marimba Bars Carved into an Arch Underneath? 2026-09-22T09:22:49Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-sleep-can-stabilise-new-memories/ 2026-09-22T06:20:24Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Can New Memories Become More Stable After a Night’s Sleep? 2026-09-22T06:20:24Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/do-two-agreeing-sources-count-as-two-pieces-of-evidence/ 2026-09-22T06:17:19Z Geoffrey Chen en Do Two Agreeing Sources Count as Two Pieces of Evidence? 2026-09-22T06:17:19Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-six-people-guarantee-three-mutual-acquaintances-or-strangers/ 2026-09-22T06:14:27Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Must Six People Include Three Mutual Acquaintances or Three Mutual Strangers? 2026-09-22T06:14:27Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/maintainability-keeps-future-changes-manageable/ 2026-09-22T06:11:25Z Geoffrey Chen en Maintainability: Why Working Today Does Not Mean Easy to Fix Tomorrow 2026-09-22T06:11:25Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-the-glockenspiel-is-written-two-octaves-lower/ 2026-09-22T06:08:17Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Is the Glockenspiel Written Two Octaves Lower Than It Sounds? 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2026-09-22T01:20:16Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/ai-technology-observation-2026-09-22-08/ 2026-09-22T00:52:06Z Geoffrey Chen en AI Technology Observations | 22 September 2026, 08:00 2026-09-22T00:52:06Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/nundle-why-a-gold-town-still-spins-wool/ 2026-09-22T00:51:01Z Geoffrey Chen en Nundle: Why Does a Gold Town Still Spin Wool? 2026-09-22T00:51:01Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-a-folded-paper-square-was-slapped-on-the-ground/ 2026-09-22T00:48:16Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Was a Folded Paper Square Slapped onto the Ground? 2026-09-22T00:48:16Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-the-oboe-gives-the-orchestra-its-tuning-note/ 2026-09-22T00:45:40Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Does the Oboe Give the Orchestra Its Tuning Note? 2026-09-22T00:45:40Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/go-for-it-can-mean-yes-go-ahead/ 2026-09-22T00:42:41Z Geoffrey Chen en “Go for It.” Can Simply Mean “Yes, Go Ahead” 2026-09-22T00:42:41Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/each-side-has-its-own-rights-and-wrongs/ 2026-09-22T00:40:05Z Geoffrey Chen en Each Side Has Its Own Rights and Wrongs 2026-09-22T00:40:05Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-the-hardest-passage-should-set-the-practice-tempo/ 2026-09-22T00:37:33Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Should the Hardest Passage Set the Practice Tempo? 2026-09-22T00:37:33Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/leeton-why-water-towers-anchor-the-town-plan/ 2026-09-22T00:35:01Z Geoffrey Chen en Leeton: Why Do Water Towers Anchor the Town Plan? 2026-09-22T00:35:01Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/apple-foldable-phone-beyond-a-larger-screen/ 2026-09-22T00:33:00Z Geoffrey Chen en The Real Significance of Apple’s Foldable Phone Goes Beyond a Larger Screen 2026-09-22T00:33:00Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/how-scrap-paper-became-a-tic-tac-toe-board/ 2026-09-22T00:32:02Z Geoffrey Chen en How Did Scrap Paper Become a Noughts-and-Crosses Board? 2026-09-22T00:32:02Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-piano-hammers-are-covered-with-felt/ 2026-09-22T00:29:08Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Are Piano Hammers Covered with Felt? 2026-09-22T00:29:08Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-a-hypothesis-guides-us-toward-supporting-evidence/ 2026-09-22T00:25:47Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Do We Seek Supporting Evidence Once We Have a Hypothesis? 2026-09-22T00:25:47Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/does-owning-something-give-a-right-to-destroy-it/ 2026-09-21T23:52:05Z Geoffrey Chen en Does Owning Something Give You the Right to Destroy It? 2026-09-21T23:52:05Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-an-overcooked-egg-yolk-can-turn-green/ 2026-09-21T23:49:27Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Can an Overcooked Egg Yolk Develop a Green Ring? 2026-09-21T23:49:27Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/ambiguity-supports-more-than-one-interpretation/ 2026-09-21T23:46:42Z Geoffrey Chen en Ambiguity: Why Can One Sentence Support More Than One Interpretation? 2026-09-21T23:46:42Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-a-good-deed-can-make-us-relax-our-standards/ 2026-09-21T23:43:40Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Can a Good Deed Make Us Relax Our Standards? 2026-09-21T23:43:40Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/should-people-who-know-more-get-more-votes/ 2026-09-21T23:40:36Z Geoffrey Chen en Should People Who Know More Get More Votes? 2026-09-21T23:40:36Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-a-chopstick-looks-bent-in-water/ 2026-09-21T23:37:44Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Does a Chopstick Look Bent in Water? 2026-09-21T23:37:44Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/contestability-keeps-decisions-open-to-challenge/ 2026-09-21T23:34:47Z Geoffrey Chen en Contestability: Why Must a Decision Remain Open to Challenge? 2026-09-21T23:34:47Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-hard-to-pronounce-names-can-seem-riskier/ 2026-09-21T23:30:54Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Can Hard-to-Pronounce Names Seem Riskier? 2026-09-21T23:30:54Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/can-a-rational-choice-be-made-without-a-common-scale/ 2026-09-21T23:27:47Z Geoffrey Chen en Can a Choice Be Rational Without a Common Scale? 2026-09-21T23:27:47Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-the-edge-of-a-shadow-is-often-blurred/ 2026-09-21T14:07:07Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Is the Edge of a Shadow Often Blurred? 2026-09-21T14:07:07Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/saturation-means-more-input-no-longer-changes-output/ 2026-09-21T14:04:01Z Geoffrey Chen en Saturation: Why Does More Input Stop Producing More Output? 2026-09-21T14:04:01Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/sustenesis-observation-2026-09-21/ 2026-09-21T14:00:48Z Geoffrey Chen en Sustenesis Daily Briefing — 21 September 2026: China, Australia and the United States 2026-09-21T14:00:48Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/youre-right-mate-can-mean-youre-fine/ 2026-09-21T13:59:34Z Geoffrey Chen en ‘You’re Right, Mate’ Can Mean ‘You’re Fine’ 2026-09-21T13:59:34Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/the-eyes-cannot-look-two-ways-and-see-clearly/ 2026-09-21T13:56:54Z Geoffrey Chen en The Eyes Cannot Look Two Ways and See Clearly 2026-09-21T13:56:54Z Blog https://geoffreychen.com/why-the-shoulders-tighten-before-a-difficult-passage/ 2026-09-21T13:54:08Z Geoffrey Chen en Why Do the Shoulders Tighten Before a Difficult Passage? 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