The coin flip is a basic example of probability that most people are familiar with. Heads or tails. Fifty-fifty. Even Steven. If you flip a fair coin many-many times, half the flips will come up heads.
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What Practice Makes
If you do a daily mind-clearing activity, you have a practice. A yoga practice. A singing practice, a dance practice, a walking, drawing, meditation or jump-rope practice.
Mind Fixers
Harrington sorts out out the many different levels of interpretation and judgement that can shape narratives about mental suffering and relief. She shows how difficult it is to turn subjectivity into science.
What You’re Good At
What kinds of things do people ask for your help with? What are you good at that isn’t good for you?
Significant Vegetables
Anything that isn’t from an animal or a mineral counts as a vegetable–green beans, wooden tables, cotton shirts.