Shaun Gallagher

Author: "Experimenting With Babies," "Experiments for Newlyweds" ( "Experimenting With Kids." I help you perform science on your loved ones!

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My books adapt published research into science projects you can perform on family members. Fun wedding/baby shower gifts!

EXPERIMENTING WITH BABIES https://t.co/3I6lGsqQvJ

EXPERIMENTS FOR NEWLYWEDS https://t.co/qC2NJH23PR

EXPERIMENTING WITH KIDS
https://t.co/NUE2xxcuOL

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Which of these two images is the better one?

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@spencercreasey Either 3.6 million shares using the Authorized Shares Method or 77.5 million combined par value + assets using the Assumed Par Value Capital Method?

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The idiom "coming to grips with" means processing or accepting a situation, and ordinarily it's implied to be a sad situation.
I have never liked that idiom.
I prefer "squeezing the cactus of understanding."

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My latest post is about G.K. Chesterton and his fence, Thomas Bayes and his theorem, and the decay function we should apply to tradition.

https://t.co/rBSbLAdxA8

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I propose a new word: Ignopathy.

From the root words igno (meaning unknown) and path (meaning feeling).

Used to describe the feeling of not knowing what to feel.

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I asked ChatGPT whether it was familiar with my book, and I was pleasantly surprised that it was. I also asked it to tell me about the book, and it gave a generally accurate summary -- along with a HORRIFYING inaccuracy (highlighted in red).

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My book "Experiments for Newlyweds: 50 Amazing Science Projects You Can Perform With Your Spouse" has a special Feb. promo running for the ebook version: It's just $2.99 all month. Get it wherever you buy your ebooks!

https://t.co/uoF94AazsF

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@DennisCurlett Our family is already arranging it.

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Twitter poll - When was the first time you realized you could see into the future?

I'll go first. It was tomorrow.

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Some personal news. After two unforgettable years hawking ServicePlus plans, I'm leaving the electronics department of Service Merchandise and headed to college. Software engineering seems a bit risky, so instead I'm going to major in journalism!

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@bernhardsson How does this compare to, say, biological evolution? I would guess evolution requires a series of Pareto improvements, whereas product designers can do Rubiks cube maneuvers, where some disorder is tolerated in pursuit of advances?

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At the risk of starting the week by making everyone angry at me, here's my Unified Style Theory: Both the serial comma debate and the "how many spaces after a sentence" dispute have a proper solution -- and they're the same solution! One theory to rule them all!

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It's never gonna work out between the two of you, man. She's a "Sort by: Featured" and you're a "Sort by: Price Low to High."

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@timvisher I used a strategy similar to this to back up to Glacier: https://t.co/etWCmiXLfZ

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@donohoe How do you feel about italics?

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This AP article takes it for granted that forcing priests to violate the Seal of Confession will help bring child abusers to justice -- but it does not back up that assumption with either logic or evidence. 12/12

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Forcing Catholic priests to excommunicate themselves by violating the Seal of Confession will not help catch criminals. Here's why. 1/12 https://t.co/DKN9OyZEYj

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In the words of English jurist Jeremy Bentham, in his defense of the Seal of Confession: "The advantage gained by the coercion gained in the shape of assistance to justice would be casual, and even rare; the mischief produced by it, constant and all-extensive." 11/12