How to Make People think You’re Smart
It is easy to make people think we are smart. There must be thousands of tricks out there, known to politicians and con men since time immemorial, to puff us up bigger than we are. If we can be honest…
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Author Archive: Tenebris
How to tell what Carat Gold is
The karat number of gold refers to how pure the gold is. Outside the United States and Canada, the spelling ‘carat’ is used instead. 24 karat gold (24k) is absolutely pure gold. Karat is also used as a measurement for…
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Internet Intimacy Reality or Illusion
Does distance make the heart grow fonder? Most of us are familiar with the idea of ‘space’, the friendship which works precisely because it understands not only the need to be together but also the need to be apart. Many…
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Why you can’t Change what you don’t Admit
If no one objects, our policy will remain just the way it is, because we are generally comfortable with its immediate and local results and are likely to retain what is committed to preserving the current status quo (which has…
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