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Bio a bit longer than 160 characters

Putting a place name in the bio doesn’t work for me.

2 min readMar 27, 2021

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Tai Chi, Taiji, Tai Chi Chuan, Taijiquan

Wikipedia is a good starting place to sort out what’s what:

5 min readJun 6, 2021

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Awakening

Third Culture Kid: I only recently discovered that there is a term for the kind of upbringing I had. This story is about the experience…

4 min readMar 15, 2021

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Awakening

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NPR is both arrogant and ignorant more often than I’d like

American newsrooms view scientific research conducted anywhere except in an American institution as not real science. NPR is no exception…

2 min readSep 21, 2021

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NPR is both arrogant and ignorant more often than I’d like

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Dealing with fixation of belief

“In his well-known paper “The fixation of belief” (1877), Charles Sanders Peirce describes four methods for belief fixation: the method of…

6 min readAug 13, 2021

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The solution is to completely rewrite the constitution.

We currently have a defacto "one dollar, one vote" election system. This is not going to be changed by anything short of a total rewrite of…

1 min readAug 8, 2021

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The role of education in the opioid epidemic

The focus of the American Educational system, public and private, is a significant factor in both the opioid epidemic and the COVID…

4 min readJul 31, 2021

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The role of education in the opioid epidemic

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The orientation spectrum

The tension between the “left” and the “right” is simply the tension between idealism and realism.

2 min readJul 29, 2021

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The orientation spectrum

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BrandonMedium Smith

Anyone who has spent hours and hours trying to master a difficult skill knows what atapi is -- if…

In my Tai Chi Chuan practice, it is worthless to simply let muscle memory get me through a session. If I don't focus and intensely examine…

1 min readJul 23, 2021

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The mental side of physical health

Sometimes you discover that being stupid is good for your physical health, up to a point.

7 min readJul 20, 2021

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BrandonMedium Smith

BrandonMedium Smith

Fire sword dance when I was 70, now dancing with a keyboard, exploring Taijiquan, balance, thinking, art, energy cultivation, life path calibration, et al.

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