I haven't gone through your link yet, but sounds like Survivorship Bias here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias

Alex Honnold does not experience fear like the rest of us: http://nautil.us/issue/39/sport/the-strange-brain-of-the-wor...

I like - A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy by William Irvine, provides a good overview of stoicism.

I was very disappointed in this book after hearing so many positive recommendations. It seemed like a lazy repackaging of famous stoic writings, dumbed down to appeal to a mass pop-science type audience, plus some projection the author’s personal opinions and ideas onto other writers, in a way that felt kind of forced and sloppy.

Just go to the primary sources.

Also here's the Feynman algorithm[1]:

- Write down the problem.

- Think real hard.

- Write down the solution.

This article not only falling for survivorship bias but also confirmation bias [2]

1: http://wiki.c2.com/?FeynmanAlgorithm 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias

Do you stick a budget for your WFH rentals? How long do you rent for?

For 4 APR - 10 MAY in Redmond/Bellevue I have the downstairs of a house (3 bedrooms) with 100/100 FiOS for $2k. I'm fine with that as home + wfh, since it means I can delay signing a 12mo+ lease for 3mo (as I'll be in Ukraine in June/July).

So Survivorship Bias in play in this article?

Exactly what I thought. Lots of not-so-famous scientists didn't work long hours either. This is just another case of the "Halo Effect".[1] Let's select a group based on an outcome (i.e. being a famous scientist) and then work backwards to find similarities that fit a narrative.

[1] https://www.amazon.com/Halo-Effect-Business-Delusions-Manage...

Google cache link: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:1qK6xyT...

Ipython notebook used: https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/com.cambridgecoding.stude...

There's https://github.com/jaredks/rumps for Python.

Great Python package in combination with PySide you can build tiny desktop apps in just a few lines of code.

My guess is the Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delayed_sleep_phase_disorder )

One problem I have with doctors is that everything is a fucking disorder if it deviates from the mean in any way. There are people who are far more functional and productive following this sleep pattern. I can't imagine going to bed at 11 and waking up at 7 every day.

A thing is called a "disorder" if

1. it makes it hard to function in society; and

2. it can be treated or mediated somehow, so there's a point to having a name for it.

Basically, a "disorder" is a node connecting "symptoms" to "treatments."

Here are some more: http://openbookproject.net/py4fun/