A blog and other information about the person known as Phronk online.
-
A Diatribe on the Nature of Intellect, and A Method With Which One Can Answer the Query, "Do Lycanthropes Possess Testes?"
Lately, most of my time is taken up reading for comprehensive exams. One of the topics I’m studying is intelligence. An interesting finding in this field is that raw IQ scores have been increasing over the last few decades; this is known as the “Flynn effect”, named after its main discoverer. There is some confusion…
-
Renting Versus Buying Redux
Many thanks for the congratulations from people on buying the house. Some of you questioned whether it really is better to rent than to buy. What I meant in my last post is that it is not ALWAYS better to buy than to rent, obviously. But I think that in our case, all things considered,…
-
House Buying Tips
I have not posted anything lately because: A) I had to write a paper that ended up being half the size of my Masters thesis, in less than two weeks, and it was about a computer program that I also had to write, myself, from scratch; and B) V and I have been in the…
I’m Phronk, also known as P.T. Phronk, or Mike. I’m a writer and scientist. Here’s where to find my stuff:
Want to keep in touch long-term? Sign up to my email list—no spam, just a way to connect without relying on a website or social media.
Phronk.com 