by Matthew Rehrl MD | Writing
In the post “Merriam-Webster and OED add new words: Lorem ipsum, TL;DR, and more” from the Columbia Journalism Review, Merrill Perlman (@meperl) succinctly differentiates between the Merriam-Webster Dictionary and the Oxford English Dictionary (OED): Merriam-Webster...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Healthcare Innovation, Mind
I love the paper The Cognitive Science of COVID-19: Acceptance, Denial, Belief Change, written by Paul Thagard. Although a simplified view of this paper is it’s an amplified restatement of Hume’s “reason is a slave to the passions” to me the idea of...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Photography, Writing
One of the upsides/downsides of moving from film photography to digital photography is the significantly increased volume of generated content, resulting in the need to “up my curation game”. For example, I quickly rejected the photo above of the rail car wheel; it...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Philosophy
Most everyone is familiar with Occam’s Razor, which is usually stated as “The simplest explanation is usually the right one.” or “Do not multiply entities without necessity!” (This idea also makes its appearance in medical school with this classic saying: “when you...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Poetry, Writing
Why should a woods-person sharpen their axe? Because an axe is the tool of their trade, and it chops better when sharpened. Why should a writer write poetry? Because language is the tool of their trade, and its use improves when sharpened. Time for some...
