What I've Learned
A weekly log by Patrick — short notes on science, life, philosophy, and whatever else caught my attention that week.
Week of Jan 12, 2026
- thoughtful in relationship
- the universe conspires to make me happy
- word matters
- leverage the large sample to test knowledge
- Compounding is awesome
- do it first
- change the perception and not the behavior
- tough in the mind and tender in the heart
- brain development
- cancer cells steal
- variety over quantity for fiber
- sodium battery
- personalize gene editing
Week of Jan 19, 2026
- Be particular
- Spending philosophy
- Seduction works better than coercion
- Ask help using other’s self interest
- Real consent
- Alzheimer’s Disease (AD)
Week of Jan 26, 2026
- follow the master
- awakening community
- complex vs complicated things
- listen to your body
- stoic justice
Week of Feb 2, 2026
- leadership is
- feeling in my body
- investment fee calculate in terms of returns
- autistic brain connection
- morality
- enhanced game
Week of Feb 9, 2026
- myelin thickness
- talent code
- deep practice
- persistent bacteria
- habit replacement
- connect to other knowledge
- AI as opponent
- quizzing to learn
- full spectrum flow cytometry
Week of Feb 16, 2026
- compensation
- plasma trash converter
Week of Feb 23, 2026
- Coast FI
- make it a story
- contrast effect
- BLUF
Week of Mar 2, 2026
- immigration power of the government
- self evident
- common ground
- reading as conversation
- punch card system
- PUA
- NPD
- Galileo wrote in the margin
Week of Mar 9, 2026
- crisis chain reaction
- humming
- CO2 tolerance
- Zootopia 2
- heat shock protein
- heat exposure protocol
- FOXO3
Week of Mar 16, 2026
- vitalism
- positive self image
- strategic empathy
Week of Mar 22, 2026
- AI for presentation preparation
Week of Mar 30, 2026
- using AI
Week of Apr 6, 2026
- NBCA technique
- IQ test
- bottling up negative emotions
- using AI
- de novo transcriptome assembly
Week of Apr 13, 2026
- action speaks louder than words
- 易的中庸
- hangry
Week of Apr 20, 2026
- 健康的五行
- personalized medicine
- TDS
- taste sensitivity decrease with age
- DNABII
- preregistration
- hook
- ISO tasting glass
- hazard and peril
- tau protein in neuron
Week of Apr 27, 2026
- stomach
- adolescence
- design thinking
- destination sickness
- call-and-response sound
- cephalopods
- freeze-thaw cycle helps life to begin
- protocells
- Abiogenesis
Week of May 4, 2026
- no need to response
- peptideins
- protist
Week of May 11, 2026
- Stoic way to decide
- Brown fat
- fiber types
- quantum W state
Week of May 18, 2026
- Kimchi
- African ant poached
Week of May 25, 2026
- decision-driven analytic
- harsh boss to AI
- Epigenetic clock
- DNA methylation
- learning by doing
Week of Jun 8, 2026
- vaccinated bees and shrimps
- diffused responsibility
- old TB vaccine new use
- blood test for Alzheimer’s
Week of Jun 15, 2026
- prebiotic chemistry
- non-negotiable small thing
- 金繼
- CRISPR-CasX
- laser-enhanced Cryo-EM
Week of Jun 22, 2026
- ponytail
- virus oncogenicity
- jelly battery
- sensor and not memory
Week of Jun 29, 2026
Week of Jul 6, 2026
- nostalgia for the future
- 轉場儀式
- tragedy of the common
- muon tomography
Week of Jul 13, 2026
- Cardiovascular, Renal, and Metabolism disease area
Week of Jul 20, 2026
- cray tough Tardigrades
- HOPE frame work for AI use in parenting
- 3T principle for parenting
- books for human connection
- permanent beta
- take total wealth in mind
- fuzzy answer
- counterfactual
- brainwashed ant
Week of Jul 27, 2026
- ask why to know someone
- 3 types of conversations
- active listening tips
- problem in a relationship
Week of Aug 3, 2026
- AI prompting
- self-healing bio-concrete
- pistol shrimp cavitation bubble
Week of Aug 10, 2026
- anisotropy
Week of Aug 17, 2026
- Vasa Effect
Week of Aug 24, 2026
- SEE memory method
- four C to remember names
- common meds change microbiome
- stigmergy system
- Flock camera
- AI 卡關
- 讓 AI 審查 AI
- stress change DNA access