Stoic way to decide

the decision should satisfy the 4 roles and pass the 3 tests.

Roles:

1. universal human nature as national beings bound by virtues: courage, wisdom, just, and temperance
2. individual characteristics
3. circumstantial roles we can not choose: parent, child, citizen, neighbor
4. chosen roles: career, projects, ambitions

Tests:

1. rational defense test: can you explain it rationally why it's the right decision?
2. sage test: would a wise person choose it?
3. role-fidelity test: does it honor your responsibilities regardless what others do?

prokopē

At last, need to review the decision after the action and progress to be better. Stoic philosophy is also progressing and may never reach sage-hood.

Brown fat

instead of storing energy, it expends energy into heat. animals use it to stay warm but scientists are looking into a mean to manage weight, control metabolic disorders, or potentially slow aging-related metabolic decilnes.

fiber types

Soluble fiber can make the stool harder or more solid, and insoluble fiber can make the stool softer.

quantum W state

It is an entangled quantum state shared by more than two particles. Even if a noisy environment causes the entanglement to be disconnected (for example, by measuring one of them), the entanglement still holds.
Consequently, it is more robust for the needs of transporting information, the so-called quantum teleportation.