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Hacker News: Article: How to Make the Best Pourover Coffee. There seem to be new coffee brewing gadgets showing up all the time, but sometimes it's hard to separate what's worthwhile from what's a waste of money. It's helpful, then, to back up and try to understand how coffee brewing works and how brewing equipment differs. Then, you can make an informed decision about which devices and methods might work best for the type of coffee you like to drink. Today we'll focus on the physical and chemical processes that make up coffee brewing, starting with one of the most simple (and increasingly popular) methods: pourover. Pourover coffee starts with (freshly) ground coffee, a filter, and a filter holder, often called a 'pourover dripper.' All coffee brewing methods involve the same three general phases: wetting, dissolution, and diffusion.

Why Pouring is Different Pourover coffee (unlike some other methods) continuously replenishes the liquid surrounding the coffee grounds with new, fresher water. Wetting Dissolution Diffusion Timing and Adjustments 1. 2. The logic of Buddhist philosophy – Graham Priest. Western philosophers have not, on the whole, regarded Buddhist thought with much enthusiasm. As a colleague once said to me: ‘It’s all just mysticism.’ This attitude is due, in part, to ignorance. But it is also due to incomprehension. When Western philosophers look East, they find things they do not understand – not least the fact that the Asian traditions seem to accept, and even endorse, contradictions.

Thus we find the great second-century Buddhist philosopher Nagarjuna saying:The nature of things is to have no nature; it is their non-nature that is their nature. For they have only one nature: no-nature. Popular now The logic of Buddhist philosophy goes beyond simple truth What happens when libertarians try to build a new society? Forget Mars’s deserts, let’s look for life in Europa’s ocean An abhorrence of contradiction has been high orthodoxy in the West for more than 2,000 years.

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Course Format The class will consist of videos, broken up into bite-size pieces with their lengths varying based on the topic. Flow (psychology) Concentrating on a task is one aspect of flow. In positive psychology, flow, also known colloquially as being in the zone, is the mental state of operation in which a person performing an activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and enjoyment in the process of the activity. In essence, flow is characterized by complete absorption in what one does, and a resulting loss in one's sense of space and time. Flow shares many characteristics with hyperfocus. However, hyperfocus is not always described in a positive light. Just as with the conditions listed above, these conditions can be independent of one another. Ideas similar to flow have been recognized throughout history and across cultures.

Flow theory postulates three conditions that have to be met to achieve a flow state: Schaffer (2013) proposed 7 flow conditions: Young child, painting a model Flow may occur in challenging sports such as eventing. Csikszentmihályi writes about the dangers of flow himself: