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Year Of The Opposite - Travis Stoliker"s Substack Podcast

Year Of The Opposite

How I lost 62 lbs, cured my depression, fixed my high blood pressure, & became a better human by living a #YearOfTheOpposite. I"ll share what I learned, how I did it, & the science behind it. A Newsletter for people that don"t subscribe to Newsletters. www.yearoftheopposite.com

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2:51

Betting solves this

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2025/11/03

People think verifying if someone is “right” means asking an “expert” or checking Snopes for a yes or no.Real verification comes from outcomes. If someone claims gravity pulls mass toward Earth’s center, drop a ball and see. Don’t just ask the professor if gravity exists.I’m baffled why we keep believing people who are constantly wrong.Like predicting we will run out of oil in 20 years, then 20 years pass, and it hasn’t. You shouldn’t trust that person anymore. But we do.Or claiming an education

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5:03

My Version of Chesterton's Fence

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2025/10/21

I wanted to share with you an old parable that I just learned of that I can’t stop thinking about. It’s called Chesterton’s Fence and I think it’s important today. “There exists in such a case a certain institution or law; let us say, for the sake of simplicity, a fence or gate erected across a road. The more modern type of reformer goes gaily up to it and says, ‘I don’t see the use of this; let us clear it away.’ To which the more intelligent type of reformer will do well to answer: ‘If you don’t

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8:04

Alpha School

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2025/10/08

Today marks two years since I started serving on the Haslett School Board.It also marks about a decade of my fascination with education in the United States.I consider myself lucky to be in Haslett. We’re not perfect, and COVID definitely impacted our kids, but our academic performance has been stronger than almost all of the surrounding communities.Especially compared to Holt, where I graduated. I say this with sadness, not superiority. Holt has not been doing well lately.This journey has taken me

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2:35

Money Shouts. wealth whispers.

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2025/09/15

A person posted a heartbreaking story and asked for money advice in a local community group. They said they are trying everything, work a good paying job, published multiple books, try to save, but they still cry daily over unexpected bills. They asked the community for money advice. First I gave the standard BS response. “Advice is always worth less than you pay for it, so this is probably useless. But my advice is, it’s not what you make, it’s what you spend. I love this quote: “you’ve already

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3:17

Moral Inversion

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2025/08/28

Early Monday morning, a person entered our car and searched through it looking for items to steal. They didn’t find anything worth taking, but our neighbors weren’t as lucky. Several of them had things stolen from their vehicles.We alerted the police and shared our video footage in hopes it would help track down the thief. And, as is common now, we posted the videos to our local Facebook groups to warn neighbors and see if anyone else had been hit.It turns out the suspect may have broken into

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3:48

On Parenting, Policy, and Trust

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2025/08/21

Reflections on Fatherhood – April 17, 2025I wrote this on the day Brady was born, but I didn’t feel comfortable releasing it until now. I’m embarrassed to admit how often I write a post but I’m too much of a coward to release it because of fear. Anyway, here it is…On Parenting, Policy, and TrustI’m running into this again and again. I’m being told how to raise my kid by people who speak with total confidence but don’t have the evidence to back it up. First it was postpartum exercise. Then

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5:49

My three-point plan to increase the property values...

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2025/08/13

There’s only one large all-sport lake (allows for watersports) around Lansing, Lake Lansing. It has a terrible reputation because it used to be dirty, and that was not entirely wrong. As a watershed lake, about 90% of its water comes from storm runoff, which means everything from lawn fertilizer to road salt and oil once flowed straight in from the surrounding area. That runoff built up sediment and pollutants over decades, making the lake seem small, shallow, and murky. But it is not like that

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2:58

5 Years Later - What was the result of the Amazon Tax...

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2025/07/15

The JumpStart Payroll Tax was passed in Seattle on July 6, 2020 to “fund affordable housing and combat homelessness” by taxing corporations with payrolls over $8.5 million. It targeted companies like Amazon.So five years later, what happened?The tax brought in new money at first. It raised $231 million in 2021, $293 million in 2022, and $310 million in 2023. That was new additional tax money. Everything looked good at first. But with the new revenue, Seattle spent heavily on affordable housing

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5:45

“WTF is AI?” and Other Questions You’re Afraid to Ask...

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2025/03/25

Note: At the bottom of this article you’ll get several FREE tutorial videos that will show you practical uses for AI that you can start using today. This is just a taste of what you’ll learn in the full course. * How to use AI to create a poem for your grandson* How to use AI to review a lease for you or your family member* How to use AI to create a logo for your business or side project * How to use AI to plan a vacation customized to your interests* How to use AI to code your own version of

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3:36

'Giving' isn't always 'Helping'

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2025/02/10

Capitalism gets a bad rap as a ruthless, dog-eat-dog system, but in reality, it’s the most effective way to create shared prosperity. Unlike socialism, which focuses on redistributing wealth, capitalism multiplies it. Take Peter Thiel’s $500,000 investment in Mark Zuckerberg in 2004. At the time, Thiel was the wealthier of the two. But as Facebook scaled, Zuckerberg became exponentially richer than Thiel—while Thiel still walked away vastly wealthier than before. That’s the power of investment: it

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5:19

Did You Know Your Home’s Water Pipes Are Probably...

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2025/01/24

Personal Note: I’m very sorry for the delay in publishing. We took a vacation to Florida to see the first launch of Blue Origins New Glenn rocket. Our 6 year old loves rockets and space —it was awesome! Although a bummer that all of the launches were at 1am. Quite a difficulty for a 6 year old and a wife that is 6 months pregnant. But they were troopers and really impressed me. If you can make it down to the space coast, I highly recommend it. My research project this week was about the

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12:38

A Tribute to the Great Bill Hamilton - Founder of...

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2024/12/18

*This is my personal account of Bill Hamilton from my own personal memory. I’m sure that I have some of the details and facts wrong. I apologize for any errorsOn December 15th, 2024, Bill Hamilton, the Founder of TechSmith died from a heart attack at the age of 77. Bill Hamilton was the greatest entrepreneur of the Lansing area in this century. Arguably more. He was a husband, a father, a veteran, a computer programmer, a Spartan, an amateur ham radio enthusiast, a competitive shooter, an avid

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7:22

Moral Relativism - Murder & Racism are always wrong....

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2024/12/10

I wanted to follow up on my post from last week, Return to Real Science, that talked about “Relativism”. Two things happened since then that I thought perfectly illustrated the problem with “Moral Relativism” or “Moral Inversion”. I posted the following writing on Facebook: “I am appalled that many people, including journalists like Taylor Lorenz (Washington Post & New York Times), are celebrating the murder of an insurance company CEO. Taylor posted a screenshot of another health insurance

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7:04

Return to real science!

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2024/12/03

Over the past few decades, a troubling shift has occurred in how we perceive and utilize science, particularly within educational contexts. Traditional science, grounded in facts, evidence, and experimentation, is increasingly being overshadowed by modern social science frameworks that emphasize subjective interpretations over empirical data. This shift has significant implications for the reliability and credibility of scientific knowledge.To receive my weekly posts for FREE in your email account,

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2:35

Stop Selling the Lie About America’s Founding

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2024/11/28

I’m sick of the crap story that we’re taught about the founding and “discovery” of America.The narrative is skewed, overemphasizing accidental “discovery”, guilt, and grievances while ignoring the truth: history, like nature, is savage and brutal.To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. 🙏Migration, conflict, and innovation have always defined humanity. No one has a monopoly on virtue or violence. To pretend otherwise is dishonest.The real story of

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5:14

Ban Phantom Words

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2024/11/18

The world is drowning in words that mean nothing because they can’t be tested, proven, or falsified. Words like “racist” or “bias” often serve as weapons, not tools of understanding. They rely on feelings, assumptions, and shifting definitions, making them impossible to disprove.If a person tells an offensive joke but is married to someone of that same race, are they a racist? Instead of using an unprovable label like “racist,” use precise language: “The comedian told this joke. I personally didn’t

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4:55

The World Needs More Male Friendships

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2024/10/28

Two years ago, I got the call I’d always feared. A close friend had suffered a heart attack after years of alcohol abuse. Within 48 hours, he was gone. He died alone in a hospital bed, separated from loved ones by pandemic restrictions. But that isolation wasn’t new to him. His alcoholism had been isolating him for years. I often wonder—what came first? Did his alcoholism drive his isolation, or did his isolation drive his alcoholism?15% of men say they have no close friends. That’s about 25 million

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7:43

The time I paid friends to pretend they voted for Trump

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2024/10/21

Thomas Jefferson said: "I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.” The idea of choosing your friends or distancing yourself from family based solely on who they choose to support in a political election seems deeply unamerican to me. But sadly it seems to be very fashionable again as we grind through the last days of this painful election cycle. I understand this isn’t a new phenomenon, and I am sympathetic to the idea

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6:44

How I Sold the Naming Rights to a Pizza for $10,000

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2024/10/07

Back when I co-owned the restaurant chain Slice by Saddleback, I was looking for ways to increase the net income of the business. One of the things I became fascinated by was how sports stadiums would sell the naming rights to their stadiums as an advertisement to large businesses. Consider how many stadiums are named after companies, like the Staples Center or the DTE Energy Music Theatre. I thought, What if we could do that for a pizza?Opening restaurants requires a lot of cash. So when we were

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1:48

I dreamed I had an interview with God

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2024/09/28

I Dreamed I Had an Interview with God by James J. Lachard (Jim Brown)"So, you would like to interview me?" God asked. "If you have the time," I replied, and God smiled. "My time is eternity. What questions do you have in mind for me?""What surprises you most about humankind?" I asked. God answered, "They get bored with childhood, rush to grow up, and then long to be children again. They sacrifice their health to make money and then spend that money to restore their health. By worrying about the

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