That is so dumb. Who does that?

I do it. Oh.

I'm Angela Duckworth.

I'm Stephen Dubner. And you're listening to No Stupid Questions.

Today on the show, how do you increase your powers of observation?

The lady right behind us, would she order?

Real cheese? He's like, no.

Also, what happens when a good night's sleep feels impossible?

I could wake up on my own, but then it's like 3.30 in the morning, and I'm like, shit.

Now I'm alert and awake.

Stephen, I have a challenge for you.

Are you ready?

A challenge, not a question?

Well, it's kind of a question, kind of challenge.

A question, a challenge.

Yes, exactly. Now, you are where you are. You're in a room you've been before.

Wait, I am where I am. Is this a Popeye challenge?

That was just all preamble. Tell me three things about the room you're in now that you

didn't notice before I asked you that question. Oh, this is a parlor game. Almost literally a parlor game.

Tell me about the parlor you're in. Three things about the room that I haven't noticed before, you said.

Yeah, and where are you, by the way? I'm in a small

room in a rental house outside of the city where I've been doing a lot of work since my

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