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Raghav Mittal in Purple Theory

Oct 7, 2020

Why the 1 for 36 Book Exchange is a massive Pyramid Scheme

And how a bunch of people will eventually…

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Raghav Mittal in Purple Theory

Sep 11, 2020

What is an ELO Rating?

The mathematics behind it, and its association with chess, video games…

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Raghav Mittal in Purple Theory

Sep 27, 2020

Vending Machines vs Sharks — what’s deadlier?

An exploration of whether vending machines are truly 4…

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Raghav Mittal in Purple Theory

Oct 13, 2020

The Straw Man Fallacy

And how to not be annoying in arguments (Part I)

Raghav Mittal in Purple Theory

Mar 5, 2021

Why are scam emails so badly written?

Typos, tuypos, and more typose

Raghav Mittal in Purple Theory

Sep 14, 2020

How many people are in space at any point in time?

Why the only humans in space are the ones on the…

Raghav Mittal in Purple Theory

Oct 17, 2020

The Ad Hominem Fallacy

And how to not be annoying in arguments (Part II)

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Raghav Mittal in Purple Theory

Aug 31, 2020

What is the Baader–Meinhof phenomenon?

An explanation of how you start noticing something all the time

Raghav Mittal in Purple Theory

Aug 31, 2020

How random can card-shuffling even be?

And why there are more orderings of a 52 card deck than the…

Raghav Mittal in Purple Theory

Nov 8, 2020

Why is Gold precious?

Like seriously, there doesn’t seem to be anything inherently valuable about gold…

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