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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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Sep 11, 2020
What is an ELO Rating?
The mathematics behind it, and its association with chess, video games…
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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
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Oct 13, 2020
The Straw Man Fallacy
And how to not be annoying in arguments (Part I)
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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…
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Oct 17, 2020
The Ad H
ominem Fallacy
And how to not be annoying in arguments (Part II)
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Raghav Mittal
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Aug 31, 2020
What is the Baader–Meinhof phenomenon?
An explanation of how you start noticing something all the time
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Aug 31, 2020
How random can card-shuffling even be?
And why there are more orderings of a 52 card deck than the…
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Raghav Mittal
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Nov 8, 2020
Why is Gold precious?
Like seriously, there doesn’t seem to be anything inherently valuable about gold…
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Raghav Mittal
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Sep 7, 2020
5 Useful skills to learn in less than a day
Youtube is honestly a great resource
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