Category: Science
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The Science of Listening to Your Body
I was doing high-intensity training for 5 days, then took 2 days for recovery when I got an infection and had to go on antibiotics. The question in my head was should I stop training because of the antibiotics? I…
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Game Theory #2: The Accelerate Dilemma or Axelrod Game Theory
Remember my blog post about the Prisoner’s Dilemma (Game Theory #1)? That was about a one-time event where prisoners have to make a choice. But in real life, we go through a series of repeated events like repeated Prisoner’s Dilemmas.…
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Game Theory #1: The Prisoner’s Dilemma
In 1950, two mathematicians named Merrill Flood and Melvin Dresher developed a model which was later formalized and popularized by Albert W. Tucker. That model is now known as the Prisoner’s Dilemma. What is that? imagine two prisoners who are…
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Neuroplasticity
“It is hard, I want to quit piano,” my 8-year-old daughter said when she struggled with a note for Level 2 AMEB piano exam. I wasn’t a pianist, so I couldn’t help her play, but I could motivate her not…
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Invisible Chair and AI agents in Minecraft
Is Reality Just a Coded System? You sit on a chair. It feels solid. But physics says atoms are 99.9999999% empty space. You’re not actually touching the chair, you’re hovering on an invisible field with forces of opposing electrons. Solidity…
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Geodesic
Geodesic is a term in physics, meaning the natural path, the shortest path from one point to another. Like a river flowing from top to bottom. Like time moving from A to B. Your path can be natural and short,…
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The Shoes, and the Puzzle of Time: A Thought Experiment
This is my thought experiment based on fundamental physics concepts about time that has been in my mind for a while. Imagine you’re planning to attend a meeting. Your plan is simple: first, put your shoes on, then follow the…
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Simulated world
Physics has proven that time is dilated as Einstein proved the relationship of time with speed. Sean Carroll say time is like space, a location we can visit, not just a series of events. We exist in the past, present,…
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Growth Mindset of my 8-Years Old
Tonight, I explained the theory of relativity and quantum entanglement to my daughter. She didn’t blink once but she listened the same way she watches her favorite cartoon. When she understood, she smiled, got excited, and immediately started arguing about…
