When I heard the learn’d astronomer,
When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me,
When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them,
When I sitting heard the astronomer where he lectured me with much...
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For today I’d like to talk about some cognitive biases that we’ve probably all done at some point. Us human beings are actually not very good at assessing our own abilities accurately. Generally, we tend to overestimate our capabilities, judging...
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So I’ve been putting off learning to drive for a couple of years now, I don’t know why but I kept pushing it back. I guess I never really felt the need to, since I don’t go to many places to begin with. I used to really rely on public transport...
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I remember the first time I heard this song, I think I was in seventh grade, and my cousin went up to me and told me to listen to this really weird song with lots of different genres and moods mixed in. I’ve never heard anything like it, and...
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The concept of automation should not be unfamiliar to all of us nowadays. Lots of processes in factories and such are automated by the technologies of today. Tasks that used to be performed by humans can now be done by robots and computers. Most...
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I think we’ve all seen lighthearted stories being shared around of heartwarming and inspirational news, they can be stories about a local dog being adopted, or of our national team winning a competition. In a world where it seems most news we...
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I am a person who doesn’t use a lot of social media, the ones I currently have are out of necessity. But what I do use a lot of is Reddit, which is similar in concept to some social media, but differs in important ways that makes it special to...
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This is a story about an Ancient Greek mathematician called Eratosthenes who calculated the earth's circumference over 2000 years ago using only simple tools and logic. The people of Ancient Greek already suspected that the Earth was round,...
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When you spend a lot of time living in your own head, there’s a lot of things that you end up thinking about. The things I think about are mostly abstract concepts such as morality, justice, and how the world should be. How society could function...
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“It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth.I didn’t feel like a giant, I felt very, very small” -Neil Armstrong-
It’s mind-blowing to...
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