I remember hearing the story of a scam that involves emailing people and offering “perfect football match predictions“, which involves a bit of probability. I can’t find the exact story, but It is something like this: Continue reading
Category Archives: Ideas
Random Thoughts – July 2019
The idea of the trip was to take a break from the daily routines and take a step back. Re-evaluate where I am, and where I want to go. Continue reading
Critique on Rich Dad Poor Dad
Recently I have finished reading the book Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki. For someone who has never ventured into the personal finance and investment world, it is certainly an eye-opener. I learned a lot of new ways of thinking regarding money, but also kept critically thinking about the deeper issues beyond the sugar-coated words in the book. So here is my critique on the somewhat short book: Continue reading
Extinction is Natural, So is Global Warming
You’ve heard again and again, “global warming due to human activities”. But what if it is all natural?
The fixed and growth theories of interest
Recently a study on theories of interest has been all over internet. The study by Yale-NUS and Stanford examined implicit theories of interest, fixed theory and growth theory. Here is what the paper says and my take on them. Continue reading