Berkson's paradox is a result in statistics, very closely related to Simpson's paradox, that demonstrates that two values can statistically be negatively correlated even when they appear positively correlated in the population. In a high school, being taller may appear to … | Continue reading
An Enigma machine is a famous encryption machine used by the Germans during WWII to transmit coded messages. An Enigma machine allows for billions and billions of ways to encode a message, making it incredibly difficult for other nations to crack German codes during the war — for … | Continue reading
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Burnside's lemma is a result in group theory that can help when counting objects with symmetry taken into account. It gives a formula to count objects, where two objects that are related by a symmetry (rotation or reflection, for example) are not to be counted as distinct. Bu … | Continue reading
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Landing on something soft can improve your chances for walking away from a long fall unscathed, but just how much of a cushion do you need? | Continue reading
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