Posts Tagged ‘mathmatics’

The Abacus and Cognitive Memory

April 26, 2022

Asia’s ancient calculator, the abacus, still has proponents in Japan. A video by Terushi Sho.

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Where Conspiracy Theories Can Come From

March 16, 2022

Why do we see misleading patterns? PatrickJMT describes Ramsey theory, which states that given enough elements in a set or structure, some interesting pattern among them, of some kind, is guaranteed to emerge. The key to some of the more kabbalistic conspiracy theories we’ve seen in the past few years.

A TED-Ed video directed by Aaron, Sean & Mathias Studios, narrated by Addison Anderson, with music by Manuel Borda.

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