A column in today's Mint daily by Manu Joseph
Barnum Effect: What is common between the psychometric tests, personality tests and Horoscopes?
Barnum Effect
GSM Framework: 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆?
𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆?
17 Equations That Changed The World
Ian Stewart's book, "17 Equations that Changed the World," describes how these equations came to be used in machine learning :- Pythagorean's Theorem: Although this theorem is best recognized for its geometric uses, it is important in machine learning, particularly in relation to distance-based techniques like k-nearest neighbors. Logarithms: These are used in ML approaches... Continue Reading →
You start dying slowly…
You start dying slowlyIf you do not travel,If you do not read,If you do not listen to the sounds of life,If you do not appreciate yourself. You start dying slowlyWhen you kill your self-esteem;When you do not let others help you. You start dying slowlyIf you become a slave of your habits,Walking everyday on the... Continue Reading →
10 Lessons from Sun Tzu
Sun Tzu (who lived in 500 BC) had one of the sharpest minds in all of human history. He was able to easily defeat almost everyone who stood in his way in combat thanks to his thoughtful planning and smart thinking. Here are 10 inspirational life teachings from Sun Tzu that can help you outperform... Continue Reading →
Audrey Hepburn’s Beauty Secret
What is the secret of beauty?Audrey Hepburn, considered one of the most beautiful women, shared an eye-opening response. Audrey never relied on artificial means to hold on to hear youth. She never went under the knife. No fillers, no plastic surgery. So much so that she even hated magazines Photoshopping her image. She'd warn the... Continue Reading →
A library is a rainbow in the clouds
“A library is a rainbow in the clouds.” Maya Angelou, born on this day in 1928, on how a library saved her life. Here is the article: https://www.themarginalian.org/2016/11/18/maya-angelou-library/ I discovered her through her quotes, some of which I have used in my "Thought of The Day" series and a few I have saved for the... Continue Reading →
Choice Overload aka Problem of Plenty
Source: My friend's Linkedin post Choice Overload is an interesting phenomenon that's been known and researched for decades. Here's an interesting encounter I had with it in a completely different scenario The term was first coined by entrepreneur Alvin Toffler in the 1970s, though Princeton academician George Miller had already alluded to the idea as... Continue Reading →
Happy Trolley Day!
Happy #trolleyday! Today's the birthday of Philippa Foot, the mother of one of the best known ethical dilemmas of our time: the 'trolley problem'. The original trolley problem is as follows: A brakeless trolley nears.If you don't act, 5 people will die. These five people are already on the regular track (i.e. consider it as... Continue Reading →
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