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General knowledge

It Always Takes Longer Than Expected: Hofstadter’s Law

Hofstadter’s Law says that it always takes longer than you expect, even when you take the law into account. This piece covers its origin in Gödel, Escher, Bach, its recursive struc

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Psychology

Overcoming Impostor Syndrome: How to Regain Your Confidence

In modern society, many people experience difficulty fully acknowledging their own success and feel as though their achievements were obtained through deception. This phenomenon is

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Statistics

Torture the Numbers and They Will Confess: P-hacking

P-hacking is the practice of analysing data in different ways until a “statistically significant” result appears. We look at what p-values mean, the common ways p-hacking happens,

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Robotics

The First Robot Arm to Enter the Factory: Unimate

Unimate, installed at a General Motors plant in New Jersey in 1961, is regarded as the world’s first industrial robot. Learn how it grew from George Devol’s patent, how its hydraul