I recently read in a book that "out of a 100 people, 70 will want to start a business, 15 will actually do so in the next few years, and only 5 will succeed on the first try." (from the book bounce! by Barry Moltz) I hadn't realised that so many people were actually thinking... Continue Reading →
The Relationship Between the Infinite Monkey Theory and Evolution
I recently read an article refuting the infinite monkey theorem: that if you have lots of monkeys hammering away on typewriters one of them will eventually reproduce one of Shakespeare's sonnets through pure chance alone. What the author was really refuting was the theory of evolution (some writers having used the infinite monkey theorem to... Continue Reading →
The Monkey Typewriter Fallacy
I recently read an article refuting the infinite monkey theorem: that if you have lots of monkeys hammering away on typewriters one of them will eventually reproduce one of Shakespeare's sonnets through pure chance alone. What the author was really refuting was the theory of evolution (some writers having used the infinite monkey theorem to... Continue Reading →
Changing Jobs for More Money
"Leaving for money" is, according to an article in the Harvard Business Review on career moves, called "Managing Yourself: Five Ways to Bungle a Job Change", one of the major mistakes people make when deciding between jobs. Though not too extraordinary a finding in itself (surely you have heard people say, "it's not all about... Continue Reading →
On Writing What I Want
I have a habit of regularly asking myself what I want in life. I’d write it down and put it away, only returning to it when the next time I thought about writing it came about. I find Google docs very useful for this exercise, but I digress. It suddenly occurred to me that I... Continue Reading →
Mistakes Weight-Watchers Make
An article appeared in today's Mind Your Body section of The Straits Times which listed down a number of mistakes that weight-watchers make. Of the seven mistakes they listed, here are the ones I personally found worth highlighting: Weight watchers mistake #1: Underestimating how much you have eaten -- the newspaper quoted a study by... Continue Reading →
Rediscovering the Joy of Running
Taking the unfamiliar route today, I felt a familiar tingling feeling on my skin: goosebumps! Whenever goosebumps appear on my runs, they are almost always accompanied by a surge in energy and enthusiasm, and this time it was no different. I picked up my pace and ran like I hadn't run in ages: I had... Continue Reading →