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Jan 10

What Is A Woman?

Descriptors in Science and in Life — I’m sure that some of you reading this article would find the title familiar. It is identical to the title of a documentary produced by Matt Walsh, a right-wing political commentator. The online documentary had very mixed reviews, which added fuel to the controversy surrounding transgender people. The topic on…

Language

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What Is A Woman?
What Is A Woman?
Language

6 min read


Nov 24, 2022

What Phylogenetics Tells Us About Scientific Incompleteness

Embracing Uncertainty in Science and in Life — Studying biology in University College London, the first major piece of coursework tasked to me is to write a 1500-word essay titled “What can phylogenetic trees tell us about how the complex eukaryotic cell evolved from prokaryotes?” …

Science

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What Phylogenetics Tells Us About Scientific Incompleteness
What Phylogenetics Tells Us About Scientific Incompleteness
Science

5 min read


Oct 6, 2022

How to Catch a Chess Cheater

The Power and Limitations of Statistics — This article is a continuation of “Once a Cheat, Always a Cheat?”, my previous article. As the chess drama revolving around world chess champion grandmaster Magnus Carlsen’s cheating allegations against grandmaster Hans Niemann continues to invoke controversy from chess fans, the International Chess Federation, otherwise known as FIDE, has announced…

Chess

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How to Catch a Chess Cheater
How to Catch a Chess Cheater
Chess

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Sep 17, 2022

Once a Cheat, Always a Cheat?

Chess Drama, Bayesian Inference and Other Thoughts — The chess world has just seen what is considered to be the biggest piece of chess drama in recent chess history. During the third round of the classical stage of the Sinquefield Cup, which features some of the best players in chess, grandmaster Hans Niemann pulled off a shocking underdog…

Chess

6 min read

Once a Cheat, Always a Cheat?
Once a Cheat, Always a Cheat?
Chess

6 min read


Aug 19, 2022

The Darker Side of Genetic Testing

Lessons from ‘DNA is Not Destiny’ by Steven J. Heine I remember a time where advertisements and sponsorships from the genetic testing company 23andMe would flood YouTube. Some individuals from channels which I subscribe to would first get their DNA sequenced by 23andMe and other direct-to-consumer genomic companies, and share…

Science

10 min read

The Darker Side of Genetic Testing
The Darker Side of Genetic Testing
Science

10 min read


Jun 16, 2022

Jurassic World Dominion: Science Fiction or Complete Bullsh*t?

Warning: Spoilers! — The Jurassic World trilogy of films, as well as its predecessor, the Jurassic Park trilogy are inspired from the 1990 novel written by Michael Crichton, a renowned science fiction author. Now known as Crichton’s signature novel, Jurassic Park was actually inspired by scientific research conducted in the past. In a…

Science

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Jurassic World Dominion: Science Fiction or Complete Bullsh*t?
Jurassic World Dominion: Science Fiction or Complete Bullsh*t?
Science

8 min read


Jan 22, 2022

Understanding XMMs and sugar daddies using evolutionary principles

Today, couples with the male older than the female counterpart is a common occurrence. A famous example involves a controversial US president Donald Trump and his wife Melania. The duo share an age gap of a great 24 years, leading to some snide remarks of him being a ‘sugar daddy’…

Science

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Understanding XMMs and sugar daddies using evolutionary principles
Understanding XMMs and sugar daddies using evolutionary principles
Science

5 min read


Dec 4, 2021

Sorry TWICE, But Love Is Actually a Science

A new song by the popular Korean girl group TWICE has recently been released, and I was pleasantly surprised by the song title ‘Scientist’. There are a few anime series which feature many science concepts in the episodes (see Dr Stone, Cells At Work and Science Fell in Love, So…

Love

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Sorry TWICE, But Love Is Actually a Science
Sorry TWICE, But Love Is Actually a Science
Love

7 min read


Oct 20, 2021

The Optimal BO5 Prediction Strategy, Applied in the League of Legends Worlds Championships

As the biggest League of Legends (LoL) tournament, Worlds, is right around the corner, analysts and fans alike vividly discuss everything revolving around the game, the teams and the players. A fun topic of discussion which inevitably arises every tournament is one of predictions. To get players more invested into…

Mathematics

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The Optimal BO5 Prediction Strategy, Applied in the League of Legends Worlds Championships
The Optimal BO5 Prediction Strategy, Applied in the League of Legends Worlds Championships
Mathematics

8 min read


Sep 11, 2021

A Mathematical Analysis of the League of Legends 7 Win Streak Challenge

This report, originally written in a Microsoft Word document, has been converted into PNG format, such that it can be transferred into Medium.

Math

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A Mathematical Analysis of the League of Legends 7 Win Streak Challenge
A Mathematical Analysis of the League of Legends 7 Win Streak Challenge
Math

2 min read

Yeo Shen Yong

Yeo Shen Yong

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Critically analysing life a lot more than I should.

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