Solving the minimum wage debate by creating a simulation of the labor market
Even in the unpredictable landscape of modern politics, one issue is always brought up: is it a good idea to increase the minimum wage? Both sides claim their answer to be subjectively correct, but the debate …
Simulating Genetic Drift
Did you have to Google what genetic drift was before reading this article? I bet you did. Not many people know about this evolutionary mechanism, or even the fact that evolution has mechanisms other than natural …
To those who think video games cause violent behavior…
Recently America has had four mass shootings all in the timeframe of one week. I want you to let that sink in. Four mass shootings in one week. Whenever something like this happens, it reignites the …
Area 51 – What will actually happen
You all have probably heard of the now-infamous Facebook event encouraging people to ‘raid Area 51’ on the claim that they ‘can’t stop all of us’, as if the most powerful military in the world can’t …
Rational Treasure: How a few simple tricks can change the way you think
A couple of months back, I published a post about behavioral economics and the various biases in human thinking(the link to that post is right here). But I didn’t stop there. I wrote a whole book …
Marijuana: Should it be legalized?
Recently, there’s been one topic that my friends and I could never agree on: legalizing marijuana in Canada. You could probably guess what their arguments are: Drugs are bad! Drugs kill people! Everything’s been going fine …
Do incentives really work? Exploring behavioral economics
In our class, our teacher gives us the opportunity to study our own topic. For my topic, I chose economics. at first, I wanted to study market economics, but I quickly realized that there was a …
The Rohingya Crisis And My Thoughts On Religion
Recently, Bangladesh has seen many refugees come from the neighboring Buddhist-majority country Myanmar. These are Rohingyas, the Muslim minority in Myanmar. Recently, a few Rohingyas started a militia to fight against the Myanmar government. Though the …
Game Update: First Version Released!
It’s been a really long time since I posted a game update, and in that time, I managed to make a fully functioning game for all to learn and enjoy. In fact, you can play it …
Trump Tries Harder: More Algorithmic Awesomeness
You probably thought this was one of my political posts right? Well, it’s about algorithms, so if you only read my posts on voting and trump and whatnot, this probably isn’t for you. Okay, maybe the …
