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How Natural Is The Natural Logarithm?

Posted on March 7, 2016 by fbenedictus

Why is the natural logarithm called ‘natural’? Continue reading →

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Kant & Modern Physics

Posted on February 29, 2016 by fbenedictus

The part of Kant’s philosophy that I’ll be discussing in this post is Kant’s view on human knowledge. The central idea of Kant is rather straightforward: the world must be such that knowledge is possible. The world, according to Kant, must … Continue reading →

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Probability “0” Is Not Impossibility

Posted on February 26, 2016 by fbenedictus

LAST EDITED: July 20, 2019 “The dart that said zero” The probability that a dart will hit any specific point on a dartboard is zero because there are infinitely many points on the board. And yet if you throw a … Continue reading →

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Probability “1” Is Not Certainty

Posted on February 12, 2016 by fbenedictus

They sometimes say that if you try something very often then you will succeed. Say you play a game of dice and in every round there is a non-zero probability that you’ll win. As the number of rounds you play … Continue reading →

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