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#VeritasiumContest

I am submitting an entry to the Veritasium contest. You may watch my video submission here: Do help me like the video. I don’t have much intention on winning, but if it garners some interest in my main research field, there’s no harm. If you would like to submit your own, feel free to checkContinue reading “#VeritasiumContest”

GE2020: Unrepresentative Democracy (I)

It’s time for eligible Singaporeans to head to the polling booths once again. A once-in-five/six-year event takes place in the middle of a national epidemic. But that is not what I want to talk about today. For the unacquainted, Singapore’s parliamentary elections is unique, in the sense that no other country in the world (thatContinue reading “GE2020: Unrepresentative Democracy (I)”

Eternity

From the years 1932 to 1967, the city of Sydney was facing a very unique problem. Every few days or so, people walking along the streets of Sydney would find chalk graffiti on public property, walls, benches, streets; there was also an instance where they found the graffiti in the bell of a clock towerContinue reading “Eternity”