by Liv | Jul 21, 2020 | Uncategorized
The following is the result of my literal first attempt of playing with the new GPT-3 AI text generator. It was produced using the AI Dungeon. Text in bold is the prompt I entered, everything else is produced entirely by GPT-3. The longer paragraphs were...
by Liv | Jun 29, 2020 | Liv Boeree
Calculations behind the “How LONG is the Earth” video: Galaxy length earth: Earth’s volume is approx 10^21 cubic metres. The diameter of the galaxy is estimated at around 100,000 light years, which approximately = 10^21 metres. Hence, the earth...
by Liv | Mar 15, 2020 | Liv Boeree
A weed is growing in a garden, and it doubles in size every week. If it takes forty weeks to completely cover the garden, how many weeks does it take to cover half? If your first instinct was “twenty”, your instinct was wrong. The correct answer is thirty-nine. This...
by Liv | Sep 29, 2019 | Liv Boeree
I can’t quite believe it… I’m the guest on the latest episode of Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s fantastic podcast “Creative Processing”!!! You know, the superstar genius actor JGL. From Inception. And Don Jon. His actual podcast. Wow....
by Liv | Feb 21, 2019 | Rationality
(This post originally appeared on Vox, but I want to share it here too) I’ve been a hypochondriac for much of my life. When I was 13, I read an article about a girl my age who had recently lost her hair to alopecia. For the next six months, my teenage self...
by Liv | Oct 4, 2018 | Rationality
Here are the questions and answers to the 4th preliminary round of our #PlatinumPass contest. Thanks to the thousands of you who took part in the contest – I hope you enjoyed it! We are now in the process of collating and double-checking the scores, and will be...
by Liv | Sep 29, 2018 | How to Think Like a Poker Player
There’s been a huge oil spill somewhere, and you hear that approximately one thousand birds are covered in oil and dying slow, horrible deaths. You’re upset, as you should be. Now you hear that actually, it’s one million birds that are covered in oil and dying. You...
by Liv | Sep 27, 2018 | How to Think Like a Poker Player, Rationality
A good poker player would never just think to themselves “Oh, that big bet means she probably has the best hand”, or “Maybe he’ll fold if I make a big bluff”. Instead, they’ll carefully think through all the information they...
by Liv | Sep 22, 2018 | Rationality
Hi folks, apologies for the delay in posting these answers – WCOOP and a few other life things held it up. Anyhoo, below are the answers to round 3 of our quiz. Hope you enjoyed the quiz, and congratulations those of you who think you’re likely to still be...
by Liv | Sep 11, 2018 | Liv Boeree
Enjoy games? You’ll love this BBC documentary I was part of recently: “The Joy of Winning” presented by mathematician Hannah Fry. It takes a deep dive into general game theory and strategy. A pleasure to see the subject given some mainstream...
