Monday, June 29, 2009

Will be back...

before you know it. =)

Hello Malaysia =)

Sunday, June 28, 2009

Views

The media may seem to us as objective appraisers of events and issues but essentially, they are paid to play with our emotions, aptly put by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. For example :

Government to introduce new category of scholarships

Some of us may have realised the impact of the words 'new category' on the message put across. Anyone with a modicum of common sense would immediately get the idea that this 'new category' is a subset of all the scholarships awarded to students. Hence, it implies that only a small proportion of scholarships are given purely on merit while others are affected other factors, including race (cited from the article).

So, don't be fooled by such news and the claim that this would 'level the playing field' is utter nonsense.

However, a subset is still a subset. It is a step in the right direction.

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Start Afresh

Was bored with my old blog and everything in it. Hence, decided to find a new template and voila!