Tudor, The Ice King

“If we begin with certainties, we shall end in doubts; but if we begin with doubts and are patient, we shall end in certainties.” — Francis Bacon In a cold, overlooked corner of the world, a young man named Frederic… Continue Reading →

Relativity Uncertainty Incompleteness Undecidability

Four Maths and Physics Concepts to Rethink Training Although these four concepts come from different areas of physics and mathematics, they share a common point: all of them address the limits of what we can know, measure, or predict. This… Continue Reading →

Embodied perception

The perception of objects changes depending on how our body can interact with them. Before the era of digital cameras—the ones we now have embedded in our cell phones—the world of photography was very different. The quality of an image… Continue Reading →

Zero sum fallacy

Game theory is a field of mathematical study that analyzes strategic decisions in situations where the outcome depends on the actions of several participants or “players.” John von Neumann is considered one of the pioneers in this field, along with… Continue Reading →

The power of errors

In a small town surrounded by mountains lived a young man named Carlos, who was passionate about climbing. From a very young age, he dreamed of becoming a standout climber and representing his club in regional competitions. However, his path… Continue Reading →

The Centipede´s Dilemma

A centipede was happy – quite! Until a toad in fun Said,¨Pray, which leg moves after which?¨ This raised her doubts to such pitch, She fell exhausted in the ditch Not knowing how to run. Who hasn’t experienced the same… Continue Reading →

L´HOMME MOYEN

Adolphe Quetelet was born in the Belgian city of Gant on February 22, 1796, the fifth child in a family of nine siblings. A very talented student, his mathematical abilities were evident from an early age, receiving prizes in algebra,… Continue Reading →

UNPRECEDENT

There are situations where an action can be carried out only when there is a precedent, that is, if that action was previously learned or observed at the individual level. Often the absence of a precedent is the favorite public… Continue Reading →

Creativity in Sports

¨Innovation, then, means finding new ways to apply energy to create improbable things, and see them catch on. It means much more than invention, because the word implies developing an invention to the point where it catches on because it… Continue Reading →

Buridan´s ass. Decision making in climbing

The French philosopher Jean Buridan (1300-1358), Ockham’s disciple, is attributed the following paradox: with a hungry ass at exactly equal distance from two stacks of hay of the same size, weight and shape, what decision will he make? Which stack… Continue Reading →

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