Statistics and the Human Limitation
[Sec2 Maths onwards - Probability] Kept you waiting, huh? You might have heard a lot of hub-bub about fake news going about. Things like 'This Facebook post is [sus]', or 'How do we still have people believing in fake news and doing stupid things that get them in trouble?' perhaps. Sad to say, there's a rather grim story behind it. The thing with it is, he's not entirely mistaken to dismiss all forms of statistics with mistrust, especially when the statistics involve you and


How tall can a tree grow?
Title is pretty self-explanatory. Those who have watched the Veritasium video on trees would also know that more than 90% of the water travelling up those xylem tubes is lost through transpiration. Depending on the type of tree you're planning to raise and grow, the amount of water required for growth changes drastically. For example, an avocado tree would require about 70 litres of water to grow one avocado on average, yet an orange tree would require less than a third of th