Today is Election Day in the United States and I thought it would be fun to dip my toes into election forecasting. I’ll build a very simple model based on race ratings published by The Cook Political Report. I’ll check
You’ve probably heard that March 14 is unofficially (or maybe officially in some circles) recognized as Pi Day. That’s because the digits 3-1-4 match the first three digits in the number pi (π = 3.14159265…). I’ve always said there’s no
Many Americans have picked up a new hobby in recent years: sports betting. The industry has exploded since the US Supreme Court threw out a federal ban in 2018. While the stereotype is still a smoke-filled room in a dark
Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man. —Henry Adams Recently I watched a Youtube video from Numberphile that piqued my interest. If you aren’t familiar with the channel, they produce a lot of short math