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Articles worth a few minutes

Short reads about the things behind the games: personality, logic, tradition, and why our brains keep spotting patterns.

personality · 5 min

What Does the Big Five Personality Test Actually Measure?

Five traits, not five boxes. Here is what the model is trying to describe, and what a short online result cannot tell you.

logic · 4 min

Most puzzle difficulty is not magic. It comes from hiding the rule, adding a second step, or tempting you with a rule that almost works.

tradition · 4 min

Weton combines the seven-day week with the five-day pasaran cycle. Here is the calculation without turning tradition into a prediction machine.

fun · 4 min

Pattern recognition helps us predict the world, but it also means a convincing-looking pattern can fool us when the evidence is thin.