063 Wikipedia again...

... and so while I had been studying for my KI exam on Wikipedia, like any KI students I know, I subjected myself to the sin of digressing to some other unrelated articles. So, here I am now, to recommend some particularly good articles I found on Wikipedia to the discerning Malaysian citizen. Article Number One...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketuanan_Melayu

Let me tell you, this is a fantastic article, documenting the entire history of, erm..., something Malaysians don't usually talk openly about, a topic only discussed in taxis, kopitiams and private places, by the ordinary citizen... It's really good, in fact, it's a previously featured article, a privilege that very few articles have, putting this on the top of the list of the best articles on Malaysia, funny this should get there...

Article Number Two...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_153_of_the_Constitution_of_Malaysia

Yet another previously featured article, on yet another controversial issue, actually it's related to the first article, but this one is about the legal side of it. So once you have read the first article, read this one, you might understand where the parties involved get their gusto... how I hate speaking about this openly, once again I must remark, "funny this should get there"...

For those who are less politically inclined and more mathematically inclined, read this one...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_hall_problem

The moral from this story is: Don't challenge the person with the higher IQ, you'll end up being embarrassed. This problem, featured in Mark Haddon's book, "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time", is one of the biggest public mathematical uproar in contemporary history. Many mathematicians, scientists and professors, protested the answer given by Marilyn, which was found to be correct in the end. Shame on them!

Lastly, for those who do not like the three articles above, try wrapping your minds around this one...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolley_problem

This is an ethical thought experiment that concerning the question of which is right: killing five people or one person? There are a few derivatives to this problem, all equally perplexing, so try them out, and find out what you actually believe in? That's all, and have fun reading these articles, I had, maybe you will too...

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