About Frequently Asking Questions
Frequently Asking Questions is a blog by Merlin Duty-Knez that examines widely-held everyday beliefs through the lens of data and careful analysis.
The name is a play on FAQ - but unlike the common meaning Frequently Asked Questions, this blog isn’t here to answer often-asked questions; it’s here to frequently ask questions itself.
Topics span gaming, economics, sports, psychology, and whatever else the data makes interesting.
Why Should You Trust Me?
You shouldn’t - you should trust the data, the methodology, and the arguments. If those hold up under scrutiny, good. If they don’t, tell me where they break.
My career path looks like someone rolled dice on a job board - economics, project management, IT systems administration, maths, epistemology, engineering, children counseling, taxi driving, help desk support. It doesn’t read like a plan. But each field left a different lens for looking at problems:
- Mathematical & Economic (BA Economics) - how numbers work and how human incentives distort them.
- Engineering & IT (BSc Engineering, sysadmin, startup pipelines) - troubleshooting broken systems, whether it’s a server or a logical fallacy.
- Philosophical (MA Epistemology) - how we actually know what we claim to know.
- Real-World (taxi driving, help desk, assembling kids’ climbing frames) - staying grounded when theory meets reality.
Together, they are the toolkit behind every post on this site.
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