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Over the past year, I've grown in my ability to understand things scientifically through lab seminars at the Intelligence Computer Entertainment Laboratory under my professor. These weekly gatherings exposed me to diverse research topics and methodologies in computer science. I learned to analyze experimental designs critically, interpret data, and question assumptions. Discussions with fellow students and faculty sharpened my analytical skills. Presenting my work forced me to explain complex concepts and defend my approaches clearly. This regular practice of scientific thinking and communication has deeply enhanced my competency in this area.

My interdisciplinary background has indeed gradually given me the ability to think scientifically, especially at the Master's level. As I learnt about different fields (politics and economics, humanities and the arts, social history, etc.), I realised that instead of trusting news and opinions from the news or the internet as I did when I was in my teens, I would think about the ideas that I was exposed to, or even once firmly believed, and weigh the pros and cons of them from both sides of the fence. Instead of being biased and making absolute judgements about things, I get comprehensive results from multiple perspectives and contexts, and consider how and why the information was combined.

From my interactions with my friends, I realized that I'm more connected with people who likes to argue and debate ideas. Until now, my closest friends are the ones who are open minded and likes to argue about anything. We can argue about almost anything, from religion, philosophy, science, government policy, and even anime characters. Since we hate to lose debate, we always try to refine our logic and understanding so that we can win the next time we enter into a debate. I think our mutual traits as well as the high frequency of interactions allow us to think more objectively about many things and to look at things from multiple perspective.

During my graduation research class in my University, I had to choose the problem I want to solve. In my case, I chose the problem in object detection, which belongs to the computer vision field. The problem I decided to tackle was extremely difficult, and required a lot of understanding in many concepts that I haven't had the opportunity to learn before. Due to the occasion, I've spent a lot of time in diving deep into the literature, and was able to develop the skill to understand thinks from scientific point of view.

My friends tell me that I need to see things from different angles when things are difficult.

I gained a lot of experience and understanding on the things that I have never done before. I have never done research to this extent and throughout the semester, I have learned how to conduct primary research.

Through the physics class, tackling difficult knowledge and understanding those allowed me to gain the ability to understand.

this year, at school, with myself, in a science experiment, doing analysis.

I realized when I was having a conversation with my mother at a cafe.