benjaminmhaley

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Opinions are data too(benjaminhaley.blogspot.com)
2 points by benjaminmhaley 9y ago|0 comments
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by benjaminmhaley 10y ago
Living systems are in dynamic equilibrium. They bound from one extreme to another. A large adult gives way to a small child and back again. If they reach static equilibriums we call them dead. The beautify of life is that it is perpetually
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by benjaminmhaley 10y ago
Actually we need local and universal time. Say you have a meeting with remote participants. You want to know that it's at 9am UTC. With only that everyone knows when to meet. You also want to know that it's at 4am local time. Th
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by benjaminmhaley 11y ago
The major problem with legalization is the incentive that companies have to promote addiction in our society. Tobacco use is much higher than it would be if it weren't for marketing that promotes tobacco (this is why those companies sp
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by benjaminmhaley 11y ago
The #1 problem is with p-values is the word "significant". We should use "detectable" instead. Significant implies meaningful to most people, but not in a statistical context. This is quite confusing. Detectable is bette
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by benjaminmhaley 11y ago
It's an old strategy. I was reading Grimm's Fairy tales to my wife this morning and the brave little tailor used the same clever approach. * * * Leaping into the woods, he looked to the left and to the right. He soon saw the two g
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by benjaminmhaley 11y ago
I agree that it is interesting to wonder why certain cultures are more violent and militant than others. My points, more clearly: 1. That # of Jihadist does not indicate how violent and militant a culture is because it is not a cross-cultur
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by benjaminmhaley 11y ago
> why many middle eastern countries generate so many young angry jihadists This is akin to wondering why Europeans generated so many young angry crusaders. The term jihadists denotes a religion and a region. Its associated with Middle Ea