disgruntledphd

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   by disgruntledphd 15y ago

   This is not news. This idea, in fact, has been around since the mid 1960's. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmalion_Effect Well done to Duke for replicating and publicising it though, as it never seemed to percolate into practice.
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   by disgruntledphd 15y ago

   Its worth noting that the major example in the wsj piece above, that of clinical trials, does not say what they think it does. Essentially, the doctors involved do not change the results magically by taking the funding. The real explanation
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   by disgruntledphd 15y ago

   If you have already brushed up on linear algebra and calculus (which you're gonna need if you want to do any serious ML) take a look at Hastie et al's Elements of Statistical Learning. The PDF is free, and the book is both extremely well wr