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by ekm2 13y ago
Some fields have a cognitive threshold. I seriously doubt if an IQ of 120 is sufficient to become an eminent mathematician.
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Practice Makes Perfect? Not So Much, New Research Finds(sciencedaily.com)
5 points by ekm2 13y ago|2 comments
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by ekm2 13y ago
I dont know if it is just me,but i do not feel like i have really understood a subject after taking an online class.Only hitting the books on my own gives me that kind of confidence.
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by ekm2 13y ago
All human beings are related if you go back a sufficient number of years.
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by ekm2 13y ago
Do you know of programs other than Caltech that have no macro?
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by ekm2 13y ago
Defining MOOC on Chronicle is like defining software on HN.
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by ekm2 13y ago
It is interesting how SAT scores are unconsciously used as an indicator of low iQ in the black population while simultaneously being used to show that high asian scores in the test is an indicator of hardwork,not brilliance.
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by ekm2 13y ago
>Humans have been identifying and separating themselves by color/race since the beginning of time, even before we could talk. It is the first category... before rich/poor, beautiful/ugly, young/old, etc. It's almost primial. How exactly
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Is economics a busted flush?(2009)(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by ekm2 13y ago|0 comments
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Is Stanford the Harvard of the 21st century?(slate.com)
4 points by ekm2 14y ago|1 comments
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by ekm2 14y ago
And there is also evidence that you can increase you fluid intelligence[1] [1] http://www.pnas.org/content/105/19/6791.full
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by ekm2 14y ago
MIT OCW Scholar has an excellent Multivariable Calculus class that i am currently self studying. http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mathematics/18-02sc-multivariable...
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by ekm2 14y ago
While i understand how important writing skills are,one should admit that they are heavily culture loaded.The very bright poor that i personally know avoid the top schools because they require too many essays and instead just fill out the s
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Speed of Light May Not Be Fixed, Scientists Suggest(sciencedaily.com)
5 points by ekm2 14y ago|1 comments
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The America that works(economist.com)
2 points by ekm2 14y ago|0 comments
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Inside the 1%(infoproc.blogspot.com)
1 points by ekm2 14y ago|0 comments
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How the ivory tower is ruining PhDs’ job prospects(qz.com)
2 points by ekm2 14y ago|0 comments
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by ekm2 14y ago
"Law school is bust", "Wall street is dead", "Dont get a humanities Phd", "There is no meritocracy in Silicon Valley","There is no shortage of engineers"etc ..if every place looks like hell where is heaven?
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An Open Letter to Mobile Health App Developers and Their Funders(cfah.org)
1 points by ekm2 14y ago|0 comments
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by ekm2 14y ago
The evolutionary psychologist Franz Herbert had written a piece about Chinese eugenics some time back http://www.edge.org/response-detail/23838
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Alcohol said to have big role in Cancer(sfgate.com)
3 points by ekm2 14y ago|0 comments
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Is It Cheating to Have a Side Project?(blogs.hbr.org)
48 points by ekm2 14y ago|64 comments
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by ekm2 14y ago
It would have been nice if Coursera offered an Algorithms class in Python..
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by ekm2 14y ago
I fail to see how one is going to master any branch of mathematics if arithmetic is a major obstacle.
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Virtues of Cognitive Workout(blogs.scientificamerican.com)
2 points by ekm2 14y ago|0 comments
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China Passes U.S. to Become World’s Biggest Trading Nation(bloomberg.com)
3 points by ekm2 14y ago|0 comments
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by ekm2 14y ago
Why does everyone assume that every immigrant wants to be an employee?Some also want to be founders,you know
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by ekm2 14y ago
I think contest math is the best kind of math for a programmer since it sets out to solve problems and not to necessarily come up with theories like regular math.
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How to Become a Pure Mathematician (or Statistician)(hbpms.blogspot.com)
2 points by ekm2 14y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN:Good RoR Tutorials?
1 points by ekm2 14y ago|1 comments

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