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by mycorrhizal 8y ago
It seems crazy to me that we expect companies to tackle this problem. If you don't vaccinate your children when there are no extenuating circumstance ( https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/should-not-vacc.html ). T
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by mycorrhizal 8y ago
No, the discussion was specifically a response to a comment speculating that a person with 100M in 1971 would have been better offer investing in the S&P 500. Quotes from the GP > Actually, from the article it's unclear if he&#x
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by mycorrhizal 8y ago
Because it has been very well demonstrated that almost all active investors, fund managers etc... virtually never beat the market cumulatively over decades. There are some exceptions, but not more than you would expect from random chance du
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by mycorrhizal 8y ago
Definitely impressive work, but the fact that this is hard to distinguish from human text, if true, is pretty sad for humans. Even sadder if anyone reading this could be swayed by such an argument. Heck, maybe having to compete with this wi
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by mycorrhizal 8y ago
Aren't a lot of these European countries a lot more pragmatic (cut throat?) about who can go to college? For example in Germany, I was under the impression that around adolescence they start dividing people into the university path peo
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by mycorrhizal 8y ago
What kind of question is that? Do you seriously expect me to give an "exact" solution? Furthermore how many complicated issues have solutions that have no potential to cause harm and are guaranteed to help. I think it is pretty cl
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by mycorrhizal 8y ago
The cynical answer is about 7-15: themselves, their family and close friends. Or at least thats how it appears in the US given how little we do about it, even though we (half) give it plenty of lip service.
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by mycorrhizal 8y ago
Another interesting story in undergrad I had a thesis supervisor who was working in cosmology, but had a 20 year career in high energy particle physics (5 as a grad student, 10 as a research scientist and 5 as a pre-tenured faculty member).
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by mycorrhizal 8y ago
From physics, it seems like cosmology has a whole bunch. What the heck is dark matter made out of? Why is the the expansion of the universe accelerating? These seem qualitatively different than the "aesthetic problems" she points
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by mycorrhizal 8y ago
Not the OP but I believe the second option would be raising the child.
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by mycorrhizal 8y ago
I appreciate the response, but I definitely did not mean to imply that I don't care about other people's problems, but was simply questioning and hoping to get a more exact and maybe quantitative picture of the control these compa
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by mycorrhizal 8y ago
Right, so I was speaking personally there and I can confidently say among the priority of things I care about my relationship with my wife, how I manage my budget and my overarching career goals all of the decisions related to these things
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by mycorrhizal 8y ago
I definitely don't contest the amount of tracking these companies do. I wouldn't even be surprised if it goes beyond what I can even imagine. But when it comes to control can we at least attempt to quantify it or at least make it
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by mycorrhizal 8y ago
I absolutely agree if your model is wrong any causal inferences you draw will be wrong. However his framework does provide mechanisms for determining if your data is inconsistent with your model (ie certain independences should or should n
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by mycorrhizal 8y ago
I think you are overstating Judea Pearl's argument. He doesn't claim it is impossible to answer causal questions (on observational data) without resorting to do-calculus. What he does claim is that to answer causal (interventional
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by mycorrhizal 8y ago
You are way overstating the knowledge of most practicing physicians. You are right that most of them learned about these topics at some point, but have quickly forgotten them. I worked with a pediatrician who works in under privileged areas
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by mycorrhizal 8y ago
I agree with you on the having kids issue, but I disagree that individuals should just treat it as a macro problem. Even in the US (where I live) there is planning you can do on an individual level to help you avoid some of the negative con
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by mycorrhizal 8y ago
Thanks for the link and extra info! You have definitely looked at this more carefully than I have.
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by mycorrhizal 8y ago
One practical use that has been studied (only a little) is to use Esperanto as a stepping stone to learning other languages. Essentially the idea is that you can first spend a few months learning Esperanto and that might actually speed up t
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by mycorrhizal 8y ago
That sounds more like a career goal than a cultural contribution. The grandparent was talking about how our culture will suffer and we will all lose out by not subsidizing humanity degrees. But last I check we seem to be saturated by media
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by mycorrhizal 8y ago
Why do you need a graduate degree in humanities to make cultural contributions? Many people who have made substantial cultural contributions never earned a graduate or even an undergraduate degree in humanities.
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by mycorrhizal 8y ago
Machine learning is used widely across a huge number of industries and fields from internet search, pharmaceuticals, mining/energy, digital security, entertainment, etc... So the commercial benefits are definitely tangible and not just
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by mycorrhizal 8y ago
When I was in Stockholm a few months ago using cash seemed actively discouraged. There were several restaurants and other businesses I went to that refused to accept cash.
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by mycorrhizal 8y ago
I definitely see where you are coming from, but I think it is the wrong approach in these situations. The question to ask is are these loans negatively impacting the economy in a way that makes a material difference to me? (also a selfish v
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by mycorrhizal 8y ago
On your first point I really don't think this is true in CA with community colleges providing a solid (relatively easy) path to the UCs. I was able to go from a local CC to a local UC and because of that I was able to finish with no de
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by mycorrhizal 8y ago
I actually do. My point was that on a spectrum of "apex predator totally tailored for eating meat" and total herbivore able to digest cellulose we are far from both ends. The gp specifically stated we have "evolved to prefere
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by mycorrhizal 8y ago
I'm sorry, but this is just so wrong. I'm not saying humans can't eat meat, but if you compare the digestive track and other physiological factors of humans to animals that actually evolved to eat meat like lions the differen
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by mycorrhizal 8y ago
>> Someone said any field with "Science" in the name isn't really a science. Computer science, data science, political science, social science, etc The etc. would also include cognitive science/neuroscience, medica
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by mycorrhizal 8y ago
You might be interested in the Ronin Institute, basically a bunch of former academics who left traditional institutions, but are still pursuing scientific research. http://ronininstitute.org/ I'm still a grad student,
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by mycorrhizal 8y ago
A bit off topic but related to your link, if anyone is interested in more details on gardening with soil ecology in mind the teaming series by Jeff Lowefels is great. There is Teaming with Microbes, Teaming with Nutrients and Teaming with F

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