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by pataoAoC 9y ago
Perhaps, but regarding the first 2... 1. Top graduate schools for Olin grads (in order): MIT, Stanford, Harvard, Carnegie Mellon, UC-Berkeley, Cornell. It doesn't seem like people that want to go to grad school are struggling for oppor
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by pataoAoC 9y ago
> Nothing I learned in college has helped me to the place where I am. :( That's too bad, I hope they change something. Certainly some people will never benefit from organized learning, and perhaps you're in that category and it
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by pataoAoC 9y ago
I don't agree, I think it's more likely than not that a school specifically designed to foster a particular type of thinking is at least somewhat more effective at it than others. Just like Stanford is likely more effective at dev
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by pataoAoC 9y ago
Amusingly, I'm an Olin grad with a profitable lifestyle business that I started, so I wasn't included in this stat. I wholeheartedly agree with you on goals and values. Fortunately, Olin isn't a "VC startup factory"
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by pataoAoC 9y ago
It depends which conclusion is being questioned. arcticfox is probably referring to the title conclusion "Olin College Produces Founders at Five Time the Rate of Stanford" not being the result of selection bias during the analysis
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by pataoAoC 9y ago
It depends what the conclusion in question is, whether selection bias is a factor. Does Olin produce / graduate founders at ~5 times the rate of Stanford? Yes - no bias. Is the effect size due to self-selection? Likely at least partial
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by pataoAoC 9y ago
I really like the Hyperion Cantos - the Ousters make exactly that decision, to forego terraforming in favor of self-modification. Naturally, the natural humans vilify and hunt them. http://hyperioncantos.wikia.com/wiki/