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by pcrh 14y ago
It is cultural, at least in part... Specifically: the enthusiastic, go-getting, I'm gonna win, we've got the numbers, it can't fail attitude that you encourage ("Get going. Dive in. Make stuff happen.") is not encouraged in the UK, and in
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by pcrh 14y ago
Having been in both SV and the UK, the difference you mention is one of culture. In SV you are supposed to be super-enthusiastic and ambitious, the world is your oyster, etc. Any deviation from that will have investors worried that you don
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by pcrh 14y ago
This kind of behavior occurs in all walks of life, e.g. in dating. It just goes to show how much investment is based on vague impressions. For example, why shouldn't a founder get frustrated with fund-raising, or be desperate for funding,
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by pcrh 14y ago
There is still a lot of semiconductor manufacturing in the US. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_semiconductor_fabricati...
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by pcrh 14y ago
Partly correct. Trash cans were removed to prevent people hiding bombs in them. They are now coming back, both as transparent plastic bags, and also as bomb-proof cans (which are designed to direct the explosion upwards, and resist sidewa
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by pcrh 14y ago
You might be noticing the lack of IPOs following the 2001 bubble burst as well as the 2007-8 financial crisis. Since these are unrelated, these "bands" might not be a general trend.
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by pcrh 14y ago
From the perspective of All Souls, they do want exams that only a few can pass. The goal of this kind of exam is to identify original and insightful thinkers. I presume that it is hoped that those who enter All Souls will make original and
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by pcrh 14y ago
Some of the most pressing problems in society don't have answers that fit into the mindset of the more mathematically-minded among us. They are problems nonetheless, for example: should free speech exist? You can't answer that question usi
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by pcrh 14y ago
The goal of the exam is not to determine what knowledge you have assimilated, but how likely you are to generate new knowledge. Hence the very open nature of the question.
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by pcrh 14y ago
There are alternative uses of probability. For example, you might measure the weight of 50 people eating one of two diets, and determine an average weight for each group. You want to know if the different diets affect weight. It is highly
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by pcrh 15y ago
It reads like a speech, rather than a letter.
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by pcrh 15y ago
You have to consider how things were before Freud before dismissing him. Before Freud there was no idea that the mind subconsciously processed information. Although his ideas of how psychology works were very "infantile", they were the fi