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by xevb3k 8y ago
But, I suppose the point is that work on Biology and Physics is as far removed as his work on Physics and picking up women in bars... The work discussed in the paper, is not particularly interesting in isolation.
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by xevb3k 8y ago
Would this article be of general interest if it wasn’t about Feynman? (I don’t believe so) The work Feynman did in Biology that’s discussed here doesn’t seem to be particularly ground breaking, or interesting. It feels like it’s only being
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by xevb3k 8y ago
Good and Bad are loosely defined terms. I guess in this case it might be better to say “currrently socially unacceptable behavior which is considered selfish and harmful to others”. It seems self apparent that calling a woman a whore for no
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by xevb3k 8y ago
Having recently learnt that Feynman seems to have treated women quite badly [1]. I feel slightly uncomfortable about this article, it feels more like hero worship than anything else. Feynman no doubt did some interesting work in Physics. Bu
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by xevb3k 8y ago
So I’m not sure I’m very convinced by these papers. The first (nature) paper appears to show that in market traders increased levels of testosterone result in more risk taking. The third is mostly about fish and other animals, and doesn’t s
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by xevb3k 8y ago
If you believe this is a fundamental biological difference, then back it up with data/research. Otherwise, this could just as easily be a social adaptation (and if we are seeking equality in our society, which should try and address it
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by xevb3k 8y ago
The number is steadily rising, and I’d expect it to be historically lower so it’s not unexpected. However, I’m not making any strong assertion one way or the other. The parent I was replying to effective said “it’s because men and women are
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by xevb3k 8y ago
I guess the parent comment has been edited, because this comment seems to come out of the blue in relation to what the current parent comment says. My personal opinion is that if you’re going to make statements like this you should back the
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by xevb3k 8y ago
The article doesn’t mention and routine sequencing at all. I think it’s unlikely that someone has paid to sequence, even the exosomes of these individuals... who knows though!
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by xevb3k 8y ago
The article discusses a Biobank which stores physical spots of blood. They are not as far as I can tell suggesting every baby is sequenced. While rapidly getting cheaper (probably between 1 and 3 thousand USD all inc) this would still be an
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by xevb3k 8y ago
Mediocre means average, at least this is the way I mean it. I’m sure there are many things I could use to criticize him, but I don’t think I have. I just not really agree that he’s super-intelligent or a genius. Most of it seems like PR and
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by xevb3k 8y ago
You appear to have misunderstood which comment I’m replying to. My parent comment is a reply to the following quote by Barack Obama: “if you’ve got a business, you didn’t build that“. If you take the time to google that quote, you’ll find i
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by xevb3k 8y ago
It was unfortunately phrased (allowing opposing parties to misrepresent the statement). But I think it’s a reasonably accurate statement. Companies, and other forms of progress, don’t come from individual effort alone. This is particularly
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by xevb3k 8y ago
Large teams of people did those things not a single individual.
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by xevb3k 8y ago
Hyperloop is a mediocre (well, actually bad) idea. It indicates that Elon is not some genius level engineer. I think you underestimate the degree to which luck plays a role in the development of companies.
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by xevb3k 8y ago
You’ve posted this same question/comment, 3 times in this thread (and I’ve answered it below). You seem to be taking this somewhat personally. I find it worrying that “Elon is a hyper-intelligent Superman” seems so closely tied up with
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by xevb3k 8y ago
Hyperloop? I don’t see this (or any of his other ideas) as coming from someone with an abnormal level of intelligence. He may have the ability to hire people who can execute well on ideas (though I also think that Tesla’s achievement are ov
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by xevb3k 8y ago
Not “most amazing human being to ever have lived” as the parent poster suggested, no. I guess this isn’t the place to suggest it, but really in success like PayPal there is a large element of luck at play. He maybe reasonably smart, but the
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by xevb3k 8y ago
What evidence can you provide that Elon is highly intelligent and skilled? Really appears to have quite mediocre ability to me. Has focused on some quite interesting problems, but mostly his ability seems like PR/marketing.
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by xevb3k 8y ago
Parenthood, particularly in some communities is like entering some kind of twilight zone. In particular I’ve been shocked at how many fathers do almost nothing in terms of childcare. It’s a shame that there isn’t a more general expectation
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by xevb3k 8y ago
I find your grandmothers advice simplistic and somewhat unhelpful. In particular, it makes it sound like there’s a simple algorithm you can follow to solve problems with children crying. Unfortunately, sometimes children do cry for hours an
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by xevb3k 8y ago
No, my understanding of the page is as follows. If d (width of the window) is large. Small changes in the wavelength create large differences in phase. So if you have say light in the range 400 to 401nm coming through the window. There are
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by xevb3k 8y ago
If you want to make it like a blind audition, then do that. Either just review anonymized decks, or do the pitches over anonymized email. This is not a blind audition... it’s something quite different.
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by xevb3k 8y ago
If a human is biased, there are individuals whose attitude can be corrected, and if necessary pressure can be put on individuals to correct the situation (politically or otherwise). With an algorithm, you show the inputs, show the outputs a
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by xevb3k 8y ago
My point is that a number of features can be well correlated with gender/other social factors and result in training bias into the algorithm. The following article discusses this in the context of policing for example: https:/&#x
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by xevb3k 8y ago
“if the algorithms liked what they saw, the venture fund would back them...Similar tactics have brought promising results in other competitive fields. The most famous example comes from the 1970s, when five major orchestras began requiring
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by xevb3k 8y ago
I think you’re correct in your last point (and others, though I have no direct experience). I guess I’m skeptical that any qualification is 100% effective at evaluating/training (but that possibly says more about my own biases).
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by xevb3k 8y ago
Don’t know about the US system. But I can imagine it can happen, at least in the UK system which I’m farmiliar with. External examiner who is in a related, but not same field for example. Or they’re just a buddies with the advisor and only
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by xevb3k 8y ago
Even in PhDs there are people who slip through the cracks. I knew a PhD who in a postdoc would routinely plagerize work (lifted verbatim from other papers, passed off as own work). I would be shocked if they didn’t do this to some degree in
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by xevb3k 8y ago
The iMessage thing sucks, I can see similar issues happening in other contexts however (like people getting bullied into using Facebook for example). To be honest, I mostly see Android users trying to defining people by which phone they use

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