Errr... or I guess maybe not tests for statistical equivalence specifically (upon second glance I don't even think that you were hinting in that particular direction), but that negative results should be qualified in some way?
So basically the moral of the story is... maybe people should use equivalence testing?
Pardon me if this comment seems moronic- it's early and the tea hasn't quite kicked in yet.
The only issue with that xkcd analogy and your own garden analogy is that, under sane circumstances, you would be able to retrieve your own property from your friend's garage and move it elsewhere, or uproot your own plants from the garden and re-plant them on another plot of land. The only truly good reason I haven't given up Facebook entirely is because I have some old messages, photos, etc that are at best difficult (at worst impossible) to take out of Facebook. It's like a black hole for my older data (my newer data is mostly rubbish, as I treat Facebook as a bit of joke at this point). At least with mailing lists you could save all your exchanges on your own PC.
I miss Web 1.0.
As a counterpoint, you could consider Solomon Asch's conformity experiments. If enough people believe something to be true, even if it isn't, they can still sway the rest of the group to their position.
Crowd wisdom is more or less a matter of consensus among members of a time period and its culture. If you went back to 18th century Europe, I'm pretty positive you would find that 90% of people "correctly" identified blood-letting as a valid form of therapy.
I actually remember reading in a Kahneman and Tversky article somewhere that the success rate for new entrepreneurs five years down the road was something like 33%. Those odds aren't bad. Not particularly good, but not bad. I deem them better than the lotto.
This is no different than a homeopathic doctor saying "While I respect alopathic medicine, I think their real value is in their diagnostic techniques. The real benefit that myself and the other doctors at my practice play is bringing our wealth of homeopathic understanding to each issue at patient bring in."
2) Nullify analogy:
Not to equate all teaches with homeopathic physicians,
Kickstarter projects have to tell you VERY clearly what you're getting for your money. Its right there next to the radio button you have to click when you decide what amount to contribute. So what is this BS about "slick salesmen" and "information asymmetry"?
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Errr... or I guess maybe not tests for statistical equivalence specifically (upon second glance I don't even think that you were hinting in that particular direction), but that negative results should be qualified in some way?
So basically the moral of the story is... maybe people should use equivalence testing? Pardon me if this comment seems moronic- it's early and the tea hasn't quite kicked in yet.
...aren't we running out of helium? Will we even still be able to *build* touchscreens in the future?
The only issue with that xkcd analogy and your own garden analogy is that, under sane circumstances, you would be able to retrieve your own property from your friend's garage and move it elsewhere, or uproot your own plants from the garden and re-plant them on another plot of land. The only truly good reason I haven't given up Facebook entirely is because I have some old messages, photos, etc that are at best difficult (at worst impossible) to take out of Facebook. It's like a black hole for my older data (my newer data is mostly rubbish, as I treat Facebook as a bit of joke at this point). At least with mailing lists you could save all your exchanges on your own PC. I miss Web 1.0.
Is Bubble 2.0 a technological singularity?
Well, clearly it did need spelling out. Maybe you should just try assimilating them next time.
Thank you for providing absolutely no substantive corrections.
MOD PARENT UP (because he's a friend of mine and he promised he'd get my next comment modded up).
Okay. That's one citation. How many more do I have to make before I get modded up too?
He just likes to critically evaluate a poster's biases, you insensitive clod!
debut slate
Debut slate for a surface tablet? The future potential is limitless and must be cultivated- tabula rasa, I say, gentlemen, tabula rasa.
If you don't like your government and try to do something about it, they will lock you in a cage, torture you, or kill you.
WE GOT 'IM BOYS! TIME TO ROLL IN! But seriously, no one's preventing you from moving to Antarctica.
The French. They exist.
As a counterpoint, you could consider Solomon Asch's conformity experiments. If enough people believe something to be true, even if it isn't, they can still sway the rest of the group to their position. Crowd wisdom is more or less a matter of consensus among members of a time period and its culture. If you went back to 18th century Europe, I'm pretty positive you would find that 90% of people "correctly" identified blood-letting as a valid form of therapy.
"Viola"? Was it music to his ears?
... I'm going to poop, actually. (Yes, I did stoop to that level)
How did this get modded as "Informative"?
Ho- mi parolas iom esperante you insensitive clod!
Slashdot: so dead, I may have just replied to this.
Microsoft Office does a half-ass job of reading Office formats... which is why I gave up and started using rtf.
Pretty sure that's what Apple said when they switched from PPC to Intel.
BBC ACORN? Please? They're not obsolete yet?
I actually remember reading in a Kahneman and Tversky article somewhere that the success rate for new entrepreneurs five years down the road was something like 33%. Those odds aren't bad. Not particularly good, but not bad. I deem them better than the lotto.
Are we having a serious discussion here?
Seems more like either a bad acid trip or an illiterate romp through crazyland to be frank.
This is no different than a homeopathic doctor saying "While I respect alopathic medicine, I think their real value is in their diagnostic techniques. The real benefit that myself and the other doctors at my practice play is bringing our wealth of homeopathic understanding to each issue at patient bring in."
2) Nullify analogy:
Not to equate all teaches with homeopathic physicians,
Just keep on weavin' that illogic there bro.
Kickstarter projects have to tell you VERY clearly what you're getting for your money. Its right there next to the radio button you have to click when you decide what amount to contribute. So what is this BS about "slick salesmen" and "information asymmetry"?
This kind of bullshit. And this was only one of the ones that got caught.