The surprising success of equal-weighting schemes has an important practical implication: it is possible to develop useful algorithm without any prior statistical research. Simple equally weighted formulas based on existing statistics or on common sense are often very good predictor of significant outcome. In a memorable example, Dawes showed that marital stability is well predicted … Continue reading Statistics
Books
Everlasting
Hearts united in pain and sorrowwill not be separated by joy and happiness.Bonds that are woven in sadnessare stronger than the ties of joy and pleasure.Love that is washed by tearswill remain eternally pure and faithful.Khalil Gibran, Love Letters in the Sand: The love poems of Khalil Gibran
Success
A few years ago, John Brockman, who edits the online magazine Edge, asked a number of scientists to report their "favorite equation." These were my offerings: Success = talent + luckGreat success = a little more talent + a lot of luck. Daniel Kahneman; Thinking, Fast and Slow; page 176
Scientist
The scientist is not the person who gives the right answers; she is one who asks the right questions. Claude Levi-Strauss I always like the idea of being a poetic scientist, I even put it on my LinkedIn profile tagline; A poetic scientist. A scientist means a person who thinks thoroughly, a very considerate person … Continue reading Scientist
Atomic
Today, the idea to take a tiny step for a huge change revisit my mind. It's kinda floating around since this morning, but it was definitely getting clearer when I was doing my treadmill this afternoon. It's almost mid August, this particular year of 2021 will soon passed away, and I was wondering, what have … Continue reading Atomic
Re-read
This is my second attempt to read this book, my first attempt was a year ago, around April 2020, and it was sadly a failed attempt. But somehow I kinda like this book, yes, it confuses me many times due the usage of infrequent words, hey.. a Nobel laureate write this, so what do I … Continue reading Re-read
Average
I came across a very interesting video clip about average-ness in education. There's this one professor that said he has scanned more than enough people's brain to be able to conclude that there's no such thing as an average person. But the sad thing is, our education, mass product was made with the assumption that … Continue reading Average
Teacher
I always believe become a teacher is a very respectful occupation. A good teacher is usually a good student, and I am talking in a very wide senses ya; not merely in a classroom setting. A good teacher could spark and lite up the whole scene with her ideas, question and perhaps a bit of … Continue reading Teacher
Golden
How would you like to live your life in your golden days? My question this afternoon I am visiting one of my Aunt today, she is 83 years young. She live by herself , and several days ago she fell at the bathroom. Her eldest son live next door but it's the far neighbor who … Continue reading Golden
Twice
I will read these darlings at least twice in my life Start as many books as you wish, give them 15 to 30 minutes to prove themselves, if they failed, leave it, just quit. As for great books, read them at least twice in your life, it will enrich your soul and your worldMe The … Continue reading Twice
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