pureGuano

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   by pureGuano 8y ago

   Came here to post Dynamics of Complex Systems. Just the information on renormalization groups and multi-scale behavior makes it worth the time. And it's Free!
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   by pureGuano 9y ago

   I'm well aware.
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   by pureGuano 9y ago

   I don't know about that. You just shouldn't strap more meaning onto it than that it's a survey that gives you a qualitative description of the answers you gave to it -- people have some innate attraction to such things and I
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   by pureGuano 9y ago

   I too dislike the right/left classification. It didn't really exist until the French Revolution, and the attempt to stretch it into a universally encompassing political continuum has resulted in an impoverished view of politics,
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   by pureGuano 9y ago

   Yet we're posting in a thread relating to a massive replication crisis. The geocentric model of the universe was equally obvious and functional to our ancestors in the context in which they used it. We are the same creatures as them an
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   by pureGuano 9y ago

   How large is the preimage of conclusions that would lead to the mathematics of relativity? Is it improbable in light of that? I should also say that physics has a better track record than softer sciences. But even in physics, things change
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   by pureGuano 9y ago

   It can work, but for reasons different to our positive scientific understanding, no?
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   by pureGuano 9y ago

   One good heuristic to use when evaluating scientific research is the Lindy Effect. Essentially, the longer a finding has stood without being falsified, the longer you can expect it to continue to stand without falsification. This runs cont
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   by pureGuano 9y ago

   This may be a good time to review "How Complex Systems Fail" http://web.mit.edu/2.75/resources/random/How%20Complex%20Sys...
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    by pureGuano 9y ago

    I think people are (slowly) re-learning the importance of redundancy. Having multiple, competing implementations makes you far less vulnerable to shocks.
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    by pureGuano 9y ago

    You may find this interesting: http://www.necsi.edu/research/multiscale/infotheory
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    by pureGuano 9y ago

    It's a very good book. Just be aware that it is very one-sided in favor of the Bayesian view.