forbes.com— MIT scientists can calculate what will happen in various social situations, say, landing a date, or getting a job or a raise? They can do it, with 90% accuracy.
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Okay, let's get some facts straight:MIT is damn near one of the finest technology schools in the country. I guarantee that graduates from MIT are doing some of the most important work in companies all over the U.S., the stuff that keeps us above every other country in the world. Furthermore, the people MIT accepts...well let's just say the people MIT rejects are geniuses. There are also plenty of interesting projects going on at the MIT campus that certainly outrank anything anywhere else.Not sure if this had to be said, but I figured I'd bring it up since no one else wants to mention the obvious to erusan : ) And the money they have? Comes from their enormous alumni-supported endowment. Getting beat by freshman? For every example of that I'm sure I could find you several where MIT students are at the top of their field.(full disclosure: I don't go to MIT but I know people who do.)
Also reminds me of another Asimov story,'Franchise' in which the voting rights of the entire country are transferred to a single individual by Multivac, the all knowing computer, which has refined poling to the point that a single individual can be sampled to accurately measure the sentiments of the entire nation. Written in 1955, this story is a chilling perspective on what life might be like in the distant future, 2008.
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Several centuries ago I did some research using psychological testing to predict juvenile recidivism. (Is the little criminal bastard going to do it again given a particular volunteer counselor and particular scores on the MMPI?) The best individual predictor was previous contact with the police and judicial system at about 40-50 accuracy, but the full fledged test using all the psych info got up around 90%. That means that given the test results and criminal history of someone I could say 9 times out of 10 whether he'd get in any more trouble during his probation. I thought that was fairly scary, but this is worse. --gk
as2003May 12, 2006
Try predicting individual radioactive decays.
partyonaisle7May 12, 2006
Okay, let's get some facts straight:MIT is damn near one of the finest technology schools in the country. I guarantee that graduates from MIT are doing some of the most important work in companies all over the U.S., the stuff that keeps us above every other country in the world. Furthermore, the people MIT accepts...well let's just say the people MIT rejects are geniuses. There are also plenty of interesting projects going on at the MIT campus that certainly outrank anything anywhere else.Not sure if this had to be said, but I figured I'd bring it up since no one else wants to mention the obvious to erusan : ) And the money they have? Comes from their enormous alumni-supported endowment. Getting beat by freshman? For every example of that I'm sure I could find you several where MIT students are at the top of their field.(full disclosure: I don't go to MIT but I know people who do.)
jdmce2002May 12, 2006
Also reminds me of another Asimov story,'Franchise' in which the voting rights of the entire country are transferred to a single individual by Multivac, the all knowing computer, which has refined poling to the point that a single individual can be sampled to accurately measure the sentiments of the entire nation. Written in 1955, this story is a chilling perspective on what life might be like in the distant future, 2008.
johnboiwaltuneMay 12, 2006
^^^ erusan is back! Please ban this clown (again).
aznboi04kMay 13, 2006
no. a computer can't even direct my phone call properly when i call their customer service line. i'll stick with hitting "0" until i get an operator.
zenkaiMay 13, 2006
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500freestyleMay 13, 2006
creepy.
gskearneyMay 13, 2006
Several centuries ago I did some research using psychological testing to predict juvenile recidivism. (Is the little criminal bastard going to do it again given a particular volunteer counselor and particular scores on the MMPI?) The best individual predictor was previous contact with the police and judicial system at about 40-50 accuracy, but the full fledged test using all the psych info got up around 90%. That means that given the test results and criminal history of someone I could say 9 times out of 10 whether he'd get in any more trouble during his probation. I thought that was fairly scary, but this is worse. --gk