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Are Machine-Learned Models Prone to Catastrophic Errors?

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sun, 25 May 2008 15:07:20 GMT

Link: http://anand.typepad.com/datawocky/2008/05/are-human-experts-less-prone-to-catastrophic-errors-than-machine-learned-models.html

Neuroanatomy of science journalism

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:55:00 GMT

Link: http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/005472.html

5 dangerous things you should let your kids do

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:00:39 GMT

From the TED talks.

Link: http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/202/?src=rss

Scientists think they may have found the brain's "irrelevance" filter

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 08:53:01 GMT

Reminds me of the “Your nerd has built an annoyingly efficient relevancy engine in his head” section from The Nerd Handbook at Rands in Repose:

For any given piece of incoming information, your nerd is making a lightning fast assessment: relevant or not relevant? Relevance means that the incoming information fits into the system of things your nerd currently cares about. Expect active involvement from your nerd when you trip the relevance flag.

I wonder what happens when your irrelevance filter is set too high?

Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7132829.stm

The Secret to Raising Smart Kids

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 13:42:42 GMT

I think I suffered some of the same problems as the kids in this article back in school. It’s an interesting take on kids who go through “gifted and talented” programs.

Link: http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=the-secret-to-raising-smart-kids&print=true

Leave no gifted child behind

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:21 GMT

As the one-time beneficiary of a so-called “gifted” education, it worries me to see all of the emphasis in public education on improving standardized test scores — there’s got to be a way to serve both over- and underachieving students

Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/26/AR2005122600553.html

How to Write More Clearly, Think More Clearly, and Learn Complex Material More Easily

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:20 GMT

At first I thought this was a horrible presentation, but the more I read the more I started agreeing with the guy

Link: http://www.ai.uga.edu/mc/WriteThinkLearn_files/frame.htm