IMHO we're better off without certain kinds of intelligence research. I can't imagine any good that could come from distinguishing a certain group of people as more or less intelligent. On the other hand, this information would undoubtedly be used as a rationale for all kinds of discrimination.
How more immoral is it to illegally counterfeit money than it is to legally counterfeit money? Law and morality often have no bearing to one another these days, even if they should.
The Fed steals 2-4% of your savings every year, even if you don't live in the US by exporting inflation worldwide. How is this guy any worse? I might argue he's less bad because $200mm is a drop in the bucket compared to 2% of the world's savings, which is on the order of trillions.
Is there any reason we need to buy a special desk just so kids can stand? IMO you could get the same result by allowing kids to stand up if they need to or even better: stop killing recess, defunding gym, and banning dodgeball. Besides that, I don't think I would like the standing desk thing. I'd want to sit sometimes and lean back in a chair.
Schools are tasked with the impossible challenge of preparing thousands of unique children, each with their own unique situation and aspirations, for their adult life. There's no way such a system can tailor to all of these possibilities, therefore it basically caters the lowest common denominator. It teaches you skills that anyone—no matter how dumb you are—can learn. The least intelligent people are brought to a point where they can functionally work the lowest class jobs.
Everyone else is basically disserviced. Students just need to forge their own path. You know what you want to do in life, and highschool isn't going to teach it.
I think this would be a good situation for a learning algorithm. Couldn't Markov chains be used in this situation? I'd enter this if I was better with Python.
You should check out ycombinator's startup class. (It's free) http://startupclass.samaltman.com
According to them, your better off with no cofounder than some random person you meet online. Ideally though, you should have someone you've known for many years.
I am all over that - I have not seen it because I have been working the past week but now I have got a day off I am going to smash through all of the lectures: expecting great things!
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