Tag Archives: education

Another irritating thing (TAGLIST)

Posted on June 12, 2023 by dmill96

Quite some time ago wordpress.com changed their interface, in my view, almost entirely for the worst. Too many times people try to dumb down software to try to attract the fools and just make it harder to use for those … Continue reading →

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The stupidity of crowds

Posted on December 5, 2012 by dmill96

Nate Silver discusses crowd wisdom in his book, both how it can be right and how it can be wrong (the underlying issue with bubbles). This concept has a fairly specific meaning but I’ll misuse it a bit in this … Continue reading →

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MIT is #1

Posted on September 18, 2012 by dmill96

In football rankings they’re not even on the map but in terms of educational ratings they’re now #1, according to this rating system.  MIT (aka, Massachusetts Institute of Technology) is often on various lists in the top 10 but it’s … Continue reading →

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