tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post4499934700578344967..comments2024-01-13T18:57:18.243-05:00Comments on Information Processing: Dept. of Physicists Can Do Stuff: Harold BrownSteve Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-86164252647076944102015-02-02T05:27:34.858-05:002015-02-02T05:27:34.858-05:00...in order to be analytical, they have to assume ...<i>...in order to be analytical, they have to assume away most of the driving forces in real economic behavior.</i><br /><br />Brown has a very poor understanding of academic economics. Economists attempt to assume away all the forces that are negligible within whatever system they are examining. Microeconomists do a very good job at this and often make quite accurate predictions. MacroeconomistsCorneliusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-66635599172869486212015-01-28T23:26:46.142-05:002015-01-28T23:26:46.142-05:00I would suggest that there are a lot of models of ...I would suggest that there are a lot of models of intelligence. Here’s a very simplistic one I’ll throw out there:<br /><br />Consider two cars, one has max hp of 500 and the other has max hp of 300. Over the years the first one has been damaged a lot and now no matter what, the most you can get out of it is 100 hp. The second one has deteriorated only a bit and can now get a max of 250 hp. RealityIsComplicatednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-46298046981601622102015-01-28T22:27:22.380-05:002015-01-28T22:27:22.380-05:00I do not think that it is fair to call social scie...I do not think that it is fair to call social science "pseudoscience". It's much lower down than that.Rastus Odinga-Odinganoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-58707484387073608542015-01-27T12:37:59.500-05:002015-01-27T12:37:59.500-05:00Some of these guys here might qualify as stupid ph...Some of these guys here might qualify as stupid physicists<br />http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~ken/Langmuir/langmuir.htmHomoSapiensnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-26668034624449066922015-01-27T08:46:39.480-05:002015-01-27T08:46:39.480-05:00"There are many examples of stupid physicists..."There are many examples of stupid physicists in power" -- I think that there are about zero examples of stupid physicists, either in power or not in power. Stupid people do not become physicists; they cannot. <br />"Chu especially coming to mind."<br />Steven Chu has a PhD in physics from UC Berkeley. Oh, and a Nobel Prize in physics, he has one of those too. Does BobSykes benny bozettinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-43313040003995047932015-01-27T07:11:51.165-05:002015-01-27T07:11:51.165-05:00There are many examples of stupid physicists in po...There are many examples of stupid physicists in power, Chu especially coming to mind.BobSykesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-22569838964339806482015-01-26T22:13:30.909-05:002015-01-26T22:13:30.909-05:00"First consider a spherical cow.""First consider a spherical cow."Jon Claerboutnoreply@blogger.com