tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post7077416016703174194..comments2024-01-13T18:57:18.243-05:00Comments on Information Processing: g and genomicsSteve Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-9871325167166732272011-05-10T19:49:13.909-04:002011-05-10T19:49:13.909-04:00Hi Henry,
You can certainly use the figure in you...Hi Henry,<br /><br />You can certainly use the figure in your class.<br /><br />The red line is the upper bound at 95% confidence level on the probability of getting an A in a particular quarter of introductory physics, and the blue line is a similar upper bound on the probability of earning a cumulative GPA of at least 3.5 or so. You can see the blue line changes nonlinearly (seems to have a steve hsuhttp://duende.uoregon.edu/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-72415214771872503892011-05-10T10:22:19.214-04:002011-05-10T10:22:19.214-04:00Nice, Steve. Would you consider adding some capti...Nice, Steve. Would you consider adding some captioning to #14 (the second 'College outcomes-thresholds?' slide) explaining what the columns of the table are? I presume it is ok to show these slides in my classroom?Henry Harpendinghttp://profiles.google.com/harpendnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-51758522550656562082011-05-10T03:51:13.530-04:002011-05-10T03:51:13.530-04:00No, it's just a weird consequence of latex on ...No, it's just a weird consequence of latex on OS X. Something to do with the way PDF figures are handled, I think. Try using another PDF viewer like Google Docs.steve hsuhttp://duende.uoregon.edu/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-52819677879328877202011-05-10T03:50:04.207-04:002011-05-10T03:50:04.207-04:00I never get that kind of reaction from physicists ...I never get that kind of reaction from physicists or mathematicians. I wonder why? ;-)steve hsuhttp://duende.uoregon.edu/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-61488304500850209592011-05-10T03:45:58.754-04:002011-05-10T03:45:58.754-04:00What kind of response do you get to these talks? I...What kind of response do you get to these talks? I remember you once mentioned someone (a sociologist?) leaving the room?bottinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-46750718182678619922011-05-09T21:54:41.231-04:002011-05-09T21:54:41.231-04:00Hrm, I can't see the last few slides of the pr...Hrm, I can't see the last few slides of the presentation. Was that done on purpose?edwardhttp://pulse.yahoo.com/_JTKEZUKG5AA224JLD47JUEFMH4noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-67811947871063156182011-05-09T14:52:39.315-04:002011-05-09T14:52:39.315-04:00The answer is that it will be a genetic arms race,...The answer is that it will be a genetic arms race, of course! I love Carl Sagan, but to reduce every power struggle on this planet to insignificance because we live on a mote of cosmic dust is an absurd form of nihilism. At the moment we don't really have a choice, because other planets are too far away and the world as we find it is a relentless Darwinian struggle. This drive for Alpha Omegahttp://omegaleague.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-12897645365662798452011-05-09T08:57:28.326-04:002011-05-09T08:57:28.326-04:00Awesome! Just read the slides and they look very g...Awesome! Just read the slides and they look very good!Sam Hhttp://profiles.google.com/samh550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-73896537408602743692011-05-09T01:31:59.211-04:002011-05-09T01:31:59.211-04:00Fascinating...Genetic engineering is coming; it...Fascinating...Genetic engineering is coming; it's a question of who steers its course and under what principles.<br /><br />China, in its relentless pursuit to industrialize, is wreaking a lot of environmental havoc (so did the US for that matter, but not at this scale) and generating political ire (e.g., Tibet). That said, its lack of PC inhibitions and democratic bureaucracy is a major TheGuyFromEarliernoreply@blogger.com