Re: [FRIAM] disorder caused by individual, or collective human agents, in hierarchically-ordered and complex systems--systems composed of sub-systems that, in turn, have their own subsystems, and so o

2013-10-31 Thread glen
On 10/30/2013 04:54 PM, Steve Smith wrote: What a great cascade here... I'm not sure anyone but you and I are properly enjoying it however grin. The delete key suffices. And, in the spirit of hiding in plain sight, we have to populate caches like Arlo's with _something_ to lower the SNR.

Re: [FRIAM] more fun in psychology

2013-10-31 Thread Nick Thompson
Roger, Speaking as somebody who can barely get his positivity ratio up to 1/3, let alone 3/1, I am deeply grateful for this post. N Nicholas S. Thompson Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology Clark University http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/

Re: [FRIAM] more fun in psychology

2013-10-31 Thread Merle Lefkoff
Having recently read the long essay featured on the cover of The Economist October 19th-25th issue, How Science Goes Wrong, it's really fun to see this. The Economist article goes into some depth on the failure and flaws in the peer review process: Scientists like to think of science as

Re: [FRIAM] more fun in psychology

2013-10-31 Thread Gary Schiltz
This is for me, almost too funny. I actually worked with Marcial Losada back in 1986-1987. He was a psychologist in the AI RD group I was in. This is the first I had heard of him since then. I hope most of my other colleagues from over the years have fared better. Gary On Oct 31, 2013, at

Re: [FRIAM] more fun in psychology

2013-10-31 Thread glen e. p. ropella
On 10/31/2013 10:51 AM, Merle Lefkoff wrote: My priority is not to publish, but to attend my clients properly.” TRAINING iN MY MODEL?? Yipes! As scary as that is, the scarier thing is that the following sentiment is consistently, frequently, and loudly repeated and ignored: 'The essence

Re: [FRIAM] more fun in psychology

2013-10-31 Thread Joseph Spinden
Or, an extended exercise in the misuse of mathematics and the value of learning critical thinking.. On 10/31/13, 10:34 AM, Roger Critchlow wrote: http://narrative.ly/pieces-of-mind/nick-brown-smelled-bull/ and http://chronicle.com/blogs/percolator/the-magic-ratio-that-wasnt/33279 describe

Re: [FRIAM] disorder caused by individual, or collective human agents, in hierarchically-ordered and complex systems--systems composed of sub-systems that, in turn, have their own subsystems, and so o

2013-10-31 Thread Steve Smith
Glen - What a great cascade here... I'm not sure anyone but you and I are properly enjoying it however grin. The delete key suffices. And, in the spirit of hiding in plain sight, we have to populate caches like Arlo's with _something_ to lower the SNR. Personally, I feel successful enough

[FRIAM] Tesla Map

2013-10-31 Thread Jochen Fromm
Tesla Motors has a nice map which state uses what kind of energy, California depends mostly on Gas, while New Mexico uses mostly Coal. Anyone driving a Tesla Model S in Santa Fe already?  http://www.teslamotors.com/goelectric#electricity -J. Sent from Android

Re: [FRIAM] Tesla Map

2013-10-31 Thread Steve Smith
Jochen - Have you bought yours yet? In Colorado, the tax incentives a few years ago created huge effective discounts... something like 40% of the vehicle cost was recovered in tax breaks. I'm a member of a local EV enthusiasts group and there definitely isn't one in that crowd... there IS

Re: [FRIAM] [EXTERNAL] Re: Tesla Map

2013-10-31 Thread Steve Smith
Ray - If PNM runs all plants at maximum capacity (up to the percentage that PNM owns - some are shared), then the two coal plants produce around 900 megawatts while the rest of the plants (nuclear, wind, natural gas) produce 1100 megawatts. That would only happen at the hottest day of

Re: [FRIAM] more fun in psychology

2013-10-31 Thread Steve Smith
Roger, Speaking as somebody who can barely get his positivity ratio up to 1/3, let alone 3/1, I am deeply grateful for this post. N And then there is the famous Risk Aversion factor of 2.25 offered up by Tversky and Kahneman: