The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
This is a really excellent essay on the nature of science. Rovelli’s observation: “Science is not about certainty. Science is about finding the most reliable way of thinking at the present level of knowledge” is one of the most insightful things I have read about science in a decade. There are also very insightful comments …
Embodying a Hypercomplex of Unhygienic Nescience Questionable connectivity enabling apprehension of matters otherwise Introduction Interweaving styles and themes Phase diagram of degrees of argument connectivity Aesthetic singularity prior to Technological singularity? Unsaying and ignorance Nescience and ignorance Naysign and “nart”: living with incomprehension and uncertainty Verbal game-playing engendering a global cognitive container? Requisite cognitive inversion: …
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Zoomanitarians: Using Citizen Science and Next Generation Satellites to Accelerate Disaster Damage Assessments Zoomanitarians has been in the works for well over a year, so we’re excited to be going fully public for the first time. Zoomanitarians is a joint initiative between Zooniverse (Brook Simmons), Planet Labs (Alex Bakir) and myself at QCRI. The purpose of Zoomanitarians …
Bart Baesens 5.0 out of 5 stars Superb Overview of Analytic Applications — Focused on Consumer, Contains Math, May 22, 2014 Bottom line up front: a superb book and a truly great overview that is easily understandable to me except for the fraction of the book that is math. Right away I like the structure …
The guide to targeting and leveraging business opportunities using big data & analyticsBy leveraging big data & analytics, businesses create the potential to better understand, manage, and strategically exploiting the complex dynamics of customer behavior. Analytics in a Big Data World reveals how to tap into the powerful tool of data analytics to create a …
The Emerging Science of Superspreaders (And How to Tell If You’re One Of Them) Nobody has figured out how to spot the most influential spreaders of information in a real-world network. Now that looks set to change with important implications, not least for the superspreaders themselves. EXTRACT But there’s a problem. Social networks are so …
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Edward Slingerland Paradigm shifting look at Csikszenmihaly’s concept of flow, March 23, 2014 By Just Me When I discovered Mihaly Csikszentmihaly’s book Flow, about 10 years ago, I recognized that he was talking about a concept that I had experienced many times, that was important in my life, and that I craved. Learning about flow …
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