"This is what happens when you let the Italians make the car, and ze Germans make the food, instead of the other way round."
What about Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati, Ducati, etc.
I thought at least Lamborghini and Maserati were owned by Germans now.
And seriously, for all their flash and cost Italian sportscars are pretty notorious for being poorly built. Which is what he was talking about in that episode (it was about the first lambo to be built after Audi bought them and he was remarking that it wasn't just fast but actually a well made car).
So going through some of my research on the Arab Spring for a research paper due in a couple weeks and just ran into this line. And it just makes me grin.
Robert Fogel's theory of ―technophysio evolution‖ outlines the
parameters of this effect, using evidence of changing stature among US soldiers in the nineteenth
century to argue that human nutrition is the thermodynamic engine for human productivity and
investment (Fogel and Costa 1997).
obnoxious terminology aside, this really screams "failed to properly test for causative direction"
Read science fiction from the late 60's through the late 70's. Just pick anything and go.
It's got a whole kind of thing that you just don't get post-digital.
I'm reading Norstrilia and it's a gas.
Like sexism m i rite.
You probably still get sexism.
Honestly, you've got a whole feminist wave of SF that addresses things much more directly, though sometimes under male pseudonyms. I feel like there are fewer really entertaining social-science SF books nowadays. And the future has ossified, it always looks a bit like Star Trek.
Have you ever read the Final Encyclopaedia? Though yeah its a bit old but it is good. Actually probably one of my favorite Sci-Fi universes out there.
Actually some of the better recent sci-fi I have read were more horror or depressing. Manifold Space and Manifold Time are very good. Blindsight I know gets talked about a lot around here excellent book.
I think those are more of my recent readings. I can't think of others which I would recommend which are truly sci-fi.
Oh yeah, forgot about Stephen Baxter. He's not bad.
The one thing with Baxter is he is super fucking depressing. Dear god that man likes to make you never want to leave your warm comfortable safe blue ball of planet.
Actually Ben Bova's Asteroid Wars series was entertaining. It is tide to his grand tour series so lots of repeat characters with the Moon series about nano-tech. I have Venus around here somewhere but I haven't gotten to it yet.
Am I the only one that really hates Peter Hamilton?
I really hate Peter Hamilton. He falls into my aforementioned "grimdark-with-author-rape-fantasies" category.
So going through some of my research on the Arab Spring for a research paper due in a couple weeks and just ran into this line. And it just makes me grin.
Robert Fogel's theory of ―technophysio evolution‖ outlines the
parameters of this effect, using evidence of changing stature among US soldiers in the nineteenth
century to argue that human nutrition is the thermodynamic engine for human productivity and
investment (Fogel and Costa 1997).
obnoxious terminology aside, this really screams "failed to properly test for causative direction"
Fogel's papers on the health and its affects on production are actually really good. The terminology makes me giggle. But yeah the correlation isn't statistically strong as the author of the paper I am reading points out in the next paragraph. This paper is on the rising health and development in the Arab regions and how its impacts on the Arab Spring. So lots of health and development figures not really an economic paper.
I would send it to you but I got from my school and it isn't published yet. Actually written by my advisor so it is still a rough draft and more theory than research. Interesting read though.
rising health and development in the Arab regions and how its impacts on the Arab Spring
...
beware causation, again o_O
Of course. Its a theory paper. And one of the keys to a good theory paper is never ever stating causation. In fact in my field you never ever state causation unless you have completed Koch Postulate.
Ronya, good social science points out correlation only if their is statistical significance and does not go beyond that. And even then in a study must break down possible confounders and other variables that can make your own research mute.
We don't do causation.
Edit: Oh Koch's Postulate is something you can't do any more ethically. It is taking a theorized cause of a disease, growing it in a lab and then putting the lab grown version into a human and having the disease appear.
The whole putting disease causing agents into people isn't something you do with ethical research. But that does prove causation.
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rising health and development in the Arab regions and how its impacts on the Arab Spring
...
beware causation, again o_O
Of course. Its a theory paper. And one of the keys to a good theory paper is never ever stating causation. In fact in my field you never ever state causation unless you have completed Koch Postulate.
Ronya, good social science points out correlation only if their is statistical significance and does not go beyond that. And even then in a study must break down possible confounders and other variables that can make your own research mute.
We don't do causation.
granger causalityyyyyy
also instrumental variables, or discontinuity tests
econometrics really loves aggressively speculating on causation; we can advance a lot further than sociology can by invoking the neoclassical framework and its bevy of assumptions
So the home care organization I work for is under staffed and begging it's workers to work at different times (night/mornings/weekends) to cover the lack of people. Yet my schedule only has a couple hours worth of clients and the phones are ringing off the hook so I can't call in to take some of the load off.
And the local hospitals are over crowded and the nurses there are afraid for their licences because of the lack of care. So I can't really complain too much in the face of that.
We really need to figure out what we are going to do with all these people getting sick and old all the time.
rising health and development in the Arab regions and how its impacts on the Arab Spring
...
beware causation, again o_O
Of course. Its a theory paper. And one of the keys to a good theory paper is never ever stating causation. In fact in my field you never ever state causation unless you have completed Koch Postulate.
Ronya, good social science points out correlation only if their is statistical significance and does not go beyond that. And even then in a study must break down possible confounders and other variables that can make your own research mute.
We don't do causation.
granger causalityyyyyy
also instrumental variables, or discontinuity tests
econometrics really loves aggressively speculating on causation; we can advance a lot further than sociology can by invoking the neoclassical framework and its bevy of assumptions
I see that as one of the biggest weaknesses in current culture of economics is that so much is taken on faith(assumptions) and causality is attached to a lot of things that it shouldn't. I hope one day there will be a shift to where the rest of us are with causality. Hell I do a lot of work in epidemiology which deals with pretty easy causation with diseases and we still don't like using the word or promoting the idea x causes y. And it makes us stronger in the long run with our study designs and publishing with potential confounders and such and promoting more studies.
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I thought at least Lamborghini and Maserati were owned by Germans now.
And seriously, for all their flash and cost Italian sportscars are pretty notorious for being poorly built. Which is what he was talking about in that episode (it was about the first lambo to be built after Audi bought them and he was remarking that it wasn't just fast but actually a well made car).
obnoxious terminology aside, this really screams "failed to properly test for causative direction"
I really hate Peter Hamilton. He falls into my aforementioned "grimdark-with-author-rape-fantasies" category.
i'd naked short it
Fogel's papers on the health and its affects on production are actually really good. The terminology makes me giggle. But yeah the correlation isn't statistically strong as the author of the paper I am reading points out in the next paragraph. This paper is on the rising health and development in the Arab regions and how its impacts on the Arab Spring. So lots of health and development figures not really an economic paper.
I would send it to you but I got from my school and it isn't published yet. Actually written by my advisor so it is still a rough draft and more theory than research. Interesting read though.
Soul you and your passionate language! Stop souling swearing!
One of the best episodes ever. :-)
feeling kinda bearish?
about Humanity?
youbetcha!
MUST DECIDE ON AMAZING FOOD TO BREAK MINIFAST
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beware causation, again o_O
We are going to Steak and Shake for lunch. So my vote? Chilimac and a milk shake.
Pizza waffles.
A baguette with fried eggs and sausages.
Also, it's weird how reporting on a ship on fire leads to a discussion on cars.
Of course. Its a theory paper. And one of the keys to a good theory paper is never ever stating causation. In fact in my field you never ever state causation unless you have completed Koch Postulate.
Ronya, good social science points out correlation only if their is statistical significance and does not go beyond that. And even then in a study must break down possible confounders and other variables that can make your own research mute.
We don't do causation.
Edit: Oh Koch's Postulate is something you can't do any more ethically. It is taking a theorized cause of a disease, growing it in a lab and then putting the lab grown version into a human and having the disease appear.
The whole putting disease causing agents into people isn't something you do with ethical research. But that does prove causation.
I thought those were hazard lights.
you can in korea but the uk is sadly behind on cheeseburger ordering
hmmm pizza is looking like a definite possibility but not sure how to convert dat shit into pizza waffles
i can do ciabatta with egg and sausage
granger causalityyyyyy
also instrumental variables, or discontinuity tests
econometrics really loves aggressively speculating on causation; we can advance a lot further than sociology can by invoking the neoclassical framework and its bevy of assumptions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=kKrnxgRKxhs
like: what are you trying to suggest here. Stop waggling your eyebrows and just say it.
pure description is only popular when it claims something that defies conventional wisdom, or is making a meta argument.
I just watched the stairs scene with Don and his boss. Hilarious and very well played.
Applaudable. Laudable. Laudatory.
Is it good? I want to get into it but I needed more opinions before I committed.
on further inspection, I think you are right
okay so it's just funny instead of
shawarma chicken pieces in rice with a fattoush salad. pita and hummus optional.
light but nutritious and filling
It's good.
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And the local hospitals are over crowded and the nurses there are afraid for their licences because of the lack of care. So I can't really complain too much in the face of that.
We really need to figure out what we are going to do with all these people getting sick and old all the time.
I see that as one of the biggest weaknesses in current culture of economics is that so much is taken on faith(assumptions) and causality is attached to a lot of things that it shouldn't. I hope one day there will be a shift to where the rest of us are with causality. Hell I do a lot of work in epidemiology which deals with pretty easy causation with diseases and we still don't like using the word or promoting the idea x causes y. And it makes us stronger in the long run with our study designs and publishing with potential confounders and such and promoting more studies.