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Re: Advanced Data Structures

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Post by ddorian43 »

0xFFC wrote: post #5
abbiya wrote: post #2

erik is the prof.

He is awesome,a s student in third world country (which universities sucks) I watched to all his online lectures and I learned more than I learned in my 4 year of college,I always wander how person as young as he can achieve so much success. I don't care about financial success, I am curious about scientific success. God I wish there was mind recorder. I would listen to his (and people like he) mind all day, how they…

So you're saying that we should clone him ? Or clone top(10) maths/psychs/brain-surgeon/etc ?

Re: Advanced Data Structures

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Post by 0xFFC »

ddorian43 wrote: post #13
0xFFC wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He is awesome,a s student in third world country (which universities sucks) I watched to all his online lectures and I learned more than I learned in my 4 year of college,I always wander how person as young as he can achieve so much success. I don't care about financial success, I am curious about scientific success. God I wish there was mind recorder. I would listen to his (and people like he) mind all day, how they…

So you're saying that we should clone him ? Or clone top(10) maths/psychs/brain-surgeon/etc ?

Of course not, you are so obsessed with your perspective, you didn't see what I said. I told we should study these guys , how they think , how they improve their performance, to achieve their success formula.

I cannot understand how in earth you infer from that to cloning them.

Re: Advanced Data Structures

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Post by _pmf_ »

0xmohit wrote: post #14

All scribe notes in one PDF: http://courses.csail.mit.edu/6.851/spring14/scribe/2012scrib... -- Playlist (2012 lectures from MIT OpenCourseWare): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0yzrZL1py0&list=PLUl4u3cNGP...

Ah; thanks!

I've been trying to find them on the site to no avail.

Re: Advanced Data Structures

#17

Post by ddorian43 »

0xFFC wrote: post #15
ddorian43 wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So you're saying that we should clone him ? Or clone top(10) maths/psychs/brain-surgeon/etc ?

Of course not, you are so obsessed with your perspective, you didn't see what I said. I told we should study these guys , how they think , how they improve their performance, to achieve their success formula. I cannot understand how in earth you infer from that to cloning them.

Damn you got so offended! I'm sorry.

Anyway, haven't we/they studied them ? That's what's missing ?

I refer to cloning, cause you can't take `normies` and tell them what to do and they'll become a science-guy. Cause they don't want to, don't enjoy the process, don't have the mental capacity (pick any of them or all of them).

So you need good genes (be able to learn, wanting/enjoying to learn), good enough life (don't get born in war-torn country), a good program on how to do them (what you say), a little guidance/mentoring.

Re: Advanced Data Structures

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Post by lorenzhs »

abbiya wrote: post #2

erik is the prof.

Erik Demaine is such a great guy, I met him at a conference once, where he gave an invited talk on self-assembling robots. Fascinating stuff, we had a very interesting discussion with him afterwards and his intricate knowledge of even the smallest details was quite impressive. If his talk is anything to go by, this lecture should be very worthwhile.

Re: Advanced Data Structures

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Post by rootlocus »

ddorian43 wrote: post #17
0xFFC wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Of course not, you are so obsessed with your perspective, you didn't see what I said. I told we should study these guys , how they think , how they improve their performance, to achieve their success formula. I cannot understand how in earth you infer from that to cloning them.

Damn you got so offended! I'm sorry. Anyway, haven't we/they studied them ? That's what's missing ? I refer to cloning, cause you can't take `normies` and tell them what to do and they'll become a science-guy. Cause they don't want to, don't enjoy the process, don't have the mental capacity (pick any of them or all of them). So you need good genes (be able to learn, wanting/enjoying to learn), good enough life (don't…

You can't divide people into 2 categories: `normies` (you probably meant mediocre) and top(10). Leaving philosophy aside, there are a lot of people who do want to know what makes the top(10) tick, people who enjoy learning and who have the mental capacity. And I would argue their number is significant.

Re: Advanced Data Structures

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Post by ddorian43 »

0xFFC wrote: post #15
ddorian43 wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So you're saying that we should clone him ? Or clone top(10) maths/psychs/brain-surgeon/etc ?

Of course not, you are so obsessed with your perspective, you didn't see what I said. I told we should study these guys , how they think , how they improve their performance, to achieve their success formula. I cannot understand how in earth you infer from that to cloning them.

>>imagine a world filled with people like Erik (in all careers) how beautiful that world would be

Do you think this will happen without cloning or messing with genetic code ?

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