I really liked her 2024 Bloomberg series, "The Future with Hannah Fry".
https://www.youtube.com/show/VLPLqq4LnWs3olV_z1ZXBSDTbcXEBNO...
Hannah Fry Wins the Leelavati Prize in 2026 for Mathematics Outreach
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Any elite selection process has high risk for not selecting the best people. Either due to corruption or, even more likely, institutional biases. Malcolm Gladwell has a few episodes of revisionist history that looks at some US universities who fall into this trap. Even with all that said; the chances of a selection process for 17/18 year olds being able to correctly select the best future adults in their field is ver…
Having interviewed maths applicants for Oxford, I don't think it's just corruption or biases - there are just more really bright students that you have places for and have to reject some people! We all tried really hard not be biased but I don't think there is any way to guarantee that you aren't somehow, however hard you try. It's very hard to predict from a half hour interview precisely who will do well in future,…
As someone rejected in my maths application for Oxford - I echo this - twas a fair cop.
Re: Hannah Fry Wins the Leelavati Prize in 2026 for Mathematics Outreach
#103Earlier quoted context omitted.
Any elite selection process has high risk for not selecting the best people. Either due to corruption or, even more likely, institutional biases. Malcolm Gladwell has a few episodes of revisionist history that looks at some US universities who fall into this trap. Even with all that said; the chances of a selection process for 17/18 year olds being able to correctly select the best future adults in their field is ver…
Did Malcolm Gladwell ever address the lack of scientific rigor in his work, or does he still roll with whatever narrative he thinks will entertain and sell?
Did he ever sell scientific papers? Did you buy them?
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Did Malcolm Gladwell ever address the lack of scientific rigor in his work, or does he still roll with whatever narrative he thinks will entertain and sell?
Did he ever sell scientific papers? Did you buy them?
He wrote books claiming to make scientific claims (i.e. backed by data). I did not buy them.
https://www.quora.com/What-are-some-claims-by-Malcolm-Gladwe...
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It's not prophetic. Prophetic means it predicts the future, this is epidimlogical science being applied as intended. It didn't predict the future it designed it because we applied it. Contagion used GPS logging to predict who was where an applied a random transmission risk based on that. The actual origin of the Bluetooth proximity and duration tracking was from FluPhone back in 2010 or so[0] Human contact networks,…
Since you seems well versed in the matter...Did we learn something new from the whole covid experience?
...so nothing about epidemiology
Re: Hannah Fry Wins the Leelavati Prize in 2026 for Mathematics Outreach
#106I hope to see Grant Sanderson win it in 2030
Re: Hannah Fry Wins the Leelavati Prize in 2026 for Mathematics Outreach
#107History and the meaning behind the name, "Leelavati Prize" ( https://www.mathunion.org/imu-awards/leelavati-prize ); 1) Leelavati Award - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leelavati_Award The Leelavati Award is an award for outstanding contribution to public outreach in mathematics. It is named after the 12th-century mathematical treatise "Lilavati" devoted to arithmetic, algebra, and the decimal system written by the In…
I heard it first through the the book Leelavati's daugthers (2019). India's celebration of women in science.
Re: Hannah Fry Wins the Leelavati Prize in 2026 for Mathematics Outreach
#108History and the meaning behind the name, "Leelavati Prize" ( https://www.mathunion.org/imu-awards/leelavati-prize ); 1) Leelavati Award - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leelavati_Award The Leelavati Award is an award for outstanding contribution to public outreach in mathematics. It is named after the 12th-century mathematical treatise "Lilavati" devoted to arithmetic, algebra, and the decimal system written by the In…
I heard it first through the the book Leelavati's daugthers (2019). India's celebration of women in science.
Excellent, didn't know of the book; thanks for the pointer.
Wikipedia has the details; Lilavati's Daughters: The Women Scientists of India - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilavati%27s_Daughters
From "Indian Academy of Sciences" - https://www.ias.ac.in/Initiatives/Women_in_Science/Lilavatis...
Ebook available from internet archive - https://archive.org/details/A0560IASLeelavathisDaughterFullB...
Everybody should buy a copy for their children, especially young girls.
I still remember the "Rocket Women of India" behind ISRO's Chandrayaan/Mangalyaan missions and how inspiring it was to learn about them. There can be no better role models; extremely intelligent, humble and all-round achievers - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZNhtZ8Ufy0&t=1s and https://rocket-women.com/2023/08/the-rocket-women-of-chandra... and https://www.jagranjosh.com/general-knowledge/women-scientist...
PS: In this context, see also the 2-vol The Mind of an Engineer, a series from Scientists/Researchers/Engineers of India - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46365415
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Since you seems well versed in the matter...Did we learn something new from the whole covid experience?
Yes: * That you sell a six month lockdown by saying it will take two or three weeks. You can do this several times. * That censorship is essential. * That any public disagreement will be responded to with terms of personal abuse. * That you can use it to introduce/try out all kinds of other long-desired schemes like digital ID (so called passports) or increasing working from home.
And that it will clearly show, without any doubt, the people who will cling to fringe beliefs to justify their lack of empathy.
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Yes: * That you sell a six month lockdown by saying it will take two or three weeks. You can do this several times. * That censorship is essential. * That any public disagreement will be responded to with terms of personal abuse. * That you can use it to introduce/try out all kinds of other long-desired schemes like digital ID (so called passports) or increasing working from home.
And that it will clearly show, without any doubt, the people who will cling to fringe beliefs to justify their lack of empathy.
Many of the decisions made were not scientific, nor were they compassionate. Despite claims to the contrary. Permitting intercontinental flights and Amazon delivery cannot be construed as either. In fact flights would be one of the biggest vectors.
History shows that the biggest danger from humans is when they follow leaders' statements without question. They are capable of anything when their personal responsibility is outsourced. Obedience is not always a virtue.
Dissidence =/= fringe beliefs
I certainly see the near abandonment of vulnerable groups such as addicts and the elderly as unempathetic. I knew some people who died that way, including one who drank himself to death due to complete lack of offline support.