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bumpkin

From: Bumpkinland

Registered: 2009-04-12

Posts: 109,606

My review of a vid.

Hi;

Check this vid out at

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuOIpJnn888

It is about validating a simulation but covers more in an interesting way.

Isn't it amazing how when he writes 3.14161124, a number that differs from π by a mere .0000185 and asks his class to identify it we get an unearthly silence. I mean you can not even here anyone snoring. Just silence. Wunderbar!

I like the way the professor brings a doggie bag of treats to class and throws them to any kid who has the courage to answer a question. Does this provoke a plethora of answers in a Pavlovian way? Nope!

I love the whole explanation of Hooke's law. Professor shows a scatterplot that resembles a sausage or maybe a centipede and his comatose class is supposed to imagine the straight line in there. Not likely.

There are two kids who are getting all the treats in the bag save for the ones the portly instructor is keeping for himself. Both these kids must resemble Jabba the hut by now with all that chocolate they are consuming.

All in all he makes some good points about experimental data. Okay, back to the vid, I am half way done.

Wait, a third kid just got a treat, this Pavlov guy was really on to something!

Here is a blooper,

It is just as easy to fit a quadratic to the experimental data as a line.

Only if you have a package helping you!

I think the prof slips up with his proof that a quadratic fit will always result in a lower R^2. This maybe true but not for the reason he gives.

Very good explanation for overfitting but numerical stability is yet another reason why you should not do it. Particularly if you are using as a basis ordinary powers of x.

Two thumbs up for the vid!

Last edited by bobbym (2013-02-14 02:12:32)

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anonimnystefy

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From: Harlan's World

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Re: My review of a vid.

I like the way he writes lowercase "t".

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bobbym

bumpkin

From: Bumpkinland

Registered: 2009-04-12

Posts: 109,606

Re: My review of a vid.

What is so strange about it?

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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
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anonimnystefy

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From: Harlan's World

Registered: 2011-05-23

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Re: My review of a vid.

Nothing. I like the way he writes it.

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“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

bobbym

bumpkin

From: Bumpkinland

Registered: 2009-04-12

Posts: 109,606

Re: My review of a vid.

You like the little monkey tail on the bottom?

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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

anonimnystefy

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From: Harlan's World

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Re: My review of a vid.

His "t" doesn't have that "tail".

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“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

bobbym

bumpkin

From: Bumpkinland

Registered: 2009-04-12

Posts: 109,606

Re: My review of a vid.

25:30 in. In the word Fit you will see the monkey tail.

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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

anonimnystefy

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From: Harlan's World

Registered: 2011-05-23

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Re: My review of a vid.

There is one in "Reality" a bit before. Just noticed it. But, no, I like the tailless t's.

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“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

bobbym

bumpkin

From: Bumpkinland

Registered: 2009-04-12

Posts: 109,606

Re: My review of a vid.

Can you point out one t that has no tail?

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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

anonimnystefy

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From: Harlan's World

Registered: 2011-05-23

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Re: My review of a vid.

First two t's in "statistical" at 08:35.

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“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

bobbym

bumpkin

From: Bumpkinland

Registered: 2009-04-12

Posts: 109,606

Re: My review of a vid.

Hmmm, but then look at validity. A big tail!

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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

anonimnystefy

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From: Harlan's World

Registered: 2011-05-23

Posts: 16,049

Re: My review of a vid.

Yes, but I like the ones without the tails.

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“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

bobbym

bumpkin

From: Bumpkinland

Registered: 2009-04-12

Posts: 109,606

Re: My review of a vid.

What did you think of the video?

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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

anonimnystefy

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From: Harlan's World

Registered: 2011-05-23

Posts: 16,049

Re: My review of a vid.

I really do not know what to think. You'd think at least someone would laugh at him throwing candy at students...

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“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

bobbym

bumpkin

From: Bumpkinland

Registered: 2009-04-12

Posts: 109,606

Re: My review of a vid.

Could be a class of zombies. Did you learn anything by watching it?

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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

anonimnystefy

Real Member

From: Harlan's World

Registered: 2011-05-23

Posts: 16,049

Re: My review of a vid.

Nothing more than the stuff you've been telling me.

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“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

bobbym

bumpkin

From: Bumpkinland

Registered: 2009-04-12

Posts: 109,606

Re: My review of a vid.

Well then you are ready for MIT! The commuting might be a little difficult.

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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.