I've tried figuring out what the big deal about cybernetics was, but I always come away with a feeling of it being a bit wish-washy. Is it a bit like Philosophy in that it birthed individual fields that were inspired by and made applications of the thoughts, models and ideas laid out by its forebears? Or were there actual proofs, discoveries or applications in the field itself?
not sure if you meant to link a different chart - that chart is the electricity component of CPI-U (an inflation measure) meaning it's by definition not inflation adjusted - you'd probably want to find a chart of nominal values for electricity spending and adjust for inflation to see whether or not it's at an all time high. Which, recently it's run ahead of inflation because of the overall surge in demand and investment in upgrading aging infrastructure/adding new capacity, but long term it's pretty flat/down
I see both happened around the same time. Correlation requires showing that both increase together and both decrease together (and that it's not chance).
I live in Excel. This video was basic. I was hoping for more sophisticated instruction. But from reading the comments, it’s clear I need to learn a data analysis language.
I think Python and Julia are popular for this purpose, Python much more so.
You will probably want to use one of the “notebook” environments that make your Python easier to use interactively and display graphs and the like. Jupiter is the one I know but there are others too.
In terms of popularity I'd say Python>R>Julia
R might be closest in syntax to how excel works, especially with the ifelse functions. R also has dplyr, which is unmatched in how it makes data manipulation easy and streamlined
State dependent learning is a legitimate phenomenon.
This study didn’t test those who regularly took cognitive enhancers
It just looked at people who were not ADHD and then gave them a drug
No time to adjust or adapt
Would have liked to see four populations tested.
Then do the tests with placebos and cognitive enhancers
If you study for a test on medication you better take the test on medication.
And if you study unmedicated, you better take the test unmedicated
I think they should find “non-ADHD” populations who happen to routinely take cognitive enhancers and then perform the same test.
Would be willing to bet that there is an improvement over placebo group vs medicated group in this population
If coffee and nicotine are effective cognitive enhancers for general populations, regardless of ADHD or not, it’s silly to think that stimulants like amphetamines are ineffective
So the research conclusions are flimsy and incomplete
Don't have kids if your primary goal is avoiding loneliness. Decide if you truly want them and try babysitting kids of a few different ages first. It's a huge commitment, and not one that should be decided for selfish reasons
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