In Professor’s Model, Diversity = Productivity
What the model showed was that diverse groups of problem solvers outperformed the groups of the best individuals at solving problems. The reason: the diverse groups got stuck less often than the smart individuals, who tended to think similarly.
The other thing we did was to show in mathematical terms how when making predictions, a group’s errors depend in equal parts on the ability of its members to predict and their diversity. This second theorem can be expressed as an equation: collective accuracy = average accuracy + diversity.
( If we get rid of the bullies, do we cripple ourselves intellectually by limiting our diversity? )
- Diversity and bullies
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koganbot- January 10th, 2008
- Easy: Paula DeAnda and Axl Rose
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- koganbot
- December 6th, 2007
First in what I hope is a new series of posts about the Department of Dilettante Research (though if my past behavior is any guide, "series of posts" don't happen to me, seeing as I'm more of a convo man than a blog man, hence end up saying more and better stuff on other people's comments threads).
A couple of song lyrics, followed by analysis and speculation.
( When I'm out shoppin', it's like having a gun )
( Turn around bitch I got a use for you )
( Let's make sex mean something this year )
