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Archive for February 15th, 2010

the Frevert Intelligence Test (FIT)

Monday, February 15th, 2010

I came up with an intelligence test which I call the Frevert Intelligence Test (FIT) because I don’t think any of the 500 Freverts have come up with one. This test is based not on asking if you know something, but demonstrating what you can do with what you know. There is no correct answer. [...]

A Quick One While He’s Away

Monday, February 15th, 2010

One last video on DNA self-assembly that will blow your mind. My prediction is that this will be the new technology in 2030. I view us as being in the first of three stages of technology growth. The first stage is learning from basic principles to make things like cars, cell phones, and lasers. The [...]

Things Dislodged from the Internet Tubes

Monday, February 15th, 2010

I must suggest the blog about okcupid statistics, an online dating site started by some harvard math guys. It has some good statistical information that is wicked interesting. Some of the results are a bit controversial (race analysis, rape fantasies by state, and the value of life by state) On a lighter side, Zach Galifianakis’s [...]