tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post9143376792549825064..comments2024-03-14T11:09:32.759-05:00Comments on Falkenblog: A Different 'No Free Lunch' TheoremEric Falkensteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07243687157322033496noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-65847482665178355742011-01-22T10:18:35.270-06:002011-01-22T10:18:35.270-06:00"G" has lost it's luster as I've..."G" has lost it's luster as I've grown older.<br /><br />I was mentored by an amazing technical trader who trades out of his house. He averages well over 100 ES points a month with sometimes sick size. He mentioned a contest he won as a child.<br /><br />It was the Simon game, a memory challenge. (you can google it and play it on line) He remembered 300 moves. My max as an older adult is 11 or 12. His SAT scores were above average, but not exceptional.<br /><br />What'll it be, "G" or Green? :)D Russellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-19800445364755192922011-01-20T13:47:09.937-06:002011-01-20T13:47:09.937-06:00Well, tests MENSA use can be thought of as predict...Well, tests MENSA use can be thought of as predicting the next square. Makes me think of results if you weren't offered possible solutions.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06456025014516386341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-70035180796598661572011-01-20T13:12:48.831-06:002011-01-20T13:12:48.831-06:00A number of years ago I traded for an entity that ...A number of years ago I traded for an entity that had the late Paul Samuelson on the board. He called me because he owned large amounts of a tech bubble stock which was the Acquiror in an all stock takeover deal, was impossible to borrow, and which lenders of the stock were being offered huge fees to lend stock out. He wanted to know if I thought it made sense to lend it - I told him that economists say there is no free lunch, but that lending the stock out was a free lunch! He didn't laugh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-37010846310245447832011-01-20T13:10:35.052-06:002011-01-20T13:10:35.052-06:00I don't get the full argument concerning Neura...I don't get the full argument concerning Neural Nets. What do you mean by "asymptotic properties"? And what do you mean by "not fundamental characteristics of the data"? That the found correlations are just random or fake correlations, that you should not bet on them? I guess this would also be true for every random collection of data, but I would not call that "sui generis". Perhaps you can clarify your point - Thank you!vonjdhttp://www.ephorie.denoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-12087558864499070012011-01-20T04:16:51.151-06:002011-01-20T04:16:51.151-06:00Maybe "general intelligence" is an illus...Maybe "general intelligence" is an illusion, and the way to make progres in AI is to combine many types of specialized intelligence. Lots of specialized intelligence looks like (or is) general intelligence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com