EFTA02360043.pdf

From: on behalf of Michael Vassar Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2015 6:59 PM To: Jeffrey E. Subject: Re: Philip Tetlock. On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 11:33 PM, Jeffrey E. <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> wrote: =div dir="ltr">what was the guy at penns name? lack? On Thu, Jan 22, =015 at 12:30 PM, Michael Vassar mailto > wro=e: This is surprisingly=hard for me, as the very large majority of my efforts are directed at peop=e with social agendas of one sort or another. There are some very sm=rt and interesting people like Michael Nielsen, http://michaelnielsen.org <http://mic=aelnielsen.org> , who'= agendas are almost entirely confined to the scientific community. M= focus is very long term, and not very effected by do-gooding cliche, but =-la Szilard, it really is generally directed by what I expect to be import=nt. Domains like fundamental physics, while they sound very interest=ng, seem unlikely to be important enough to justify the level of expertise=needed to reliably determine what's really high- leverage (although I d= vaguely think that anyone who hasn't jumped onto the information theo=etic bandwagon by now should probably get with the program). OTOH, you mention 'cures' here, and I'm certainly =amiliar with a lot of those. Especially in regenerative medicine and=cancer, though schizophrenia and OCD interest me much more. </=iv> On Mon, Jan 1=, 2015 at 6:48 AM, Michael Vassar <mailto: w=ote: I'll think about that. For now, here's the paper I had on blue eyes http://www.gnxp.com/blog/2007/11/blue-eyed-ice-=ueens-and-brown-eyed.php chttp://www.gnxp.com/blog/2007/11/blue-eyed-ice-queens-and-brown-=yed.php> Maybe Melanin supplementation would help a lot. > fun - thanks for taking the time, - I d appreciate it if you bot= would > take a moment and list what you thought I should pay attenton to= people > .etc. mathematicians . institute models. cures. ? =C24)I think the well > intentioned effort to point out that the medical system is broken or t=at > academic institutions sometimes hinder creativity , is not time =est spent EFTA_R1_01349554 EFTA02360043  > . Groundbreaking ideas . ( ketamine aside ►. seems to cause you =oth to > light up as opposed to the I can't believe gambling is goin on her= > reaction to the concerns of the c plusses. > -- > please note > The information contained in this communication is > confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, may > constitute inside information, and is intended only for > the use of the addressee. It is the property of > JEE > Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this > communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited > and may be unlawful. If you have received this > communication in error, please notify us immediately by > return e-mail or by e-mail to [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> , and > destroy this communication and all copies thereof, > including all attachments. copyright -all rights reserved =div> please not= The information contained in this communication is confidentia=, may be attorney-client privileged, may constitute inside information,=and is intended only for the use of the addressee. It is the property o= JEE Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this communicatio= or any part thereof is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you=have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately=by return e-mail or by e-mail to [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]=> , and destroy this communi=ation and all copies thereof, including all attachments. copyright -all=rights reserved 2 EFTA_R1_01349555 EFTA02360044