tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post1003218992621461735..comments2024-02-29T03:34:23.190-05:00Comments on Who Were the Sea Peoples?: All Statistical Knowledge Is Built upon Historical Knowledgegcallahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-22849777500603481422012-12-22T09:09:52.471-05:002012-12-22T09:09:52.471-05:00I have now made this a little more clear with an e...I have now made this a little more clear with an edit, but already at the end I had mentioned: "statistical social science." I just added "statistical studies in the social sciences."<br /><br />I am not referring to engineering projects!<br /><br />gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-53292458802863487842012-12-22T03:11:49.507-05:002012-12-22T03:11:49.507-05:00I'm not sure this is correct. I agree with GIG...I'm not sure this is correct. I agree with GIGO, but I'm not sure that's the relevant concept here. What is the "historical understanding" involved in Peter Norvig's speech translation project? [http://gigaom.com/data/google-explains-how-more-data-means-better-speech-recognition/].<br /><br />It looks like he's taking a lot of data and trying to distill purely statistical information from it. If there are additional refinements [filtering the text, whatever], then this may be done on a grammar basis rather than Peter "special historical knowledge." I don't think he *wants* to override the frequent pattern X,Y,Z, with his own "recommendation" that the speech recognier give more weight to X,Y,W.marrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07508519250212893577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-90003472674368617112012-12-21T23:21:11.725-05:002012-12-21T23:21:11.725-05:00Just so.Just so.gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-54302518024455430562012-12-21T23:04:58.199-05:002012-12-21T23:04:58.199-05:00Garbage in, garbage out.Garbage in, garbage out.Ken Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12976919713907046171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-35682966728070468522012-12-21T18:18:44.342-05:002012-12-21T18:18:44.342-05:00Excellent points, sir! A blogger by the name of Cl...Excellent points, sir! A blogger by the name of Clarissa who lived under the Soviet Union, specifically in Ukraine, told me about how she went to Cuba with her sister to receive the kind of healthcare that normal Cubans receive. It turned out to be a terrible experience and quite a lot of money for the kind of dismal service they received at the clinic in Cuba they went to. She also said that they purposefully manipulate their data to make it seem that their quality of healthcare is better than that of say the United States, when in reality, only the wealthiest of wealthy in Cuba are the people receiving such quality healthcare and the unemployment rate is similar to other countries in Latin America.<br /><br />I'm also questioning the Corruption Perceptions Index of Cuba according to this website. In comparison to other Latin American countries, Cuba seems to be less corrupt than say Venezuela.<br /><br />http://cpi.transparency.org/cpi2012/results/Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05166618601866526009noreply@blogger.com