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In response to 2011 Less Wrong Census / Survey

Comment author: Wandering_Sophist 15 November 2011 06:29:54AM 8 points [-]

Took the survey; I mostly lurk but have posted occasionally.

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In response to comment by eshear on Statistical Prediction Rules Out-Perform Expert Human Judgments

Comment author: tenshiko 26 January 2011 06:42:26PM 0 points [-]

A significant problem is the weighting of certain courses, particularly Advanced Placement ones. A GPA of 3.7, seeming quite respectable to the unaware, can be obtained by work of quality 83%, and that's assuming the class didn't offer extra credit.

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In response to comment by tenshiko on Statistical Prediction Rules Out-Perform Expert Human Judgments

Comment author: Wandering_Sophist 14 May 2011 07:53:16PM 0 points [-]

I don't think he is likely to hire programmers straight out of high school.

Giving IB/AP/Honors classes extra weight in high school is necessary to offset the additionally difficulty of these classes. Otherwise, high school students would have a direct disincentive to take advanced classes.