alexjgriffith

Yep the article title is NOT 100% clear for those who have not worked with stochastics before. They mean that while the world is stochastic (randomly distributed) we think of it deterministically. In their example of pharmaceutical trials, the FDA requires a "hard" (deterministic) answer, while even the most thorough results remain stochastic (i.e. some distribution).

The purpose of university is to weed out the mentally weak and the incompetent. I don't grasp how they kick this kid out of school but provide lighter course loads to problem students. Should it not be the other way around, help the suicidal and remove the loafers?

I actually really like the concept of relating your happiness in a binary fashion on a day to day basis relative to the previous day. With each previous day forming a control the results can be dynamic and very in a range far greater than 1 to 10.