1. 04-05-14 02:38 PM #1
    James Marques
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    Has anyone read "The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives"?

    I picked it up a couple of days ago upon suggestion by a friend, and I'll be dammed if I couldn't put the thing down. A lot of great insight into the impact of randomness on just about every system one could think of.

    I was wondering if anyone else has read this book? Thoughts? Impressions? Other books like this I should check out?

    Thanks in advance.
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  3. 04-09-14 12:06 PM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by James Marques View Post
    I picked it up a couple of days ago upon suggestion by a friend, and I'll be dammed if I couldn't put the thing down. A lot of great insight into the impact of randomness on just about every system one could think of.

    I was wondering if anyone else has read this book? Thoughts? Impressions? Other books like this I should check out?

    Thanks in advance.
    I read it and like it. But if you know a little about probability you won't find the book that special. Nate Silver's "The signal and the noise" is about predictions too.
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  4. 04-09-14 12:26 PM #4
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    Just picked it up off Amazon... Thanks for the recommendation!
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  5. 04-11-14 12:19 AM #5
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    I picked it up as well. So far so good. I just finished Trading Bases, so am in the right mind set for this,
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    Quote Originally Posted by James Marques View Post
    Just picked it up off Amazon... Thanks for the recommendation!
    How is this book?
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  7. 06-02-14 07:05 PM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by lamichaeljames View Post
    How is this book?
    Excellent. A lot of insight into how the internet age has granted us access to lots more information, and that often times this can be a BAD thing. Does some great analysis on how to combat overfitting. I learned a lot from it.
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