So I’ve been gone for a lot longer than I meant to. I finished the thesis and defended it, I’ve taken my last class here, and now all that’s left is finals. And graduation. And finding a job. And a new apartment.
As this blog is hosted by the Charles Center, I suppose I should give [...]
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I have been told twice today that it’s time to schedule my thesis defense.
Ugh.
I went to our old lab today. All that’s left is the furniture, and it makes me kind of sad to think that my first real contribution to the world of empirical research occured in this lonely cinderblock box [...]
Donald Hoffman, Ph.D.
University of California, Irvine
April 3, 2009 (Friday), 4 PM
The User-Interface Theory of Perception
A goal of perception is to estimate true properties of the world. A goal of
categorization is to classify its structure. Aeons of evolution have shaped
our senses to this end. These three assumptions motivate much work on human
perception. In this talk I [...]
But now I’m back. Writing the big honors thesis, which means hours in front of the laptop and then falling asleep with my face in the keyboard, etc.
In other news, DJ Vadim is my new lord and master. This is my new background music (so if you see me before I change it, put this [...]
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Good news: it looks like I have just one more day crunching numbers in the lab before I can start writing it all up. I have 112 participants and solid p values (and what else do you really need?).
Bad news: I was under the impression that I was to produce an 8 to 10 page [...]
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Monday, November 10, 2008
We should be above 40 participants by Wednesday, so I’ll will be posting an update on how things look for the James Dean Honors Thesis in Perception later this week. Keep your fingers crossed for me.
Have you seen this article from the NYTimes? Overlooking the whole illegal military action aspect, I really like that the [...]