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The Elements of Statistical Learning
Describes important statistical ideas in machine learning, data mining, and bioinformatics. Covers a broad range, from prediction to unsupervised learning, including classification trees and neural networks.
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Cryogenics?

Doesn't he want his head chopped off and frozen by this experimental company when he dies?

That may bring him back to life long enough to enjoy winning his bet!

Alex

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Wednesday 18 September, 08:34
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Walk like an egyptian

IMHO Cryogenics is far closer to being a religeon than a science. The chances of you being revived after you have died, been beheaded and then frozen in dry ice is, I think, vanishingly small. As if this weren't dead enough I think they pump whatever remains of the corpse full of antifreeze in order to try to prevent some of the tissue damage which results from the expansion of ice crystals.

I think there is some milage to be had in comparing the modern cult of cryogenics with the ancient one of mummification. The ancient egyptians believed that in order to the spirit to survive after death the physical body must also be preserved.

Even assuming that at some point in the future the budding cryonaut was drained of antifreeze and revived, what sort of life would it be being a beheaded corpse? Surely the job prospects for such an individual would be limited to say the least.

- Bob

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Sunday 22 September, 09:24
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