February 8, 2013
Poker is a game of incomplete information. You have to make a lot of inferences about what is going on. A lot of modern astronomy, physics, economics, etc, also have models that take incomplete information and make pretty accurate predictions. For example, until very recently astronomers had never directly observed a planet in another solar system. They knew the planets existed because the wobble of the star on its axis should have been due to the gravity of the planet in orbit. They were taking incomplete information and infering a conclusion. Would it be worthwhile to exercise my mental muscles by branching out and taking some classes that make me think in terms of incomplete information?
February 8, 2013
I chose astronomy because I'm fascinated with Neil DeGrass Tyson's talks and wanted to learn more. I'm sure there's other disciplines that would have the same effect. I just wondered if it would also help me in poker by increasing my ability to think with incomplete information. Thank you for the reply!
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December 30, 2013
HoneyBakedPiglet said:
I chose astronomy because I'm fascinated with Neil DeGrass Tyson's talks and wanted to learn more. I'm sure there's other disciplines that would have the same effect. I just wondered if it would also help me in poker by increasing my ability to think with incomplete information. Thank you for the reply!
150%!! near the end of 2013 i took a couple classes on entrepreneurship and business on CourseEra (i think there are other sites like luminosity that do the same). You should check out coursera if you aren't familiar, it has a lot of free classes with lectures online and some grading. you usually get certificates of achievement after, and if u sign up for a paid class (usually $25-$50) you can get some other certifications to put on your resume.
on a similar note, i recently took an internship with Work Market, a software as a service start up from NYC. altho i live in canada, i can do the internship online from anywhere. the money isnt great, but thats not the point either. its been amazing for my poker game: it keeps me on a regular routine and its hours are when im never playing poker anyway. its intellectually stimulating and helps me focus my mind on things outside of poker (which i never used to do). as a result, ive never played better. i highly, highly recommend trying something like that
Coursera is amazing! There really is an emerging revolution of free online education. One of the best things about it is that you can use the accreditation certificates for university credits (given it is inline with your studies). I have not yet completed a course where I have been able to use this towards current studies however if i was to continue in other areas it would be helpful. Its also a good introductory to many topics that you dont have to waste your money/time on at university to sample.
I am enrolled into the music production course started yesterday and the one coming up also. If anyone else is doing either of these and wants to collab on some tracks hit me up. Highly recommend coursera and similar sites to anyone.
October 6, 2010
i am almost finished a masters degree in signal and information processing, after getting degrees in elecrical engineering and physics (brag) and in signal processing there is a TON of statistics and estimation theory, which involved a lot of Bayesian inference etc.
Definitely helped my poker in that regard, because i understand what Bayes theorem is now
but yeah expanding your knowledge in any way you can is a great idea.
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