It’s MIT Monday!
The recent headlines of MIT reminded me of what a unique environment they have there. The book Bringing down the house is based on six MIT students who take Vegas for millions playing 21. The book is excellent by the way. The new movie “21“ glamorizes their story, I heard only tepid reviews on the movie so I will pass.
Last week the creator behind the butterfly theory, Professor Edward Lorenz passed away he was also an MIT man. He developed a theory that is widely regarded as one of the three horsemen of scientific achievement in this century.
#1 Relativity
#2 Quantum Mechanics
#3 Chaos
Chaos theory developed from Professor Lorenz paper in 1972 which was titled: “Predictability: Does the flap of a butterfly’s wings in Brazil set off a tornado in Texas?” Professor cuts a mean headline! Today big bucks are spent by very smart guys trying to use chaos theory to beat the odds in the stock market, urban planners, and weather forecasting. The theory definitely explains the mystery of my kid’s bedroom.
Card counting undergrads, scientific revolutionaries, what’s next? How about jumping into the minds that make that university so unique. Many people are not aware of this but you can get a $35,000 dollar per year education for free from MIT. I take a Chinese class from them; they have about a dozen others I can take to keep my Chinese skills from getting too rusty. The entire curriculum at a click of a mouse, I am not kidding. When a top level educational franchise like MIT makes a move like this, anything is possible from here. You do not get credit but imagine what creative third world educators are doing with the course material. How about progressive High Schools in America, 1,800 courses complete with audio, workbooks, guides already done for you!
Thanks professor for your contribution and thanks MIT for sharing. I am sure it will return ten fold, back at you MIT!
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