Journey into mystery as we dive deep into mega data, machine learning and the fascinating linguistic phenomenon known as Zipf’s law! What factor is fate in team construction? Find out how it all relates to team building and to the game of Dice Masters! Special guest appearances from Nick Wahle and Ben Said Scott… Come ponder the mysteries of language, the universe, and the rolling of dice!
[00:00:36]:14"]. Introduction
[00:14:17]:22"]. Nick Whale joins the show…
[00:15:12]:03"]. Nick talks about Clayface…
[00:17:26]:28"]. Nick talks about Atlas
[00:19:34]:24"]. Back to Clayface discussion
[00:42:58]:14"]. Ben Said Scott joins the program…
[00:46:47]:08"]. Ben discusses Gazer “Evil Familiar”
[00:56:45]:17"]. Ben talks about using Beck Lynch “Maiden Ireland”
Zipf’s Law – George Kingsley Zipf a linguist at Harvard
Vsauce on Zipf’s Law and the Pareto Principle (20% of causes responsible for 80% of the outcome). In language the most frequently used 18% of words account for 80% of usage.
Based on data using Wikipedia + the entire Project Guttenberg database.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zipf%27s_law
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dofBw9r0P4
zipf’s law explained (explified)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVmf8MKev5M
Do most words in a corpus occur with average frequency? Absolutely not! This video discusses a surprising regularity about word frequencies in corpora. And at the end, we’ll make a trip to Hogwarts and see if Zipf’s Law applies also in the world of wizards.
frequent words tend to be short, on average longer words are less frequent
principle of least effort = Zipf described it as our laziness/effieciency & robust
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYO8Rc4JB_Y
Zipf’s law lecture (the Bible)
https://longtail.typepad.com/the_long_tail/2006/09/is_zipfs_law_ju.html
Is Zipf’s Law just a statistical glitch? Monkey Text…
https://www.smartdatacollective.com/big-data-is-changing-way-people-learn-new-languages/
Big data uses in learning languages
Invisibilia – “Two Heartbeats a Minute” April 10, 2020
https://www.npr.org/programs/invisibilia/812703083/two-heartbeats-a-minute?showDate=2020-03-06
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/05/12/996141182/paralyzed-man-communicates-by-imagining-handwriting
Handwriting via thought
