Kudos to you for acknowledging your error and correcting it. We certainly do need more high IQ (>128) math PhDs with integrity, like yourself. Please do consider pursuing higher math in a full time capacity.
Would love to hear more about your analytics work in League of Legends. Is it fair to say that the "useful" numbers/stats tend to be low-hanging fruit and not particularly interesting / requiring of creativity? I imagine with a fairly dynamic meta-game, you're limited by the data available to you, which can quickly become obsolete.
I'd also imagine any data you can crunch from solo queue games is of limited use in competitive play.
Happy to share. I’ve worked as an “analyst” which basically has boiled down to creating 15 minute slide decks detailing player behaviors/patterns, which ideally would be used to scout upcoming opponents and look for weaknesses.
The easily digestible stats like KDA or gold/min are relatively useless in this regard which is what I meant by them being low hanging fruit.
So I’m currently in a situation where I’m curious on how to best quantify or develop a series of metrics that can prepare teams for their opponents. The current system of watching vods, taking notes, and making slides is rather dull if I’m being honest...and really not paradigm shifting. If you’re interested I can show you videos/presentations/figures.
Not exactly "anyone can do this," but the first paragraph in the above link:
"The answer is an emphatic NO. In order to make good and useful contributions to mathematics, one does need to work hard, learn one’s field well, learn other fields and tools, ask questions, talk to other mathematicians, and think about the “big picture”. And yes, a reasonable amount of intelligence, patience, and maturity is also required. But one does not need some sort of magic “genius gene” that spontaneously generates ex nihilo deep insights, unexpected solutions to problems, or other supernatural abilities."
This is about whether any intelligent person can "do mathematics", not about whether anyone can be like Terence Tao, one of the most brilliant mathematicians in the world.
The combination of getting romantic advice from movies and the statutory rape vibes of this comment would lead me to suggest not following this advice, OP.
I didn't, and wouldn't, suggest getting "romantic advice" from movies: But it happens that some movies DO a good job illustrating some common, strong aspects of female emotions. That's not "advice" but just data from some samples. Partly the examples are in the movies BECAUSE much of the audience can or already does understand them -- so, indirectly what's in the movies is some of what is already commonly well understood in the audience. Besides, I explained that should take what was in common for the dozen or so women in those movies.
> "statutory rape"
Nonsense. 100% total nonsense. No where did I suggest or imply that they have sexual intercourse before she is 18 and married. And I would suggest that they not. If they don't have sexual intercourse, then there is no "rape".
You are profoundly confused.
You are also bitterly angry at me for NOTHING. I wrote calmly, rationally, clearly.
The case of Raymond Davis[0] is probably the most mind-boggling in recent memory: A private contractor with a cover story as a cultural attache at the US embassy in Pakistan sees he's being followed by a couple guys on motorbikes while driving through Lahore, thinks he's going to get assassinated by Pakistani security forces, and shoots and kills both of them. He's arrested shortly thereafter with IR cameras, magazines full of bullets, and other espionage-related gear.
The US ultimately negotiated a payment to the families of the men Davis killed and secured his release.
