Word: similars
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...Scott de Marchi have a lot in common. They are both professors at Duke University, they are roughly the same age, and they have the same number of children. And yet their consumption preferences are polar opposites. So the two professors developed a model to explain why seemingly similar people make vastly different decisions. Their book, You Are What You Choose, explores how certain attributes - such as a willingness to take risks, or worrying about what others think - affect our choices. De Marchi and Hamilton talked to TIME about their model, what it can predict and why anyone would ever...
...come up with the idea for the book? Hamilton: Well, Scott and I are friends. We look very similar to marketers. But if you go a little deeper, you find that we approach life very differently. Scott's never voted. I vote in every election, and I have my kids come with me to hand out literature at the polls. He doesn't like team sports, whereas I'm a baseball coach. We wanted to explore people's decision-making styles. We came up with a model that can predict things that normal demographics can't - whether...
...Both platforms are similar,” she said. “I think it’s going to depend on the get-out-the-vote strategy...
This is the first useful quantum information system to be developed. Theoretically, a super-computer could perform similar functions, but even a very large, complex computer would only be able to handle information of about 17 atoms...
Certainly, the Crimson would like to have the same success against the entire region that it had against the Bulldogs, relying once again on the friendly crowd for motivation. Although similar domination may be unlikely, surprises and upsets in cross-country races are not unheard...