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• Patents / Transactions / Licensing
• Computer Science / Electrical Engineering
• Medical Devices
• Computational Biology
• Physics
• Open Source
• Legal Software
• Legal Research
• STEM Work
• FIRST Robotics
• Various Charities / Rotary
• LawMux Legal KnowledgeBase
• Illustrator
JAMES SKELLEY
SJ ROUNDTABLE 2017
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STEM CAREERS
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TIMELINE
1. HIGH SCHOOL – MISSOURI
2. COLLEGE / GRAD SCHOOL / LAW SCHOOL – BOSTON
3. BIG LAW - ~8 YEARS
4. SOLO ATTORNEY - ~3 YEARS
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ILLUSTRATIONS
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Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property
Volume 16 | Issue 1 Article 1
PAPER #1: OSS GAME THEORY
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PAPER #2: OFFSHORE OIL
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TRIVIUM
• GRAMMAR • LOGIC • RHETORIC
QUADRIVIUM
• ARITHMETIC • GEOMETRY • ASTRONOMY • MUSIC
“LIBERAL ARTS” “MATH/SCIENCE”
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TRIVIUM
• GRAMMAR • LOGIC • RHETORIC
QUADRIVIUM
• ARITHMETIC • GEOMETRY • ASTRONOMY • MUSIC
“LIBERAL ARTS”
“MATH/SCIENCE”
MODERN PERCEPTION
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PREDICTION CLARITY
TRIVIUM QUADRIVIUM
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PREDICTION CLARITY
TRIVIUM
QUADRIVIUM
η =𝐹 𝐴
𝑑𝑣𝑥 𝑑𝑧 where
𝐹 𝐴 >> 𝑑𝑣𝑥 𝑑𝑧 “It oozes slowly”
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The Modern Argument PREDICTION :
• It makes money!
• Cures (some) diseases
• Brings better harvests
• Helps us fight our enemies
• Brought us to the Moon
• And on and on and on . . .
CLARITY: • “Umm… that’s a private matter…”
• “The human perspective is arbitrary anyway”
• Bill Nye the Science Guy, Michio Kaku, etc.
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The Modern World
PREDICTION
CLARITY
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PREDICTION CLARITY
TRIVIUM
QUADRIVIUM
My Advice
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REALITY TODAY AND FOR THE FUTURE
TRIVIUM QUADRIVIUM
10% 10% 80%
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REALITY TODAY AND FOR THE FUTURE
TRIVIUM QUADRIVIUM
10% 10% 80%
SCIENTIFIC *METHOD* NOT SCIENCE
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MISUSING LOGIC
LOGIC CONCLUSIONS
OBSERVATIONS
AXIOMS
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MISUSING LOGIC
(GARBAGE IN, GARBAGE OUT)
LOGIC CONCLUSIONS
OBSERVATIONS
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MISUSING LOGIC
(GARBAGE IN, GARBAGE OUT)
LOGIC CONCLUSIONS
OBSERVATIONS
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“THE VALUE OF AN EDUCATION IN A LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE IS NOT THE LEARNING OF MANY FACTS
BUT THE TRAINING OF THE MIND TO THINK SOMETHING THAT CANNOT BE LEARNED FROM TEXTBOOKS.”
(EMPHASIS ADDED)
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“THE VALUE OF AN EDUCATION IN A LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE IS NOT THE LEARNING OF MANY FACTS
BUT THE TRAINING OF THE MIND TO THINK SOMETHING THAT CANNOT BE LEARNED FROM TEXTBOOKS.”
(EMPHASIS ADDED)
-ALBERT EINSTEIN (IN RESPONSE TO A QUESTIONNAIRE BY THOMAS EDISON ASSERTING THE USELESSNESS OF COLLEGE
EDUCATION. EINSTEIN: HIS LIFE AND TIMES)
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“ALL MODELS ARE WRONG,
BUT SOME ARE USEFUL”
-George Box (among others)
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“ALL MODELS ARE WRONG,
BUT SOME ARE USEFUL”
-George Box (among others)
(Or “All Existence is Bayesian”)
