Comments on: Management Science and da Bears http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2007/01/25/management-science-and-da-bears/ Exploring How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything Sun, 28 Aug 2011 14:21:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mike Dover http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2007/01/25/management-science-and-da-bears/comment-page-1/#comment-292 Mike Dover Thu, 01 Feb 2007 14:28:28 +0000 http://204.15.36.163:8080/blog/index.php/2007/01/25/management-science-and-da-bears/#comment-292 Hi Pat: Thanks for the mention in your blog. I checked it out...its now in my favourites (note the Canadian spelling -- goes with our preference for 3-down football). Mike Hi Pat:

Thanks for the mention in your blog. I checked it out…its now in my favourites (note the Canadian spelling — goes with our preference for 3-down football).

Mike

]]> By: Ian Ketcheson http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2007/01/25/management-science-and-da-bears/comment-page-1/#comment-279 Ian Ketcheson Wed, 31 Jan 2007 20:41:06 +0000 http://204.15.36.163:8080/blog/index.php/2007/01/25/management-science-and-da-bears/#comment-279 Hey Mike, As a fellow sports-geek I've been a huge fan of http://whatifsports.com. They also come at it from a simulaton point of view, and have done similar exercises in the past. Cheers. Hey Mike,

As a fellow sports-geek I’ve been a huge fan of http://whatifsports.com.

They also come at it from a simulaton point of view, and have done similar exercises in the past.

Cheers.

]]> By: Pat Coyle http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2007/01/25/management-science-and-da-bears/comment-page-1/#comment-244 Pat Coyle Tue, 30 Jan 2007 16:11:15 +0000 http://204.15.36.163:8080/blog/index.php/2007/01/25/management-science-and-da-bears/#comment-244 Hey - I work for the Colts and I'm blogging about Wikinomics here...http://www.patcoyle.net/2007/01/30/things-fans-will-do-with-animals-youtube-and-myspace/ Hey – I work for the Colts and I’m blogging about Wikinomics here…http://www.patcoyle.net/2007/01/30/things-fans-will-do-with-animals-youtube-and-myspace/

]]> By: Bruce Stewart http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2007/01/25/management-science-and-da-bears/comment-page-1/#comment-205 Bruce Stewart Sat, 27 Jan 2007 20:20:31 +0000 http://204.15.36.163:8080/blog/index.php/2007/01/25/management-science-and-da-bears/#comment-205 It was inevitable, I suppose. Look at how things like the Iowa "Political Stock Market" and the Hollywood "Fame Market" have done in predicting outcomes. Even UBC's own "election prediction site" - which uses nothing more than volunteered comments written by political junkies of one stripe or another - has a solid prediction record, both federally and provincially. This somewhat makes me wonder why I would bother (if not now, then someday very soon) pay anyone a management fee for managing a mutual fund. Not only don't computers need flash cars, fancy houses, $6 lattés and expensive trophies of all sorts, they are far less likely to allow sentiment to cloud their judgement when it's time to unload a position that isn't doing well. Really, only a very good contrarian - someone who sees what the "simulation" can't, not having had it programmed in yet - is worth a fee these days. It was inevitable, I suppose. Look at how things like the Iowa “Political Stock Market” and the Hollywood “Fame Market” have done in predicting outcomes. Even UBC’s own “election prediction site” – which uses nothing more than volunteered comments written by political junkies of one stripe or another – has a solid prediction record, both federally and provincially.

This somewhat makes me wonder why I would bother (if not now, then someday very soon) pay anyone a management fee for managing a mutual fund. Not only don’t computers need flash cars, fancy houses, $6 lattés and expensive trophies of all sorts, they are far less likely to allow sentiment to cloud their judgement when it’s time to unload a position that isn’t doing well. Really, only a very good contrarian – someone who sees what the “simulation” can’t, not having had it programmed in yet – is worth a fee these days.

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