Caltech class sizes and the "Rule of 150"

[SilvaRua]

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@Kea

Though the theoretical models are based on assumptions that may not be particularly generalizable, especially in the sense of our limited overall understanding of the brain (and the flaws that may arise out of cross-species neurological studies in general).

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<p>And hence, I don’t really think the rule of 150 is particularly robust or effective. </p>

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@Kea

But schools like Caltech typically have a small number of WoW ■■■■■■ and other people who lock themselves in their rooms all day to study (this seems to be supported by the posts of other people on the boards)

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<p>But that’s not at all the reason Caltech Houses don’t follow this rule; it’s people that live off-campus, or even people that live on campus, but socialize with people outside the House, that break this rule.</p>

<p>Honestly, if the rule of 150 fails for such a simple example, what hope does it have for larger and more complex communities? </p>

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On a tangential note, I’ve visited several online forums over the last few years. One of them, CC, does not seem to develop into a particularly close-knit community, because it has well over 150 people and overturn is so high. There are few people from 2004 left posting here, for example.

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<p>Heh, I post on two other online forums; one has over 46k members, and the other just under 50k (yeah, feel free to mock and brand me a loser). </p>

<p>While there are probably only a few thousand members that post regularly and daily, the forums are incredibly personal, and the amount of informal (and formal) rules there are very large. </p>

<p>If anything, online social cliques disobey the conjecture the most saliently; online, it’s possible to process information much faster and more effectively than in the real world. </p>

<p>And no… neither of those forums is affiliated with WoW or any MMORPG.</p>