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by 011011100 13y ago
I truly hate media that trivializes serious philosophical positions. The boombox isn't just as intelligent as the dog, but it may be indistinguishable sound-wise from the dog. If you can make a computer perform an "intelligent&quo
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by 011011100 13y ago
>No one reads anything with 100% comprehension, and the assertion that such a thing as perfect understanding exists is absurd. Real meaning of words is fleeting and there certainly isn't any universal truth to every written work. &q
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by 011011100 13y ago
ya, let's have some software gather data about every single detail of your life. Nobody is going to take advantage of that information, right? I don't know about you, but the way I understand more about my life is by reflecting an
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by 011011100 13y ago
I'm stupid and completely ignored that bit.
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by 011011100 13y ago
Are you trying to tell me that if a person begins to exercise more, with everything else being constant (calories), that there would be no weight loss?
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by 011011100 13y ago
How a person "[processes] on the fly" seems to be a measurement very related to intelligence. So they don't care about IQ, but they do care about mental quickness.
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by 011011100 13y ago
I'm not rich or successful, but gosh dangit, I think I'll do just fine in this world. And it's OK guys, it really is. Remember all those times people said mean things to you just because you were part of the middle class? The
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by 011011100 13y ago
Hey, you have an interesting story. I was wondering if we could chat in private? ta011011100@gmail
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by 011011100 13y ago
Yes, I like porn.
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by 011011100 13y ago
There are a lot people on this forum who seem to think they're absolutely right about some convention or way of life and that they're entitled to attention (ie they believe their take is actually insightful). This describes the &q
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by 011011100 13y ago
"Anyone operating in a template-driven manner is not reasoning by first principles." I'm saying that when you want to solve a problem, you don't use a checklist of which "reasoning from first principles" is an
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by 011011100 13y ago
Because it formalizes thought and encourages people to use templates rather than actually thinking about it themselves. If you're "solving problems" by always referring to your sheet of "problem solving approaches",
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by 011011100 13y ago
Did you really have to come up with a name for it: "reasoning from first principles"? Does it not bother anyone else that this is just "thinking"? I mean, if you can deal with the cost of re-engineering the battery, then
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by 011011100 13y ago
She's practicing number crunching and maybe some other cognitive tasks that probably can't be related to mathematical thought, unless you squint really hard. I can identify at least one cognitive task: holding configurations in yo
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by 011011100 13y ago
There are a lot of feel good nonsense posts in this thread. The parent gave no indication he was referring to motivation. It sounded like he was saying his wife suddenly became better at whatever he considers math to be by just playing a vi
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by 011011100 13y ago
Some people are very good at chess. Similar idea. Are these people also good at math? "One thing that worked well for my wife was a series of games from Nintendo called Fire Emblem." So are you trying to make a scientific claim? T
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by 011011100 13y ago
Except... just because you haven't observed it doesn't mean it isn't true. And just because you believe you're gifted doesn't mean you are. It's really easy to be a big fish in a small pond. It's also poss
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The HN forum system and possible improvements
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by 011011100 13y ago
I get the impression that the priority, among a large crowd here, is to say profound things rather than true things.
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by 011011100 13y ago
So does the author deny the existence of any sort of domain where these paradigms would be "right"? Or are they universally "wrong"? Also, he states a view or philosophy: "everything is an object" and then he s
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by 011011100 13y ago
The message in the book, based on my understanding from online reviews and summaries, resonates with me. I usually have a hard time with school and I've found that if I study on my own, under my own control, and that I get an opportuni
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by 011011100 13y ago
Depends on how motivated she is to learn (or how good of a teacher you are). If you expose too much complexity in the very beginning, you may risk her not liking it from an early age. I can come up with one idea which would have been super
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by 011011100 13y ago
Who cares? Why does this matter at all? Are you seriously that confused over the abbreviation?
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by 011011100 13y ago
Think about the consequences. In the example conversation, they were simply describing the progress of another employee. Is this person telling you to do something? Not really. Is this person telling you how to think about something technic
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by 011011100 13y ago
Dude, look the example conversation in the article. Really look at it. There is an obvious difference between somebody nitpicking the language you use in a social situation (the example conversation in the article) and somebody being thorou
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by 011011100 13y ago
"What, like statistical evidence? No. I don't have statistical evidence that my car is parked outside either, but I'll still take a chance on it by walking to the spot where I left it earlier." No, but you do have eviden
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by 011011100 13y ago
"See already you're off base. Someone's individual expectation is not at all necessarily a "reasonable expectation". There are lots of gamblers in Vegas who expect to win big tonight... doesn't mean their expec
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by 011011100 13y ago
We have a fetish for measuring and ordering people. Imagine what would happen if that professor couldn't "find" that one person who scored an 8. We would never be able to find brilliant thinkers. Thank you Harvard.
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by 011011100 13y ago
"If the purpose of taking the exam is to demonstrate you know the material" Well, the parent doesn't actually agree that that's the point of the exam: "The exams were not to demonstrate you are certified in a subjec
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by 011011100 13y ago
Who says it's a conspiracy? It's more a matter of culture. I have seen it happen: there's a trend in the class where the homework grades, on average, are high, but the exam grades are low, even though the material is mostly t

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