02 MAR 2019 by ideonexus
Chess is the Drosophila of Reasoning
Much as the Drosophila melanogaster fruit fly became a model organism for geneticists, chess became a Drosophila of reasoning. In the late 19th century, Alfred Binet hoped that understanding why certain people excelled at chess would unlock secrets of human thought. Sixty years later, Alan Turing wondered if a chess-playing machine might illuminate, in the words of Norbert Wiener, “whether this sort of ability represents an essential difference between the potentialities of the machine and ... 1 
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notes27 JUL 2018 by ideonexus
Examples of Games in the Context of Their Civilization
Games hold a mirror to civilization. In the Afghan game of buzkashi, groups of fierce horsemen contend in a no-holds-barred struggle for possession of a beheaded calf. The object is to carry off the slippery carcass, defending it against all challengers, and bring it around the field to the goal. As Jacob Bronowski explains in The Ascent of Man, 'The tactics are pure Mongol, a discipline of shock... what seems a wild scrimmage is in fact full of manoeuvre, and dissolves suddenly with the winn... 1 notes
notes20 MAR 2018 by ideonexus
Use of an Umpire to Hide Troop Movements in a War Game
Three maps should be provided, either in separate rooms or separated from each other by screens: one for each player, and one in the centre for the Umpire.* Each Commander and his subordinates will be allowed access only to their own map, the Umpire and his assistants moving from one side to the other.
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Whenever any portion of OIK; of the opposing forces comes within the view of the other, the corresponding blocks of the former must be placed on the map of the latter and rice ver... 1 notes
notes30 MAY 2015 by ideonexus
Are the Humanities Political?
It is
very easy to argue that knowledge about Shakespeare or Wordsworth
is not political whereas knowledge about contemporary
China or the Soviet Union is. My own formal and professional
designation is that of "humanist," a title which indicates the
humanities as my field and therefore the unlikely eventuality that
there might be anything political about what I do in that field.
Of course, all these labels and terms are quite unnuanced as I use
them here, but the general truth of what I am po... 1 notes
notes13 MAY 2015 by ideonexus
Thinking Means Understanding in More Than One Way
Thus, your knowledge is represented in various forms that are stored in different regions of the brain, to be used by different processes. What are those representations like? In the brain, we do not yet know. However, in the field of Artificial Intelligence, researchers have found several useful ways to represent knowledge, each better suited to some purposes than to others. The most popular ones use collections of "If-Then" rules. Other systems use structures called 'frames'--which resemble...Folksonomies: cognition understanding
Folksonomies: cognition understanding
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notes08 MAR 2015 by ideonexus
If You Do Get a Degree, Double-Major in Something Useful
Well, the value of graduate school really depends on what you are studying and what you expect to get out of graduate school. I encourage young people to engage in the act of dynamic thinking. That means don't just apply the rules that worked in your field 20 years ago. Journalism is a great example. The media has changed dramatically. I run a media company. I'm in media all the time, and the biggest mistake a journalism major can make is to allow 1985 thinking to dictate how they pursue thei...
1 16 MAR 2014 by mxplx
consciousness
http://theweek.com/article/index/214732/do-girls-like-pink-because-of-their-berry-gathering-female-ancestorsFolksonomies: consciousness freewill
Folksonomies: consciousness freewill
a field that exist in it’s own parallel realm of existence outside reality so can’t be seen - substance dualism
consciousness and it’s states are functions the brain performs - functionalism
a physical property of matter like electromagnetism , just not one we know about -property dualism
all matter has a psychic part , consciousness is just the psychic part of brain -pan psychism
mental states are physical events that we can see in brain scans -identity theory
a sensation that grows inevitably out of complicated mental states - emergent dualism
literally just behaviour ,when we behave in certain way we appear conscious -behaviourism
an accidental side effect of complex physical processes in brain -epiphenomenalism
quantum physics over classical physics can better explain it -quantum consciousness
the sensation of your most significant thoughts being highlighted - cognivitism
consciousness is higher order of thoughts ,thought about other thoughts - higher order theory
a continuous stream of ever recurring phenomena ,pinched like eddies into isolated minds -buddhism
24 DEC 2013 by ideonexus
Environmental Variation Improves Creativity
It also suggests, at least to me, that creativity can be enhanced deliberately through environmental variation. Two techniques seem promising: varying what you learn and varying where you learn it. I try each week to read a scientific paper in a field new to me—and to read it in a different place.
New associations often leap out of the air at me this way. More intriguing, others seem to form covertly and lie in wait for the opportune moment when they can click into place. I do not try to ...Folksonomies: cognition creativity
Folksonomies: cognition creativity
Jason Zweig describes how new experiences prompt new associations.
15 SEP 2013 by ideonexus
Bill Nye the Science Guy Show: "Rules"
Bill Nye the Science Guy Show: "Rules"
Objective: Change the world.
Produce a TV show that gets kids and adults excited about science, so that the United States will again be the world leader in technology, innovation, and sound management of the environment.
For example, when our audience is of age, we'd like them to produce the best transportation systems in the world, e.g. cars, electric cars, trains, and aircraft.
Rules of the Road
- The show is entertainment first; curriculum conten...Folksonomies: science entertainment
Folksonomies: science entertainment
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notesCould be summed up as "Keep it real."
16 JUL 2013 by ideonexus
Systems Science as a Subset of Other Sciences
Systems science is best seen as a science that consists of nested sub-sciences. It is presented most compactly using the notation of set theory.
Let A represent a science of description. Let B represent a science of
design. Let C represent a science of complexity. Let D represent a science of action (praxiology). Let E represent systems science. Then
A ⊂ B ⊂ C ⊂ D ⊂ E
illustrates the concept that we can learn something of systems science by first learning a science of description. ...Folksonomies: science systems science
Folksonomies: science systems science
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notesUsing set notation... an interesting way to describe the field.
