13 APR 2013 by ideonexus
Freestyle Chess
In fact, the best game of chess in the world right now might be played neither by man nor machine.47 In 2005, the Web site ChessBase.com, hosted a “freestyle” chess tournament: players were free to supplement their own insight with any computer program or programs that they liked, and to solicit advice over the Internet. Although several grandmasters entered the tournament, it was won neither by the strongest human players nor by those using the most highly regarded software, but by a pai... 1 
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notesSimilar to correspondence chess, where computer programs are allowed to offer suggestions and the players act like coaches directing the moves.
30 MAY 2012 by ideonexus
There is No Rule to New Knowledge
In no subject is there a rule, compliance with which will lead to new knowledge or better understanding. Skilful observations, ingenious ideas, cunning tricks, daring suggestions, laborious calculations, all these may be required to advance a subject. Occasionally the conventional approach in a subject has to be studiously followed; on other occasions it has to be ruthlessly disregarded. Which of these methods, or in what order they should be employed is generally unpredictable. Analogies dra...Folksonomies: knowledge exploration
Folksonomies: knowledge exploration
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notesYou must be creative in your investigations.
23 APR 2012 by ideonexus
Ontogeny and Phylogeny
A living organism must be studied from two distinct aspects. One of these is the causal-analytic aspect which is so fruitfully applicable to ontogeny. The other is the historical descriptive aspect which is unravelling lines of phylogeny with ever-increasing precision. Each of these aspects may make suggestions concerning the possible significance of events seen under the other, but does not explain or translate them into simpler terms. 1 notes
notesTwo important ways of looking at an organism: it's origin and structure, and it's taxonomical location.
03 JAN 2012 by ideonexus
Jaron Lanier's Suggestions for Taking Action Online
Every save-the-world cause has a list of suggestions for “what each of us can do”: bike to work, recycle, and so on.
I can propose such a list related to the problems I’m talking about:
Don’t post anonymously unless you really might be in danger.
If you put effort into Wikipedia articles, put even more effort into using your personal voice and expression outside of the wiki to help attract people who don’t yet realize that they are interested in the topics you contributed to.Po... 1 notes
notesThese are habits you can adopt to maintain your individuality. Seems like good advice for lots of people on Facebook and other sites.
07 MAR 2011 by ideonexus
Advice for Dealing with Trolls
What to do instead
So what should we do instead. It's very simple:
Ask him what he means. ; interrogate him:
"Why do you feel that Python is so bad? What do you find wrong with it?"
Agree with him (but use a softer language):
"Yes, Perl is a nice language, and I agree that Python has its downsides and/or trade-offs in comparison to Perl."
"It's OK to prefer Perl, we'll still accept you here."
This will make the troll lose steam and help you find a common ground.
And eventually nego...
1 An interesting take on the issue, which borrows a page from Wikipedia's suggestions for debate.
01 JAN 2010 by ideonexus
AI's and Algorithms Take Away Our Sense of Responsibility
the very idea of artificial intelligence gives us the cover to avoid accountability by pretending that machines can take on more and more human responsibility. This holds for things that we don 1 notes
notesWhen we allow an algorithm to make suggestions to us, and we accept them, we are giving up our own aesthetical choices.
