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no, dumb people just use guessing, actual astrology, etc. smart people use "pattern matching" because it makes bigotry (which is a form of guessing) seem smart
by jeffreymcmanus 15y ago
no, dumb people just use guessing, actual astrology, etc.
smart people use "pattern matching" because it makes bigotry (which is a form of guessing) seem smart.
- rhizome 15y agoI think you're dancing around the word "discrimination" which is actually a fundamental aspect of thought and language, and is how humans can tell, for instance, the difference between good and bad. Are you saying that people shouldn't have standards?
- lukifer 15y agopoTAYto, poTAHto. The fundamental engine of consciousness is fuzzy pattern matching; when done poorly, it's called "guessing", and when done well, it's called "intuition".