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I closed the tab at "cognitive engines." Overwrought balderdash masquerading as prose.

• this_user 3y ago
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• gwern 3y ago
  It is not 'balderdash', it is a reference to Scott's longstanding interest in Karl Friston & predictive processing paradigms in neuroscience & psychiatry. If you don't get the allusions, that's your problem, not his.
  • rolisz 3y ago
    Oh, it is Scott's problem. I got the references and I still found them to be too much.
  • CoffeeOnWrite 3y ago
    There's a segment on HN that comes out of the woodwork to poo poo artful writing. Parent commenter was not going to appreciate this article. I'd say it's a testament to the author's writing ability that they were able to pull parent commenter in a couple hundred words before they recognized it was "balderdash"!
  • glitchc 3y ago
    When the writing sounds like something you'd hear on an episode of Frasier, it's overwritten. Reading Strunk and White would greatly benefit the author.
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