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Just an aside on Henderson: Everyone, even the atheist furry and the cis-Baptist, professes belief in equal outcomes for equal situations; the problems arise b

Just an aside on Henderson: Everyone, even the atheist furry and the cis-Baptist, professes belief in equal outcomes for equal situations; the problems arise both because we all have differing discretion functions to determine situations given facts and law, and because we all have different equivalence* relations on outcomes. All a n i m a l s are e q u a l (but some are more equal than others) * consider reflexive vs irreflexive symmetric transitive rel'ns, or the US doctrine of "separate but equal" (1896-1954)

vinnyvichy 2y ago
Not me :) unequal outcomes is either plain observation, or fantasy --- only, the latter only, I might deign to call "beliefs".. Given, some may put observation and fantasy in the same equivalence class, I should like to encounter them. (Talented SWEs?/intermediate reppers(aka designers)?) EDIT: in case you missed it, follow-up on ANK (not KANs) https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=762 https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=762
- 082349872349872 2y ago
  just skimming a poorly translated and poorly formatted english version of K,AN as viewed by his students... > Perhaps Andrey Nikolaevich's approach to teaching was also influenced by the free postgraduate existence, which he later recalled as his happiest time. At that time, a graduate student was supposed to pass 14 exams in 14 different mathematical sciences. But the exam could be replaced by an independent result in the relevant field. Andrey Nikolaevich said that he never passed a single exam, but instead wrote 14 articles on various topics with new results. "One of the results, concluded Andrey Nikolaevich, "turned out to be incorrect, but I realized this after the exam was completed." Now, that is the good stuff: Нужны Парижу деньги се ля ви / А рыцари ему нужны тем паче!
  - vinnyvichy 2y ago
    Unable to produce Parisian courtesy, but hey here's patrician legacy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnum_Photos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnum_Photos
    - 082349872349872 2y ago
      while I'm thinking about it: Kuznets waves remind me of buffering behaviour in chemistry — or bufferbloat across routers. (end of random synaptic activation)

vinnyvichy 2y ago

Not me :) unequal outcomes is either plain observation, or fantasy --- only, the latter only, I might deign to call "beliefs".. Given, some may put observation and fantasy in the same equivalence class, I should like to encounter them. (Talented SWEs?/intermediate reppers(aka designers)?) EDIT: in case you missed it, follow-up on ANK (not KANs) https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=762 https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=762

082349872349872 2y ago
just skimming a poorly translated and poorly formatted english version of K,AN as viewed by his students... > Perhaps Andrey Nikolaevich's approach to teaching was also influenced by the free postgraduate existence, which he later recalled as his happiest time. At that time, a graduate student was supposed to pass 14 exams in 14 different mathematical sciences. But the exam could be replaced by an independent result in the relevant field. Andrey Nikolaevich said that he never passed a single exam, but instead wrote 14 articles on various topics with new results. "One of the results, concluded Andrey Nikolaevich, "turned out to be incorrect, but I realized this after the exam was completed." Now, that is the good stuff: Нужны Парижу деньги се ля ви / А рыцари ему нужны тем паче!
- vinnyvichy 2y ago
  Unable to produce Parisian courtesy, but hey here's patrician legacy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnum_Photos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnum_Photos
  - 082349872349872 2y ago
    while I'm thinking about it: Kuznets waves remind me of buffering behaviour in chemistry — or bufferbloat across routers. (end of random synaptic activation)