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> mundane observation What makes an observation mundane? I think what you said is insightful and demonstrates intelligence. I don't think it's at all obvious t
by guerrilla 2y ago
> mundane observation
What makes an observation mundane? I think what you said is insightful and demonstrates intelligence. I don't think it's at all obvious to the masses of students that have poured over introductory physics textbooks. In fact, it seems to me that often entropy is taught poorly and that very few people understood it well but that we are beginning to correct that. I point to the heaps of popsci magazines, documentaries and YouTube videos failing to do anything but confuse the public as additional evidence.
- LudwigNagasena 2y agoMaybe if you opened only introductory physics textbooks then it’s not mundane; but If you opened introductory information theory textbooks, statistical textbooks, introductions to Bayesian probability theory, articles about MaxEnt thermodynamics including articles by E.T. Jaynes, then it’s a quite mundane observation.
- guerrilla 2y agoSo, what you're saying is, not very mundane at all and, in fact, that it's specialized knowledge requiring advanced education. ;)
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- mitthrowaway2 2y agoJaynes definitely made the case for this a long time ago, and in my opinion he's correct, but I think that view is still not mainstream; or even if mainstream, certainly not dominant. So I think we should welcome other people who reach it on their own journey, even if they aren't the first to arrive there.