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The Bitter Lesson seems relevant here again. http://www.incompleteideas.net/IncIdeas/BitterLesson.html http://www.incompleteideas.net/IncIdeas/BitterLesson.html
by aleksiy123 2y ago
The Bitter Lesson seems relevant here again. http://www.incompleteideas.net/IncIdeas/BitterLesson.html http://www.incompleteideas.net/IncIdeas/BitterLesson.html
I think I read somewhere about Erdős having this somewhat brute force approach. Whenever fresh techniques were developed (by himself or others), he would go back to see if they could be used on one of his long-standing open questions.
- HappMacDonald 2y agoI think this is the second time I've read this blog post, but it increasingly strikes me as parenting advice. Translated to that domain, it reads "teach your kids how to think, not what to think".
- robwwilliams 2y agoWhich is great advice that almost no parents follow.
- causal 2y agoParadoxically, as a parent I find the notion that humans are blank slates completely false. Babies come with a tremendous amount of pre-programmed behaviors and interests.