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by adamc 2y ago
I don't think that is true. I think wisdom has a lot more with paying attention, being self-reflective, and accumulating experience, as well as caring about the questioner. A wide context window at the moment of the question doesn&#x27
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by adamc 2y ago
That's a hard question to answer, because I do it automatically, 100% of the time. For me it's probably a result of childhood trauma (and maybe a high degree of empathy). I suspect most people learn to do it as the result of bad e
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The good news is that EQ will go up with life experience if 1) you care about it, and 2) you pay attention. Caring is a big part because it motivates you to pay attention and act on what you learn. (Not caring can also be beneficial -- it m
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by adamc 2y ago
I like that. It's a good metaphor. But I think you can be wise without being clever (having a high IQ). In my mind, people mostly ask different kinds of questions when they are looking for wisdom. They want to know how to make their ma
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by adamc 2y ago
When I was a postdoc, my office-mate referred to them as LPUs -- "least publishable units". Squeeze as many papers as possible out of each real idea or achievement. It contributed a lot toward my fleeing academia.
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by adamc 2y ago
Yeah, I agree. Also, I don't think there is an ideal way to learn something. Different people absorb lessons best in different ways. The people I've thought were most successful were not grinding their way through learning but en
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Very loosely. Neglect them, even.
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Then we are lost. Someone willing to cheat to get good grades will cheat in many other ways.
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"Deserve" is a subjective and poorly defined concept. They agree to the evaluation criteria when they take the course. They are supposed to actually learn the material. Everything else in your argument is sophistry.
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The consequences of cheating could be made much more severe. I am troubled by this argument because it suggests people have no ethical core. If that is true then we are going to have problems with them regardless.
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In the US, I would bet the proximate cause is difficulty getting Republican party support.
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We could try reclaiming the word.
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The correct answer.
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Worked for me.
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I don't use new google apps unless compelled. They kill things too often to want to add them to my workflow.
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I wouldn't say we are not getting anywhere, but I think the hype is far greater than what is actually being achieved. I think there has been remarkable progress in generating and classifying some kinds of patterns. Nothing I've se
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I wasn't arguing (and didn't really see others arguing) for compulsory mindfulness, which I don't think is even a thing.
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One would hope they would be prosecuted for fraud.
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I think there might be some psychological benefit just in experiencing life and being in the moment, even though it isn't all pleasant. I listen to books or music during a lot of my daily walks, but I've noticed that when I don&#x
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The problem is that a huge fraction of people are worth talking to, but a small fraction -- 5%? 10%? -- can poison that well so thoroughly that it is unusable. Being a ham operator takes some effort and is harder to exploit, so most peopl
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They don't seem that useful to me; perhaps that is why our perspectives differ. They seem, at most, like slight conveniences. But the other half is the cost of the service: regardless of whether something is useful (wide spectrum, ther
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by adamc 2y ago
Thanks... none of those sound like they would pay the massive bills of running chatgpt (or anything similar).
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Yet another example of how startups are often a negative for customers.
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I don't see how the spend can continue a lot longer without some evidence of profits, or at least more potential for profits. I know people aren't going to pay $40 a month for chatgpt as-is.
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Fuller question: You say they are massively transformative. In why way? How is life or business going to be changed by this tool?
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OK. With the best of intentions and real curiosity: How?
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I get your point, but "So far, dark matter/dark energy are in remarkable alignment with observations." is not in accord for "whatever it is that causes... <our observations>". It would be a tautology at that l
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I don't think there is any sensible way of evaluating that.
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Except for not actually demonstrating any dark matter or dark energy exists, you mean.
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What expertise do I need? Lots of coral is dying. It isn't right next to healthy coral. How do you think the fish are going to migrate? And those other coral reefs aren't empty. As for the effect of coral bleaching on fish, you ca

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