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   by whatwhat 16y ago

   Nice example. Here's another: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Magicicada http://www.baltimoresun.com/bal-te.ms.cicada10may10,0,563814...
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   by whatwhat 16y ago

   >You can't do what you suggest in an open, collaborative model. It's too susceptible to malicious actors. Sure you can. All you need is a suitable counterintelligence and counter-deception wing to crosscheck sources. There's plenty of g
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   by whatwhat 16y ago

   What gets me is that what Anonymous is doing isn't terribly sophisticated. Imagine if they had an overarching military-like strategy and intelligence system to back them up, rather than a stand alone complex like "LET'S DDOS STUFF" and obta
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   by whatwhat 16y ago

   Thanks.
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   by whatwhat 16y ago

   Ok, I think I might understand what you are getting at. I seem to be confusing two different forms of knowledge: reasoning and memory (where reasoning can be used to produce other truths).
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   by whatwhat 16y ago

   I'm not saying that problem solving and understanding aren't important (see Bloom's taxonomy). I'm saying that you still need memory to justify whatever domain your knowledge is in, and that memory seems to be the bedrock of further knowled
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   by whatwhat 16y ago

   Thanks. That's a great response.
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   by whatwhat 16y ago

   Can I ask you a question? Why is rote memorization frowned upon in math? I'm a second year math student about to enter his third year. I enter a lot of the definitions, theorems, etc. into a flash card software (Anki) for memorization. I co
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   by whatwhat 16y ago

   I'm confused, which manifesto did you read? Half of Kaczynski's manifesto is a rant against modern leftism. What's your reasoning behind him being a subset of the left, when he clearly has argued against them? edit: also, from paragraph 18
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    by whatwhat 16y ago

    Also check out the book "The Thinker's Toolkit" by Morgan Jones. He was a former CIA analyst. It contains 14 different analytical tools in the book that were taught to CIA analysts (including an extensive discussion on testing hypotheses).
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    by whatwhat 17y ago

    Ad hominem was originally a rhetorical technique used to undermine a person's ethos (their moral character). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethos#Rhetoric It was used to undermine a person's character so the audience was less likely to take