Things social people seem to do differently from me
They value socialising as an activity in and of itself. Whereas I tend to think about socialising in terms of some purpose :p They expect and... »
Can Induction be used to justify induction?
Part of the standard “problem of induction” is that any observation-based justification of induction uses induction. Which is generally viewed as circular reasoning. That is, of... »
Musings on Cognitive Compression, Generality, and Autonomy
In discussing whether simple developmental AI that have rudimentary self-programming are “alive” or not, I wanted a way to distinguish them from big switch statements (BSS)... »
Emotional and Intellectual Conflict
I have a deep mental understanding of what is to be done in many areas, but I don’t do it. Reading an article about a sociopath... »