Intellectual Fascia
Epistemic Status: Describing the general case suggested from my exposure to a finite set of specific events. I am an academic in Computer Science, and I hope it will be a surprise to no one when I say that the vast majority of knowledge in papers depends on knowledge nowhere to be found in papers.Continue reading “Intellectual Fascia”
Probability as a Mental Model is Bullshit
The idea is simple: probabilities don’t make any sense as tools for explaining the brain, they make sense as tools for describing what is literally possible. Describing what is possible and what is likely in the physical universe is awesome, I’m all for it. It’s cool that we can understand particle physics which may or mayContinue reading “Probability as a Mental Model is Bullshit”
Concepts Are Tools, Not Artifacts
The delightful John Nerst points out that we have more of a problem organizing and moving around knowledge than we do creating it. I think we need a Conceptual Logistics that tells us what kind of patterns people have observed over the centuries, how they relate to each other, and where we can find evidenceContinue reading “Concepts Are Tools, Not Artifacts”
