Knowledge of mathematics will not tell you which interpretation of probability/quantum theory is the right one. But it will rule out bad interpretations.

RT @Sam_kuyp: Good criticisms of QBism.

Don't ask what the world needs, ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. -Howard Thurman.

RT @ConjectureInst: "Many elite scientists struggle to secure funding for novel ideas due to their lack of popularity, despite past world-c….

For information that is not knowledge:. No increased redundancy over time + Probability one of an uncorrectable error. ==>.Probability one of destruction.

Scientists don't stop having good ideas when they get old. They stop when they get bureaucratic.

AI-generated math proofs resemble an Escher engraving. Locally, they seem coherent and ordinary. Globally, they are contradictory and nonsensical in an artistic way.

Every part of the universe should be transformed to be more habitable, rational-being-friendly, and knowledge-friendly. There is no conservation, only transformation.

If we could invert the chirality of the entire universe, all relationships within it would remain unchanged. We couldn't tell the difference, but the universe would not be the same.

Most mathematicians know his name. But until today, I was ignorant of his history.

Felix Hausdorff, one of the founders of modern topology, was jewish. On January 26, 1942, Hausdorff, his wife, and sister-in-law died by suicide, taking a veronal overdose to avoid German orders to relocate to the Endenich camp, fully aware of the dire fate.

For any information that exists online, AI is superior to even the best in-person lecture. No university, no matter how illustrious, can beat the power of your own computer and internet connection.

RT @ConjectureInst: “A bureaucracy of thousands cannot produce science. A single free individual can.”.~Conjecture Institute Fellow @PaulRR….

Focusing on getting into a top university is poor advice. Admission is not an accomplishment; it is a signal for those unwilling to evaluate ideas and a shortcut for those unwilling to generate them. For everyone else, ideas speak for themselves.

RT @dela3499: Had a great chat with @ToKTeacher about artificial general intelligence!.

To reduce pure mathematics to formalism is an error, as formalism requires mathematical explanations to be understood qua formalism. For instance, meta-mathematical theorems would be rendered meaningless, since they cannot speak about mathematics without an interpretation.

On games:. The Winning conditions: A framework generating interesting problems. The Goal: To create a better explanation of the game. An Error: A refuted guess that provides knowledge. Fun: The feedback that you are engaging with the goal. A Win/Loss: Irrelevant to the goal.

Key findinds of studies on cellphones ban:. International research suggests that smartphone bans have little or no impact on education, cyberbullying and wellbeing among students. The stricter the phone ban the more students look for ways to subvert it.

RT @PaulRRobichaud: @astupple Fixed.

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