kevin simler
@kevinsimler
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on twitter i value insight and kindness ••• once upon a time i wrote a book: https://t.co/v8jaqX5ml0
san francisco
Joined March 2011
“mirrors don’t flip text, people flip text”
A lot of people give the correct (but nonsequitur) answer "mirrors don't flip text horizontally or vertically, the flip it through the plane of the mirror". But it is still the case that if you hold a book up to the mirror almost certainly you'll be reading right-to-left, but
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and successful theories of self also organize society
Theories of self organize the self as much as they describe the self
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this is your regular common knowledge announcement if your reply is over 280 chars, OP doesn't get a notification for it
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i realize that most of what passes for “teaching critical thinking” is sad and uninspired, but i actually think it could be an amazing class if taught well
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one of my answers: showing how different scams are perpetrated and discussing how to spot them / avoid getting taken showing media that might be real or fake and thinking about which cues are relevant
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you’ve just been hired to teach Critical Thinking at the local high school what’s going on the curriculum? what activities/assignments do you have planned for the kids?
Our first class in college they told us local business leaders said the most important skill they wanted to hire for was Critical Thinking ,so our curriculum would focus on that And I remember how we all had no idea what that meant
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2yo: it’s coldy outside weird that it can be sunny, cloudy, rainy, snowy, windy, stormy, even chilly… but not coldy sorry kid, English is hard
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I'm excited about the LessOnline festival! May 31 – June 2 (Link in next tweet, smh Elon.....) Hit me up if you're planning to attend — it'll be great to see some internet friends IRL
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Did it ever occur to you (before now) that plants have immune systems?
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Lovely observation Click through for a thread of people citing different Dennett works as their favorite
No one can agree on his greatest work, which is nice
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I never met Dennett, but he was kind enough to return some of my emails when I was suffering through a John Searle class in college 🙃 He wasn’t just my favorite philosopher — he was also my favorite *writer* of philosophy. I loved him as much for his prose as for his thinking
🙁 What a loss. My condolences to his family and friends. I met him a few times amidst seminar talks - my impression was of a person with a wonderful sincere curiosity about the world, a very strong desire to understand, an iron-willed intellectual honesty, and exceptional
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People keep discovering over and over that LLMs can write all the same sentences people can write.
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hit me with some of your favorite writing (or other art) that defamiliarizes common things
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revisiting this @vgr gem from 2010 "Organizations are like riverbank communities. They are as old as the last significant course change or waterfront battle. The stability of the river, not the attitudes of people, is what makes old organizations seem set in their ways."
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responses here were awesome. thanks everyone! some ppl asked for my recs: — “The Great Courses” (high-quality lecture series recorded in the studio) — particularly the history courses — all-time fav is “Big History” by David Christian — any linguistics course by John McWhorter
can y'all recommend some audiobooks for me? (i have audible credits i need to use)
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^^ if you're like me in this regard, i'll be especially keen to hear which audiobooks you like
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