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Matjaž Leonardis
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Matjaž Leonardis
@MatjazLeonardis
Interested in learning and creativity. In both humans and machines. (Tweets about education, relationships, institutions, math and computation).
Joined October 2011
- Replying to @patrickcDon’t you have a voice in your head generating a constant stream of interesting thoughts?
- My guess is that almost all people who read a lot are undisciplined readers. They don’t have a “reading habit”. For them reading is a glutinous, impulse driven process.
- Has anybody ever figured out why DNA uses base 4 rather than base 2 for encoding information?
- People often say that writing improves their ideas. Really this illustrates the dream-like quality of ordinary thought. Just like dreams are full of contradictions you don't notice, ordinary thought is as well and you only notice them when trying to express it.
- Replying to @vocalcry and @Porkchop_EXPEvery party you go to there will be a guy there that doesn't realise you're wearing make up, I guarantee it.
- Replying to @cosmicfibretionPeople really misunderstand the motivations for people to be interested in and pursue science.
- If 0.1mg dose of a drug can massively alter the behaviour of a 100kg human (nine orders of magnitude ratio) then the idea small groups of individuals can change massive social systems should seem at least plausible.
- Replying to @hollowearthterfHe was basically raised/educated by Melania’s parents.
- People rarely talk about it but I do think many people who are relentlessly seeking knowledge are acting out of compulsion, thinking the next piece of information will save them, not noticing it never does.what buddhism does to a mf
- I feel like chatGPT is really good at this "feels like you're saying something but really saying nothing" mode of talking that some people are also really good at and I'd love to understand how it works.
- What is the difference between "thought" and "internal monologue"?
- To put this hypothetical in perspective note that there are only around 10^80 *atoms* in the *observable universe*.The chief value of this post is demonstrating that the philosophy majors who promote this sort of thing are not only hopelessly blinkered, but full of contempt for people like you
- Everyone is interesting if you talk with them about the thing where most of their attention is going.
