Recent content by Aaron Thyne

All quotes that say something like "Without experience, we cannot learn." It's such bullshit. As if we are passive recipients of experience rather than active participants in the process of learning. As if learn by "accumulating experiences" rather than creatively interpreting all kinds of...

Sure, but us INTP's don't care about practicality. That's not what gives us that dopamine hit.

Absolutely. I can tell you're Ti because of how dedicated you are to 'the logic'. But unlike Dom Ti's, your words are not short, snappy and concise. They are more verbose and circuitous, like you're trying to cover all your bases. So I guessed ENTP.

You are an ENTP, right?

Yes yes, I'm 4 chapters in. :unamused:

It came out of me like an exorcism. :tearsofjoy:

This is alarmingly true. In particular, Wittgenstein comes to mind. I find Popper very easy to understand as well. His language is not just clear. But also concise. Anyway, despite his strengths, he is still widely misunderstood. In particular, his epistemology is misinterpreted as the opposite...

By the way @Ren , I wanted to commend you on your fluid knowledge of Popper. Your summary is both comprehensive and comprehendible. :grinning:

Ah, yes yes. That's exactly what I mean. I may not have given Deutsch a fair trial. My bad. I shall actually finish his book next time and not get annoyed before giving him a fair hearing.

That's not quite what I mean. I am a little intoxicated right now, so I'll get back to you tomorrow! Im certain you are drunk as well though.

I don't really like his interpretation of Popper. Deutsch thinks that if a theory wasn't devised to solve an explicit, agreed upon problem, then it isn't rational. What he doesn't realize is that the process of theorizing and problem formulation sometimes happens together. As we know, scientist...

He's a Popper expert. But I'm better. :laughing:

Where is this from?

Sure do. In The Poverty of Historicism, he presents a compelling case for why Historicism amounts to nothing more than a belief in destiny and the supernatural.

I'm not really sure that AI is a "pandora's box". The fear mongering is really common, but a lot of it is very poorly thought out.