tag > Education
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Our 4y old has decided she wants to be a pirate when she grows up and we fully support this choice
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You learn, adapt, and try different tricks (like pretending you're not the smartest cookie so the wolves won't eat you)
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Graph of decision quality among professional Go players. A sudden increase after AlphaGo. It is not only because they are learning from the AI. Players are suddenly inventing new moves at a faster rate too.
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Participating in open source culture is a heart warming act of neighbourly love 🥰
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Son: Dad, I'm considering a career in organized crime. Dad: Goverment or private Sector?
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New GWAS research found genetic links between poor math ability and most psychiatric disorders. Links between strong language ability and schizophrenia and employment in creative professions were also found.
#Comment: They measure genetic predictors of only 30,982 individuals in "school performance" which is a strange metric awarded by a strange institution, and then ignore the complex web of influences and make bold claims. Pathways to eu-gene-ics?
"There are no genes 'for intelligence.' Mutations in thousands of genes indirectly and non-specifically affect intelligence." - From Innate: How the Wiring of Our Brains Shapes Who We Are, by Kevin Mitchell, Princeton University Press (2018).
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Control and Innovation are opposing forces.
"No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them." < This is why there are very few people thinking about truly groundbreaking and dangerous ideas in publicly visible science and technology today. Control and Innovation are opposing forces.
#Ideas #Science #Technology #Cryptocracy #Education #Culture #Business
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Teach meditation to children!
I believe a strong case can be made, that if Meditation (Zazen, Zhàn zhuāng, etc.) would be earnestly taught to school children globally - our world would profoundly transform for the better with in a few generations. It's certainly more essential than half the current curriculum.
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Nicchan the Dog's Autumn and Winter (いぬのにっちゃんあきとふゆ) - New nature observation picture book for children - By Akikusa Ai.
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We humans really need to start to take mutual aid much more serious, the timing is perfect. Been thinking & doing a lot in this area. Reach out if serendipity calls you - cause our survival depends on cooperation, not competition. Die gemeinsame praxis. Die direkte gegenseitige Hilfe. Die Hilfe zur selbst-hilfe.
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Notes from a children's playlab with DALL-E
"Turns out we were absolutely wrong about them getting excited by AI-generated images, unsurprisingly. Children in our group were not really impressed by the generative power of AI."
