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Be aware of strange attractors in liminal idea space
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A schematic representation of the personality system.
A schematic representation of the personality system. 'Biological bases' (such as genes) and 'external influences' (such as cultural norms) are inputs to the system. Personality traits are found in the category of 'basic tendencies', which are influenced by biological bases, but not external influences. Causal paths are indicated by arrows, and show that, over time, traits interact with the environment to produce 'characteristic adaptations' (such as attitudes), and these in turn interact with the situation to produce the output of the system, the 'objective biography'. The 'self-concept' is a subset of characteristic adaptations of particular importance to self theorists. Adapted from McCrae & Costa (1996)
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Over the years, I've been frequently surprised that enthusiasts of "Tools for Thought" and "Bicycles for the Mind" often overlook a few basics:
- Simple practices like changing location, exercising, riding a bike, or meditating can significantly impact one's mental and physical state, influencing thoughts more profoundly than any software.
- "Lucky accidents" and intuition (serendipity) frequently lead to breakthroughs when exploring complex ideas. Provoking this in software or else remains an open research challenge.
- Thoughts are meaningless in isolation; ultimately, it's all about relationships and communication.
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Generative Doubt
Extensively using LLMs during everyday writing tasks seriously messes with one's perception. Suddenly, i have doubt about all texts online - wondering if it might be secretly generated. Certain words, that vanilla LLMs overuse, have become taboo and many texts feel cheap.
"Generative Doubt" is a widespread novel psychological condition in the early 21st century. Assuming by default everything on screens is AI generated and daily meditation are effective strategies to deal with it.
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"Failure is the seed of success" - Kaoru Ishikawa (1915 - 1989)
"Think of at least four factor which influence your problem. See if a shift in one of these causes can give you a different effect to explore" - Kaoru Ishikawa
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It's very useful and kind of magical, that LLM's can take any text and perform a Scientific Content Analysis (SCAN) on it, a forensic linguistics and investigative psychology technique used to detect deception and gather more info from a person's words. Interview with its inventor Avinoam Sapir
#KM #ML #Military #NeuroScience #Communication #Augmentation
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It's very useful and kind of magical, that LLM's can take any text and generate a Ishikawa diagram out of it, that show the potential causes of a specific event.
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Jan Huygen van Linschoten (1563 – 1611) was a Dutch spy, merchant, traveller and writer.
He travelled extensively along the East Indies regions under Portuguese influence and served as the archbishop's secretary in Goa between 1583 and 1588. He is credited with publishing in Europe important classified information about Asian trade and navigation that was hidden by the Portuguese. In 1596, he published a book, Itinerario, which graphically displayed for the first time in Europe detailed maps of voyages to the East Indies, particularly India.
He kept an extensive diary. One observation was his description of a beverage brought in from China:
“The aforesaid warme water is made with the poder of a certaine hearbe called Chaa.”
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“If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers.”
