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Better ways of thinking, feeling, and acting—around problems of meaning and meaninglessness; self and society; ethics, purpose, and value.

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    1. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 1 Nov 2019
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      Many fascinating reply threads! “How to actually do math” is taboo for some reason; there’s almost nothing written about it. You have to get the secret oral transmission. Can we use the interwebs to break that code of silence?https://twitter.com/Meaningness/status/1190039312794079234 …

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      Are your math visualizations in color? Mine are all black-and-white, presumably in imitation of diagrams in textbooks. Just realized from this @St_Rev tweet that I may be missing an important tool. (Does synesthesia play a role here?) https://twitter.com/St_Rev/status/1189949262307766272?s=20 …
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    2. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 1 Nov 2019
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      A podcast series? A public, recorded virtual conference/workshop? A subreddit? A dedicated web site?

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      David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 1 Nov 2019
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      Here’s Albert Einstein’s brief explanation of his mathematical thinking (the only thing he ever said about this, afaik)pic.twitter.com/LeLiBYBXiK

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        2. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 1 Nov 2019
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          I manage software architecture / large codebases as ghostly shapes (representing major components) that interact kinesthetically, too. Sections of code have textures like fabric, or like topography. Smells and flavors, good and bad.https://twitter.com/Meaningness/status/1190318283146158080 …

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          Replying to @Malcolm_Ocean @ProfJayDaigle @St_Rev
          “Like visualization but for shapes, not sight” seems to be kind of how a lot of us describe it. Weird how unstudied this is, if it’s as important to technical rational thought as we may suspect. (It’s also the way I deal with large code bases / software architecture)
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        3. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 1 Nov 2019
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          This peculiar unnamed sense seems central in tantric Buddhist practices too: (1/3)

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        4. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 1 Nov 2019
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          David Chapman Retweeted Joogipupu

          Here @joogipupu describes the feeling of math as like that of working with the “subtle body” in which “energies” (rLung) move through a network of “channels” (rTsa), carrying with them “corpuscles” (thigle)https://twitter.com/joogipupu/status/1190045312645132289?s=20 …

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          My math feels like rLung (in Vajrayana sense) moving through a network of channels. If thinking something concrete, e.g. geometry, they appear like shapes floating in the air. No dominantly visual sensations.
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        5. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 1 Nov 2019
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          David Chapman Retweeted Antonio Ramírez

          And @postreptilian asks about “yidam,” the practice of experiencing oneself in the form of a specific enlightened being, which does seem quite similar to me (except enlightenment, not algebra, so not EXACTLY the same…) 3/3https://twitter.com/postreptilian/status/1190149590953021440?s=20 …

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          Antonio Ramírez @postreptilian
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          Hey, as someone who is acquainted with these vagueish kinda kinaesthetic kinda-images and (I assume) with yidam visualization: how do the former compare with the kind of visual horsepower that is needed for the latter? Is it even the same kind of animal?
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        2. Turil Cronburg‏ @thewiseturtle 1 Nov 2019
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          @Numenta works in this area, as well.

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          Replying to @thewiseturtle @Meaningness @Numenta

          We think the brain uses similar mechanisms we evolved to map sensations to physical space to build abstract concepts in non-physical space. (grid cells, place cells, head direction cells, etc)

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        1. Zachary Schlosser‏ @Zach_Schloss 1 Nov 2019
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          @bonnittaroy ^ “Of visual and some of muscular type.”

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        1. Turil Cronburg‏ @thewiseturtle 1 Nov 2019
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          This is why I use simple shapes for my math, when communicating the things I'm thinking about. And it's why I never found mainstream academic math very useful.

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        1. Carlos E. Perez‏ @IntuitMachine 1 Nov 2019
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          Most theories in Physics originate from intuitive thought. Very rare case is Dirac where new discovery was found in math.

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