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Andy Matuschak

@andy_matuschak

👏 for this clever microworld on fluid systematicity. Was skeptical, then the essay addressed exactly my objections.

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David Chapman

@Meaningness

· Jul 25, 2016

‽ “A first lesson in meta-rationality”: in a STEM curriculum for cognitive 4→5 transition. meaningness.com/metablog/bonga

3:30 PM · Jul 25, 2016Twitter for Mac

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(Incidentally, meaningness.com/metablog/stem- by the same author has unsteadied my epistemological grounding, and I have not yet righted myself.)

soroush

@khanlou

Jul 25, 2016

i think meaningness.wordpress.com/2015/10/12/dev is his best work. it takes a few reads, but the best things always do

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Thank you! I’m curious: was that the Church-Turing objection, or something else?

Andy Matuschak

@andy_matuschak

Jul 25, 2016

Church-Turing as part of "isn't this still 4?" and then "I don't see how to ramp this past 4.1"

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he seamlessly convinces gop brass and energizes the party base with populist anger, id say he understands the fluidity of systems

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for sure, that was a huge revelation for me as well

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extremely skeptical of this model when it seems to exist to justify STEM primacy as path to salvation.

Andy Matuschak

@andy_matuschak

Jul 25, 2016

I don’t think it does; I think it observes that people often reach rationality through STEM, expresses a longing for other paths.

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