Related: When Twitter is abuzz w/ new outrage, it feels like we're crowdsourcing the best compression of the ideas everyone wants to express. Each entry is scored by Twitterverse via likes/retweets and within a few weeks we converge on a narrative and framing.
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this may sound stupid but ever {g,b,7}zip something big and be really satisfied by how much smaller the output was?
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Definitely. I also intuitively feel what the author is talking about. The ideas I've felt most obsessed over learning more about were the ones that dramatically simplified how I reasoned about something
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i think about feynman talking about how every once in a while in physics there is this great simplification
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do you remember the source/where he expands on this?
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uhhh it's probably this:https://topdocumentaryfilms.com/pleasure-finding-things-out/ …
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Or irregularities
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Irregularities are a sign that an existing compression is wrong and you can find a more regular form to compress
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Yes yes yes, thanks Visa! I like Dorian's writing too. (sorry for the redacted tweet before)
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Once we’ve developed a half-decent radar / directional thrust, the things that we ought to look at have a way of coming back to us
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Damn good pt. And moving from lurker to participant (as I am slowly) is also important for the boomerang to work in one's favour
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With infants/toddlers re “regularities others missed”... 1-2 year olds find currency in gossip (irregularities others missed). My 2yo daughter has repeated “shocking gossip” (“Luke bit my finger”) months after it actually happened because at day care that is v. juicy gossip.
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Teacher is like oh yeah, that’s one of the crazy things but it’s normal... lots of tall tales for shock value.
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It is interesting the whole episode can be compressed by a 20 month old human to “Luke bit my finger”. Humans are crazy!
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Also explains the fatal flaw of school, which is that it is based on the notion that kids need to be "required" or "motivated" to learn. When the foundation is that, the roof, walls, and windows don't really matter.
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Above explanation is correct from the 'outcome' point of view. I think genuine curiosity comes from the place of care for something we deep down want to change or relate to emotionally. What's makes it interesting the way we present it like compressibility, as mentioned by you.
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