Computing metaphors for thinking: • Cached thought = existing opinion. Avoid cache-only arguments (stereotypical politics) • Shortest simulation program = better expression of Occams's razor • Improved compression of idea = insight • Pursuit of better compression = curiosityhttps://twitter.com/backus/status/1016197654307471360 …
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Context switching is still solid though. The whole idea of scheduling being a hard problem for deciding how to allocate computation time extends but not perfectly
11:36 PM - 8 Jul 2018
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