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Searching for the numinous. Co-purveyor of https://quantum.country/ 

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    1. Mo‏ @MuhammadPuter12 Apr 18
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      I'm reminded of @Meaningness's "problem formulation" section in How To Think Real Good https://meaningness.com/metablog/how-to-think …, which has a lot of anecdotal gems

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    2. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness Apr 18
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      Slightly embarrassed by that piece now; I wrote it in one long day, many years ago, when @xuenay asked “if not Bayesianism, then what?” It’s a half-baked brain-dump. But I’m glad it’s still of some interest! Book I’m writing now is trying to do a better job on the same topic.

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    3. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness Apr 18
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      Replying to @Meaningness @MuhammadPuter12 and

      In the current outline, problem finding/creation is in “When to get meta-rational,” “Locating trouble,” “Creating a Problem,” and “Feeling for an ontology.”pic.twitter.com/PDtPf9Nsb5

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    4. michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen Apr 18
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      Replying to @Meaningness @MuhammadPuter12 @xuenay

      Looking forward to the book. Just want to point out that the topic of my thread is field finding (not field founding nor problem finding).

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    5. CⓐmeronNeylon‏ @CameronNeylon Apr 18
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      Replying to @michael_nielsen @Meaningness and

      Can I add into the mix of things you weren't discussing 'moment choosing'. That is, tackling a problem at the moment when it goes from being impossible to merely difficult. Been really important for me, entirely through luck of course rather than design.

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    6. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness Apr 18
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      Wow, yes! I’ve been lucky that way too. Some people are in the right place at the right time over and over, in which case it’s probably not luck. Sydney Brenner is my favorite example of that.

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    7. CⓐmeronNeylon‏ @CameronNeylon Apr 18
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      Replying to @Meaningness @michael_nielsen and

      People also get over confident. Thinking the first time wasn't luck (or rather misinterpreting their success). Thinking about it, it might be a meta-skill. Problem selection/formulation combined with receptivity to identifying/abstracting newly possible approaches

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    8. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness Apr 18
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      Yes! And, conversely, feeling for when your field is running out of momentum and it’s time to look for something else that may be opening out

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    9. CⓐmeronNeylon‏ @CameronNeylon Apr 18
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      Replying to @Meaningness @michael_nielsen and

      Is that the inverse of the same thing? Realising that the pool of significant problems is drying up and the available tools don't generalise to other/broader/bigger problems? (I trained in chemistry. This may not be coincidental...)

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    10. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness Apr 18
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      Replying to @CameronNeylon @michael_nielsen and

      Relevant-ish? https://meaningness.com/metablog/upgrade-your-cargo-cult …pic.twitter.com/386ILxoOeT

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      michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen Apr 18
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      Replying to @Meaningness @CameronNeylon and

      Heh. I simply quit my tenured job to work on open science; it was much easier than convincing my institution to support that work. "Enormous institutional reforms" may be an understatement.

      12:54 PM - 18 Apr 2019
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        2. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness Apr 18
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          Afraid so. I fear the university system is past saving and new institutional models are needed. Fortunately some are springing up!

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        3. CⓐmeronNeylon‏ @CameronNeylon Apr 18
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          Replying to @Meaningness @michael_nielsen and

          Well FWIW we’re taking the view that the university is worth saving. We just need to figure out what it actually *is* that we’re saving precisely...https://wip.pubpub.org/oki 

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        2. CⓐmeronNeylon‏ @CameronNeylon Apr 18
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          Replying to @michael_nielsen @Meaningness and

          So as someone who has (seemingly) managed to switch fields I will say that, at least in some places, there is a lot more space to do things differently in humanities settings. The lack of fixed ideas about what disciplines are (and what they’re for) feel well set up for this

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        3. CⓐmeronNeylon‏ @CameronNeylon Apr 18
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          Replying to @CameronNeylon @michael_nielsen and

          Of course, the fact that my current place let me both back in at all (from the non-academic wilderness...) and into the humanities specifically although not being formally trained in that, may be a strong indicator of selection bias :-)

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