This line changed my life.https://twitter.com/ProfFeynman/status/1129820872955400192 …
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Not meant to be adversarial - I'm genuinely very curious. But getting past that line has been a major change in my life over the past 3-4 years. I wrote a tiny bit about it:pic.twitter.com/XDz0l7N54S
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Thanks for asking. Great question, and totally welcome. Here's a much longer and way more personal answer than you probably bargained for.https://twitter.com/ShriramKMurthi/status/1130270213843427328 …
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If you make it through that thread, you'll hopefully see actually very much share your perspective. We just tip the weights a bit differently, though I suspect we want to end up in the same place.
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Same here. Over the course of last few years, I've realised the importance of 'names' as shorthands for bigger chunks of information.
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Names do matter no doubt. But it depends on what you're looking for. Feynmann's quote is an antidote to getting stuck in understanding names and not going deeper into what it actually is. And understanding something is subjective too - linguist v ornithologist
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What kinds of things do you use Anki for? I've used it off-and-on for years now but without much rigor or sustained use.
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