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

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    1. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness Jul 18
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      “All models are wrong, but some are useful” is right, but sometimes worse than useless.pic.twitter.com/CGpd58Ak5U

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    2. michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen Jul 18
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      Replying to @Meaningness

      In the last sentence, you can substitute "physics" for "meta-rationality" and it's still true. It's rarely very explicitly taught as a skill. But the difference between a student and an experienced physicist on this is enormous.

      4 replies 1 retweet 23 likes
    3. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness Jul 18
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      Yes—the goal of the eggplant book is to start to explain these things which aren’t ever explicitly taught, and learned only through osmosis, trial-and-error, or at best apprenticeship. Related, from @JohnDCook:pic.twitter.com/Nw10eNG8q3

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    4. michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen Jul 18
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      Replying to @Meaningness @JohnDCook

      Hah: "bring out your differential equations". Reminds me of this bit from Rota:pic.twitter.com/1n3sFH3TGi

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    5. michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen Jul 18
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      Replying to @michael_nielsen @Meaningness @JohnDCook

      "making tacit knowledge explicit" is a wonderful sales pitch for a book. Well, wonderful for at least one buyer (me).

      2 replies 2 retweets 12 likes
    6. Nathaniel‏ @Nathani02617995 Jul 18
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      Replying to @michael_nielsen @Meaningness @JohnDCook

      What texts do this best in your opinion? Other than yours of course🤪

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    7. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness Jul 18
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      Replying to @Nathani02617995 @michael_nielsen @JohnDCook

      I know of nothing that treats the topic broadly. Which is really, really weird. I think it is enormously and obviously important, yet hardly anyone talks about it, and when they do it’s briefly and only in narrow domains. (Would love to hear suggestions if anyone has them!)

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    8. michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen Jul 18
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      Replying to @Meaningness @Nathani02617995 @JohnDCook

      Of course there's Polanyi's famous early work. I'm also a fan of this paper of Harry Collins, which I gradually inflict on all my friends: https://www.gwern.net/docs/philo/2001-collins.pdf …

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    9. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness Jul 18
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      Replying to @michael_nielsen @Nathani02617995 @JohnDCook

      A classic!

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      michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen Jul 18
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      Replying to @Meaningness @Nathani02617995 @JohnDCook

      BTW, have you seen the Journal of Visualized Experiments ( http://www.jove.com  )? Explicitly founded in 2006 or 2007 to make (some) tacit knowledge explicit.

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        2. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness Jul 18
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          Replying to @michael_nielsen @Nathani02617995 @JohnDCook

          Whoa!! That’s *really* interesting—thank you!

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        3. Isegoria‏ @Isegoria Jul 19
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          Whoa? This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to cry out, "By Jove!"

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