When I was younger I'd have said that how you write and what you say were as independent as shape and color. But that's not true.
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Replying to @paulg
I can imitate Gibbon's style of writing, but if I do it makes me say different things.
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And if different writing styles make you say different things, that raises interesting questions.
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A wise friend once told me of the "method of the virtual guru" 1/
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If stuck on a problem, ask yourself "Who do I know who would have clever things to say about this?" 2/
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And then: "And what would they say about this?" 3/
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Surprisingly often, this gets me unstuck. I guess we have surprisingly powerful models of other people in our heads. 4/
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Replying to @michael_nielsen
Crazy as it sounds, I often get results from asking what advice I'd give myself.
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