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

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    1. michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen 7 Apr 2017
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      1/ This turned into an essay. Replying helped me clarify my thinking quite a bit - thank you, Julia!

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    2. michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen 7 Apr 2017
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      2/ I think we agree on the desirability of maximizing (long-term, collective) utility, and agree, up to edge cases, on what that utility is

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    3. michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen 7 Apr 2017
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      3/ But I'd frame our disagreement a little differently than Julia.

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    4. michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen 7 Apr 2017
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      4/ In general, I believe our scientific institutions don't support diverse enough in-depth exploration.

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    5. michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen 7 Apr 2017
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      5/ Instead, a few broad schools tend to form. A good example is AI research. Neural nets were very unfashionable for a long time.

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    6. michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen 7 Apr 2017
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      6/ But still pursued by Geoff Hinton, now seen as a visionary.

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    7. michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen 7 Apr 2017
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      6½/ Hinton seems to have largely suspended skepticism (per Julia's 3), in order to deeply explore an idea.

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    8. michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen 7 Apr 2017
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      7/ I think we'd be better off with more Hintons.

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    9. michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen 7 Apr 2017
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      8/ Actually, that's not quite right. It's easy after the fact to say "let's have more Geoff Hintons" - he's seen as right!

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    10. michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen 7 Apr 2017
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      9/ What's harder is to say "let's support many people pursuing ideas that don't look as promising as w'ever currently appears most promising

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      michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen 7 Apr 2017
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      10/ Of course, there's usually a good reason the fashionable idea is fashionable. It usually _is_ right.

      9:31 AM - 7 Apr 2017
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        1. michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen 7 Apr 2017
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          11/ But there's no reason to think our grant allocation mechanisms allocate money in the right way.

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        2. Sean Carroll‏Verified account @seanmcarroll 7 Apr 2017
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          Relevant referee comment on a (rejected) grant proposal: "This isn't what other people are working on."

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