@paulg I sometimes feel vaguely guilty about "grazing" on lots of information, rather than studying with intensity,but I still grow from it.
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@paulg Deep and so true. Here are my two favorite poems on forgetting: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poem/26905 … http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/176996 - 1 more reply
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@paulg so happy to read all these essays.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg Same with studying mathematics. You start forgetting tools and specifics, but the way you reason and solve a problem persists.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg amazingThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg compiling is a great metaphor. There is an older one, equally eloquent: distilling. Knowledge in the quintessence distilled from dataThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Sooo true. "Your mind is like a compiled program you've lost the source of." “
@paulg: How You Know: http://paulgraham.com/know.html ”Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg seems to relate to the epistemology of f. a. Hayek, forgetting details made him a 'puzzler' as he putThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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"Your mind is like a compiled program you've lost the source of. It works, but you don't know why." -
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@paulg Why do we retain the source code of what we learn from experiences so much better than the source code of what we learn from books? -
@paulg ...when we can replay experiences, especially other people's experiences, will they be more effective learning tools than books?
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@paulg Also fascinating how you can remember something word for word once you go back to it, but couldn't reproduce it otherwise.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg Fiction I found relevant to How You Know. http://subterraneanpress.com/magazine/fall_2013/the_truth_of_fact_the_truth_of_feeling_by_ted_chiang …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg interesting that both remembering + forgetting are key to intelligence.W/ limited bandwidth only most transferable knowledge is king.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg: How You Know: http://paulgraham.com/know.html ” memory is getting less importantThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg As Joseph Joubert eloquently put it, "All that I've learned, I've forgotten; that which I still know, I've guessed."Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg Thanks for following me if you want to know the answer for any question read my book Evolution orders@Xlibris.com.auThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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