"surprise is believed to be a necessary trigger for associative learning" http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0042698908004380 …
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Replying to @sarahdoingthing
"an event is surprising when the distance between posterior and prior distributions of beliefs *over all models* is large" (emphasis mine)
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Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing Been, reading it backwards starting from your last related tweet. This is really interesting!1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @LogicalAnalysis
@LogicalAnalysis this is the final piece of this week's upcoming ribbonfarm post1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing@LogicalAnalysis Ah, surprise. My favorite emotion. Sometimes I think it's the only one I'm capable of.2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @vgr
@vgr@sarahdoingthing@LogicalAnalysis to self-analyze, surprise does seem to trigger all sorts of pattern matching algorithms in muh brain.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @otisfunkmeyer
@otisfunkmeyer@sarahdoingthing@LogicalAnalysis You can only measure size of leap later in a metric space where "distance" is defined1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @vgr
@vgr@sarahdoingthing@LogicalAnalysis in super-fringe, there is the idea that time-space is real & pineal gland is an eye for navigating it1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @otisfunkmeyer
@otisfunkmeyer@sarahdoingthing@LogicalAnalysis Pineal gland theory is not super-fringe. Well known in phil of mind, kinda debunked.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @vgr
@vgr@sarahdoingthing@LogicalAnalysis really? im surprised your familiar with the theory. any names come to mind as writing on it?2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@otisfunkmeyer @sarahdoingthing @LogicalAnalysis Associated with Cartesian theater approach to phil-of-mind that declined after Gilbert Ryle
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Replying to @vgr
@vgr@sarahdoingthing@LogicalAnalysis u know what's funny is i was studying phil of mind 15 years ago, went crazy, became dancer, move->LA!1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @otisfunkmeyer
@otisfunkmeyer@sarahdoingthing@LogicalAnalysis It's always wise to go crazy at least once every 15 years. I am overdue for my next round.1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes - 3 more replies
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