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lemmy.nz

Say you want to test people’s math ability. You design a test, administer it to a bunch of people, do all your psychometrics, etc. You’re feeling pretty good about your math test. And then you find that some of the people who ace your test later say things like “two plus two is 19” and “88 is the biggest number.” You’d feel pretty embarrassed about your math test because it’s clearly not measuring mathematical ability, if it’s measuring anything at all.

Yeah initially at a surface level, but you could take the perspective that this is hinting at some deeper discovery that could be far more important.

Nitpicks aside, great article and worth the read

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lemmy.world

I think the real world is infinitely complex, what we call understanding is just seeing patterns in the fire. They were there and we saw them and they can live in your head a while but they have already withdrawn back into the chaos. So take the patterns you find and hold them tight but never think its more than just a little local detail.

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bookwyr.me

People like to think that happiness is simple: if you have more of a thing we've decided is "good," you should be happier. Our brains are sadly far more complicated than that.

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