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.@slatestarcodex is an extraordinary, massive, persistent force of nature, like Jupiter’s Great Red Spot or something.
Read his decade in review and be gobsmacked: slatestarcodex.com/2020/01/08/wha…
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Lucy Keer
@drossbucket
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also woohoo he explains what he personally means by 'Bayesian methods' and 'predictive processing' in the comments, so I can finally stop banging my head against trying to figure it out slatestarcodex.com/2020/01/08/wha… pic.twitter.com/jgcMuLiKwf
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David Chapman
@Meaningness
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Thanks, yes, that’s super helpful! @_awbery_ and I had a long conversation about this earlier today. If we knew he meant “prior experience affects perception somehow” I would not have ranted so much :)
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michael_nielsen
@michael_nielsen
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Lovely! Apt comparison! Though I'm not sure how Scott would feel about being compared to a giant hurricane several times the size of the Earth.
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David Chapman
@Meaningness
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I hope he’s flattered, although I can see how not everyone would be!
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ryan
@context_ing
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How does one consume AND produce SO.MANY.WORDS!? (And sleep, shower, and have a job, and ...)
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David Chapman
@Meaningness
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The leading scientific hypothesis is that “Scott Alexander,” like “Nicolas Bourbaki,” is a pseudonym for a secret society of the two dozen smartest people in the world
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Nick Shelbourne
@Shelbournator
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"In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty. Great works of art have no more affecting lesson for us than this." Emerson
I feel like reading SSC teaches me about the best part of myself.
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overpoweredginger
@AdmiralOPG
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I'm terrified of that article, in the best possible way
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Stefan Ruijsenaars
@stefan_arrr
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Amazing
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