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The Problem with Functional Fixedness in Creativity

2019-10-21 | Reading time: 1 minute

Lots of creative problems can be solved when we see what is really there, instead of seeing what we see.
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Recommendation: The Art of Manliness Podcast

2019-10-19 | Reading time: 1 minute

An (so far) interesting podcast addressing a lot of different topics.
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Recommendation: Steven Pinker: “An Unnecessary Defense of Reason and a Necessary Defense of the University’s Role in Advancing It”

2019-10-16 | Reading time: 1 minute

Steven Pinker's Keynote talk at the 2nd Heterodox Academy Annual Conference in June 2019 is well worth listening to.

Image: Half Hour of Heterodoxy Logo
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Climate Change Activism

2019-10-15 | Reading time: 4 minutes

Some thoughts on Fridays4Future, Students4Future, and Scientist4Future -- and strikes at schools and universities.

Image: Pale Blue Dot.
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False Dichotomies (Presentation Slides, German)

2019-10-04 | Reading time: 1 minute

Slides (in German) about false dichotomies (a rhetorical fallacy), expanded to cover false moral dichotomies (going back to Haidt and referring Boghossian's and Lindsay's book «How to have impossible conversations»).
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How about a few mirror neurons for AIs/neural networks?

2019-09-17 | Reading time: 1 minute

AIs could be psychopaths — capable of understanding emotions but not being affected by it. Or they could be condemned to feel.

Image: "Detroit -- Become Human" walkthrough.
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Wall Board (to get an overview of/plan projects and tasks)

2019-08-25 | Reading time: 2 minutes

Currently trying out a wall board to get an overview of/to plan projects and task.
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Oxford Unions Debate about No Platforming

2019-07-14 | Reading time: 2 minutes

Oxford Union recently had a debate about no platforming. Given many students and universities like the idea (hey, it's not censorship, just ... you know ... something different), it might be worth a watch.
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Regulating citizens to the mean (with an SD of 0)

2019-06-05 | Reading time: 5 minutes

There are currently a few ... interesting developments that cast a deep shadow on future creativity. At least, that how it appears to me. It’s not that the situation is a problem now, but there is a trend, and I don’t like where it leads.
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Knight Forks

2019-06-05 | Reading time: 1 minute

A short parallel between a move in chess and a situation in life in which there is no good choice, but you still have to make choice. Image: Wikipedia
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How about a few mirror neurons for AIs/neural networks?

Wall Board (to get an overview of/plan projects and tasks)