Tag Archives: psychology

Synaptic Growth (Economics)

By Raelifin | Published: May 16, 2011

I am not a motorist. I dislike most everything about cars, and I do not drive (or even know how). I get rides between places that aren’t practical to walk to bike to, but when I have free time I like to be impractical and walk between them anyway, even if it takes me several [...]

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Morning Scribbles

By Raelifin | Published: February 2, 2011

I woke up at 5:30 this morning, and as I lay in bed, I was struck by some inspiration which caused me to run out into the living room in my underwear and start jotting down cognitive science notes on my whiteboards. Yeah, apparently I do that. Now, just because I was inspired doesn’t mean [...]

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I’m still thinking about AGI

By Raelifin | Published: August 25, 2010

It’s been almost two months since I last posted anything. This is mostly due to keeping posts in perpetual draft status, but I’ve also been doing stuff like traveling across the country. Thanks to long bus rides I’ve finally read a good chunk of Artificial General Intelligence, and I’ve been a bit inspired (gasp!) to [...]

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Why is it so annoying to be wrong?

By Raelifin | Published: June 16, 2010

The all-important black swan If someone is interested in the truth, it’d be a blessing to them to learn exactly what falsehoods they believe. An ideal truth-seeker would love to be wrong, because it would give them the chance to improve their ideas. This is the basis of scientific thinking, but it’s not a very [...]

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