At today’s philosophy shared interest group we talked about journalism and the question came up whether journalism was coincident with philosophy in any way. It occurred to me, thinking about it, that philosophy and journalism may have started in the same way.
Category: Nobody Asked, But
Cognitive Bias #5 — Recency
It is easy to throw around the fake news claim because of the premium put on newer information by both news deliverers and news consumers. So much of the news is soon swept aside in the memory hole that we tend to believe more and more in the latest, perhaps mistaking it for the best.
Rookies
Decades ago, it was common wisdom that the Hunt Brothers could not go broke if they threw away hundred dollar bills as fast as they could pick them up and toss them. It was thought to be an NP-Hard problem. But the Hunt Brothers did figure out how to do it.
Uniquity V
Associations can be any connection between any two persons, places, things — for instance going to a Boy Scout Jamboree and being addressed by POTUS can be an association with an event — between you and the event.
Uniquity IV
The biggest obstacle for general artificial intelligence (GAI), where machines can actually learn from external stimulus, is that humanity is networked imperfectly but is unique in each of its nodes. Humanity is a giant, fallible information system. It is difficult to see something like this because of its scale.
Hybrid Voluntaryism
Public schools and publicly-permitted private schools have a hybrid voluntaryist segment of behavior within their boundaries. Many extracurricular programs fit within this model.
Uniquity III
Where were you today? Was your day like mine? I don’t think so. I was at the Kentucky state cross country meet today watching my granddaughter run. Afterwards my wife and I went to eat at a Mexican restaurant.
J. S. Mill’s Methods V
From Dictionary of Philosophy: Mill’s methods: Inductive methods formulated by John Stuart Mill for the discovery of causal relations between phenomena.
Uniquity II
I’m not bragging here, just trying to make a point. I call the collection of all the places I have ever lived the Ring of Forelle. I was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee. How about you?
J. S. Mill’s Methods IV
From Dictionary of Philosophy: Mill’s methods: Inductive methods formulated by John Stuart Mill for the discovery of causal relations between phenomena.