We underestimate the extent to which we can learn. But we also overestimate the degree to which others can change. Intelligence makes you think faster, comprehend faster, learn faster. But if knowledge is fixed — then it makes no difference how fast you have learned it. Once you learned it — it’s learned. You …
Tag: Intelligence
Multithreading (And Learning How To Think)
Multithreading teaches you about all successful reasoning, single-threading or multi-threading the same. Successful reasoning is the same as successful travelling — it’s about successfully efficiently steadily getting from point A to point Z. A single thread has the purpose of going from point A to Z. Running multiple threads simultaneously means you’re getting multiple …
If You’re Not Learning All The Time — You’re An Ignorant Moron
We live in a complex world. To navigate in a complex system you need a detailed map. To navigate in this complex world you need a detailed understanding. To get a detailed understanding — you should be LEARNING ALL THE TIME. I’m usually very critical of the professor, the theoretician, the bookworm, the egghead, …
Be More Imitative AND More Original
You should be more imitative AND more original How’s that possible? Isn’t it mutually exclusive? It’s possible if you’re poor at imitating It’s possible if you’re poor at being original It’s exactly what happens: You call it originality — but you’re just poor at imitating Or you call it imitating and “doing what …
I like when I can’t predict what someone will say
I play the “predicting game“ That includes men I ask myself if I can predict what someone will say I like it when I can’t predict what someone will say Makes it interesting Makes me learn something I can’t predict what someone will say because it’s either: -nonsense -or I’m too stupid/ignorant …
About Childishness
I see a lot of adult children, childish I asked myself what is childishness? (I wrote about maturity previously: “About maturity”) A childish child: -doesn’t have responsibilities -lacks experience -lacks self-awareness (I suppose it’s a function of lacking experience) -doesn’t “fit in” (which is neither innately good nor bad. There is “good abnormal” …
SIMPLICITY VS SOPHISTICATION
There’s simplicity. Simple beauty of the things we readily find in this world. Simple beauty of a simple work, and it’s produce. There’s sophistication. Sophisticated beauty of the things we not so easily find in this world. Sophisticated beauty of a sophisticated work, and it’s sophisticated produce. Beauty obviously indicates value. Or more …
ADAPTABILITY = IMPERTURBABILITY
Anger is frustration with inability to control something. Things don’t go the way you expect -> anger Someone disappointed you, didn’t do what you expected -> anger etc. Upon getting angry, you can: -choose to stay angry, and direct that anger towards acquisition of more control -choose to stay angry, and direct that anger …
Understanding Understanding (Labels)
-Variety, diversity means that objects have different properties. E.g. a cat has fur, it purrs, and is cute. Whereas a tree has leaves, a trunk, branches, and grows big -Existence of variety doesn’t preclude existence of a degree of homogeneity. Two objects can have some different properties — and some similar properties -Thus between two …
OVERTHINKING and OVERACTING
There’s overthinking and overacting. There’s a balance to find. The QUICKER you can test and tinker and iterate — the less you have to think. Why bother thinking — if problem naturally solves itself anyway. If the problem is NOT solving itself however — is when you obviously should stop and STRATEGISE. Repeating …