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” …
Tag: Intelligence
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 …
You’re Forgetting Too Much
I do believe that FORGETFULNESS is the obvious natural ABSORBING BARRIER It’s just that for absolute majority of people the primary hindrances, even before memory, is simply: -not doing enough (doing in general, and doing new things, iterating) -blindness: some inborn (biases), most learned (einstellung effect, ego, sunk cost, it’s a looooong fucking list) But …
Can’t Solve Delusion with Rationality
When you see an illusion – it doesn’t matter that you “rationally” know that it’s an illusion. You’re still seeing it. The problem is you seeing this illusion, NOT you being “rational” or not. Therefore the only solution is to see the reality, rather than illusion, Likewise when you believe something — it doesn’t …
See More = See More Negatives = Be More Cautious (But Not Less Optimistic)
The more you see the more possibilities you see Great possibilities and terrifying possibilities The more you see the more you see: -what can go wrong -what can be done better -how little control you have -how complex the matters truly are I used the word “SEE” — because it’s so neutral SEEING …
I Learn From Morons HOW TO LEARN
I learn from morons how morons learn And since I’m a moron — I learn how I learn Because I am a moron there’s someone so much smarter than me that he makes me look like a complete moron he connects the dots 10 times faster and he remembers every dot and he sees …
The Level of Detail
At any given subject you have a certain understanding This understanding could be shallow and general, or it could be deep and detailed There are two reasons why you don’t necessarily always want a high level of detail: -observing, understanding details, then creating a detailed model — are resources-consuming. You may want to devote …