| scratchpad |
[Dec. 3rd, 2002|10:23 am] |
no time now, but need to think over
1. memetic model of the "russian-american teenage friendship" episode:
a) understanding teenagers is difficult b) understanding a foreign culture is difficult c) understanding teenagers from a foreign culture is ...
- the role of misunderstanding in human information systems
- analogy with the immune system (elaborate)
- failure of a culture-based psychologist (e.g. dox4) to recognize super-system issues.
2. probability of G. (Pascal's Wager)
- non-zero probability
- too generic of a strategy -> non-instrumental
- probability in an event
- luck as a bug in the system (good luck, bad luck)
- cost of opportunity
3. direct brain communications.
- hardware/bio-independent model |
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| scratchpad |
[Dec. 3rd, 2002|12:05 pm] |
post mortem (prelim.):
1. Benford's Corollary to Clarke's Third Law:
"Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced".
-- Gregory Benford. Foundation's Fear. 1997
2. DYHW - partial failure: over-optimistic forecast, search/match criteria ok.
3. PMIGBOM - partial failure: see 2; timing way off.
4. improvements req.: model - see prev. "scratchpad" post p. 1.2, 3.0
5. overall: B- |
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| i hate e-mail!!! |
[Dec. 3rd, 2002|01:04 pm] |
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getting more than a hundred e-mails a day is a killer.
arghh...
gonna lay down and cry for a half an hour :)
no, just lay down.
no, just lay... |
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| haiku |
[Dec. 3rd, 2002|07:31 pm] |
This memory entry will be used for all my future haikus as well.
haiku #376
scratching the surface
for miles and miles and miles -
happy ice skaters...
( Read more... ) |
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| reading |
[Dec. 3rd, 2002|07:45 pm] |
Joseph Heller. Catch-22. I'm going to thoroghly enjoy re-reading this one!
Umberto Eco. Kant and the Platypus.
The Little Book of Haiku. translated by Sam Hamil. |
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