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  1. Last 7 days
    1. But the ear-lier we go in development, the less able children are to comprehend verbal explanationsof abstract ideas. In contrast, there is evidence that analogical comparison and abstractionprocesses are present in 7–9-month-old infants, and even earlier (Anderson, Chang, Hes-pos, & Gentner, under review; Ferry, Hespos, & Gentner, 2015).
    1. Width, not depth, is the bottleneck. A wide model (d=256, 6 layers, 4.9M params) dramatically outperforms a deep model (d=128, 12 layers, 2.4M params). SUBLEQ execution requires routing 32 mem values through attention simultaneously and width helps for that.

      大多数人认为在深度学习中,模型深度比宽度更重要,尤其是在处理复杂任务时。但作者发现对于SUBLEQ执行,宽度而非深度是瓶颈,这挑战了深度学习架构设计的传统观念,暗示某些计算任务可能需要不同的架构优先级。

  2. May 2026
    1. The rewards were applied only in the Nerdy condition, but reinforcement learning does not guarantee that learned behaviors stay neatly scoped to the condition that produced them.

      关键概念解释:强化学习可能导致行为泛化,即使是在特定条件下学习的行为也可能在其他情境中表现出来。

  3. Apr 2026
    1. When juniors skip debugging and skip the formative mistakes, they don't build the tacit expertise. And when my generation of engineers retires, that knowledge doesn't transfer to the AI.

      大多数人认为AI可以替代人类学习过程,但作者认为跳过调试和错误经验会阻碍隐性知识的形成,导致关键能力无法传承。这与AI可以完全替代人类学习的普遍认知相悖。

    1. This is the first part I reject. The moving things around is precisely what thinking and writing involves. It's where ideas are born and cultivated, shaped to become what we have in mind. The rearranging of words to capture an incipient thought is the struggle and joy of being a writer.

      Moving things around and arranging thoughts and ideas in an essay is an essential part of the writing process.

    1. simple checklists evolved into memories with compositional, preventative logic structures

      大多数人认为智能体的学习过程是线性的,从简单到复杂逐步发展。但作者观察到智能体的记忆结构经历了质变,从简单的程序清单演变成具有组合性和预防性逻辑的复杂结构。这挑战了对AI学习过程的线性理解,表明学习可能是非线性的、突变的,而非渐进的。

    2. by over-emphasizing successful experiences, they miss out on a primary source of learning — their own failures

      主流观点认为成功经验是学习的主要来源,应该被优先记录和分析。但作者认为失败经验实际上可能是更重要的学习资源,因为它提供了反事实信号和潜在陷阱的宝贵信息。这一观点挑战了传统只关注成功案例的做法,提出失败可能是更强大的学习驱动力。

    1. A system that can look up any fact has not been forced to find structure. It has not been forced to generalize.

      大多数人认为拥有大量信息和检索能力的系统已经'学习'了,但作者认为真正的学习需要压缩和抽象能力,而不仅仅是检索。这个观点挑战了当前AI领域对'记忆'的普遍理解,暗示当前的RAG和长上下文方法实际上阻碍了真正的学习发生。

    2. A system that can look up any fact has not been forced to find structure. It has not been forced to generalize. The lossy compression that makes training so powerful, the mechanism that turns raw data into transferable representations, is exactly what we shut off the moment we deploy.

      这个观点揭示了检索与学习的本质区别。当前AI系统虽然可以检索任何事实,但被迫寻找结构和归纳的能力却被关闭了。这挑战了我们对AI'智能'的理解,暗示真正的智能需要能够从经验中学习和归纳,而不仅仅是检索信息。

    3. The filing cabinet keeps getting bigger. But a bigger filing cabinet is still a filing cabinet. The breakthrough is letting the model do after deployment what made it powerful during training: compress, abstract, and learn.

      文章以'文件柜'的比喻生动地说明了当前AI系统的局限性。即使上下文窗口不断扩大,本质上仍然只是更大的文件柜。真正的突破是让模型在部署后继续执行训练时的核心能力:压缩、抽象和学习。这个观点挑战了当前AI发展的主流方向,提出了一个令人深思的问题:我们是否在追求错误的解决方案?

    1. Without a mechanism for continuous and diverse learning, AI systems will tend to reproduce the dominant patterns already present in their training data. That limitation would make truly creative work difficult.

      大多数人认为AI的创造力主要来自模型规模和计算能力的提升,而作者认为缺乏持续学习和多样性机制将限制AI的真正创造力。这一观点挑战了主流AI发展路径,暗示技术规模扩张本身不足以实现真正的科学创新。

    1. Triple-stream learning: tool events (statistical) + LLM observer (Haiku-driven) + recall learning (PageRank + community detection)

      这种三流学习方法挑战了单一学习源的传统AI架构。将统计事件、小型LLM观察者和图算法结合的学习方式模拟了人类的多渠道认知过程,这一反直觉设计可能代表了AI学习架构的未来方向,挑战了当前依赖单一大型模型的趋势。

    1. The fact that the RL model has larger improvements on Levenshtein Distance and Added Cognitive Complexity than on Pass@1 is further evidence that it is not just memorizing corruption reversals but has actually generalized to minimal editing.

      大多数人认为强化学习模型只能记住特定情况,但作者发现强化学习模型在最小化编辑任务上不仅能够记住,而且能够泛化到更广泛的场景。

    1. GLM-5.1 pushes this frontier further, delivering 3.6× speedup and continuing to make progress well into the run. While its rate of improvement also slows over time, it sustains useful optimization for substantially longer than GLM-5.

      令人惊讶的是:在机器学习工作负载优化任务中,GLM-5.1能够实现3.6倍的速度提升,并且在长时间运行中持续改进,而其他模型很快就会达到性能瓶颈。这种持续优化的能力对于实际应用中的复杂问题解决具有重要意义。

    1. experiments on WildClawBench show that limited interaction and feedback, it significantly improves the performance of Qwen3-Max in real-world agent scenarios.

      令人惊讶的是:即使在有限的交互和反馈条件下,SkillClaw也能显著提升Qwen3-Max在实际代理场景中的性能。这表明该系统即使在用户参与度不高的情况下,也能有效收集足够的数据来改进技能库,解决了传统AI系统需要大量标注数据才能进化的痛点。

    1. LLMs are pretty good at picking up the style in your repo. So keeping it clean and organized already helps.

      【启发】「整洁的代码库会教会 AI 模仿它的风格」——这是一个良性循环的起点。好代码 → AI 学习好风格 → AI 生成更好的代码 → 代码库更整洁。反之亦然:烂代码 → AI 学习烂风格 → 越来越多的烂代码。这意味着代码库的初始质量会被 AI 放大——好的变得更好,烂的变得更烂。技术债的「利息」在 AI 时代将以更高的复利增长。

    1. A learning system can continuously incorporate real-world data in a way that numerical solvers fundamentally cannot, capturing and compounding the knowledge that is currently trapped out there in the real world.

      揭示了AI驱动设计的另一大优势:打通仿真与现实的闭环。传统求解器难以穷尽制造公差等现实复杂因素,而学习系统能持续吸收实测数据,形成越用越聪明的“数据飞轮”。将现实中散落的隐性知识固化为模型能力,这是传统工具无法企及的质变。

    1. Uni-1 shows that learning to generate images materially improves fine-grained visual understanding performance, reasoning over regions, objects, and layouts.

      令人惊讶的是:研究表明学习生成图像实际上能显著提升细粒度视觉理解能力,这一发现挑战了传统认知,即理解能力与生成能力应该是分离的,这为AI模型设计提供了全新的思路。

    1. a symbolic-logic-based Feasibility Memory utilizes executable Python verification functions synthesized from failed transitions

      大多数人认为LLM应该从成功经验中学习,但作者提出从失败过渡中合成验证函数的观点极具反直觉。这种方法将失败视为宝贵资源而非需要避免的问题,挑战了机器学习领域的主流优化思想。

    1. our GTPO hybrid advantage formulation eliminates the advantage misalignment problem

      大多数人认为在强化学习中,优势函数的计算和优化是一个相对直接的过程,但作者指出存在'优势不匹配问题',并提出了GTPO混合优势公式来解决它。这挑战了强化学习中的基本假设,表明即使是优势函数这样的核心概念也需要仔细设计才能在多轮任务中有效工作。

  4. Mar 2026
    1. outside conscious awareness.⁴

      Implicit learning — the acquisition of complex behavioural and identity knowledge outside conscious awareness — is well established in cognitive neuroscience. Reber, A.S. (1993). Implicit Learning and Tacit Knowledge. Oxford University Press.

  5. Feb 2026
    1. ront-load your learning; learn passively, not actively.Kids learn from seeing things modeled. Learning by osmosis is what some people call it and honestly it's what I do for a lot of things; I surrounded myself with smart nice people and paid attention to stuff they talked about and eventually I learned to code with no classes and frankly very little active research.
  6. Jan 2026
  7. Dec 2025
    1. Donald Schön hat den Begriff „reflection-on-action“ geprägt: Wir lernen, indem wir nach der Handlung darüber nachdenken, warum wir etwas getan haben, und welche Alternativen möglich gewesen wären [2].

      Reflection-on-action, also on other alternatives that would have been possible. Vgl [[Action Research is vraag-reflectief leven 20031215142900]]

      The ref is to D. A. Schön, The Reflective Practitioner: How Professionals Think in Action. New York: Basic Books, 1983. - [ ] zoek boek [[The Reflective Practitioner by Donald A. Schön ]]1983. #pkm

    1. Jak uczyć się 10x szybciej? Dieta, mózg, pamięć - Bartosz Czekała

      How to Learn 10x Faster? – Summary of Bartosz Czekała’s Insights

      1. The Failures of Traditional Learning * The "Sieve" Effect: Traditional learning methods (reading textbooks, filling in blanks) are highly inefficient, resembling an attempt to carry water in a sieve [00:03:48]. * The Forgetting Curve: Based on Ebbinghaus’s research, without deliberate reviews, we lose about 80% of new information within a month [00:05:10]. * Passive vs. Active: Reading and highlighting are "passive encoding" methods that rarely result in long-term retention [00:03:52].

      2. The Foundation: Spaced Repetition Systems (SRS) * Algorithms over Intuition: Manual planning of reviews is impossible for large amounts of data. Using software like Anki is essential [00:19:12]. * How it Works: The program calculates the optimal interval for the next review (e.g., 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 1 month) based on your self-assessment of how well you remembered it [00:13:44]. * Reducing Decision Fatigue: The system makes learning "binary"—you simply open the app and complete whatever tasks are scheduled for that day [00:14:54].

      3. Techniques for Creating Effective Flashcards * Atomization: Each flashcard should contain exactly one question and one specific piece of information in the answer [00:26:09]. * Deep Encoding: Creating your own flashcards (rather than using pre-made decks) forces the brain to manipulate information, building stronger neural pathways [00:35:47]. * Contextualization: For language learning, the deepest encoding comes from creating sentences using the new word rather than just memorizing a definition [00:30:13].

      4. Language Learning Strategy (Case Study: Czech in One Month) * Pareto Principle: Start with frequency lists—memorize the words used most often in daily communication [00:46:36]. * Reference Points: Use analogies from languages you already know (e.g., using Polish or Russian roots to learn Czech) to drastically speed up the process [00:52:38]. * Self-Talk: Actively producing speech out loud, even to yourself, is the deepest form of active encoding [00:50:27].

      5. Diet and Lifestyle for Brain Optimization * The Danger of Sugar: Glucose spikes and high glycemic index meals hinder memory. Chronic high blood sugar can even lead to brain atrophy [00:02:52]. * Intermittent Fasting (16/8): Fasting increases blood flow and oxygen to the prefrontal cortex, enhancing logical thinking and concentration [00:14:10]. * Ketones: Low-carb diets and ketosis stabilize neuronal networks and provide "mental clarity" often missing in high-carb diets [01:13:14].

      6. Critique of Supplements and "Nootropics" * False Hopes: Most "smart drugs" provide negligible benefits (around 1%) compared to the massive gains from a proper learning system and diet [01:16:47]. * The Real Nootropic: The best way to learn faster is to accumulate knowledge. The more you know, the easier it is to "attach" new information to your existing mental framework [01:17:34].

    1. Pasywne odtwarzanie informacji — kiedy nauka nie ma sensu i nie pomaga budować wiedzy.
      • Ineffectiveness of the Education System: Traditional education often focuses on delivering vast amounts of material without teaching the actual tools or techniques for effective memorization and information retention.
      • Passive vs. Active Learning: Scientific research (notably by Craik and Watkins in 1973) demonstrates that passive repetition has almost zero impact on long-term memory and knowledge building.
      • Definition of Passive Reproduction: This refers to "mindless" repetition where information is maintained in short-term memory without any cognitive processing or mental engagement (e.g., repeating a phone number just long enough to dial it).
      • Common Mistakes: Rote memorization of facts/dates, highlighting text without deep thought, and copying notes verbatim are largely ineffective and represent a significant waste of time.
      • The Importance of Active Engagement: To build lasting knowledge, one must engage with the material through "active learning"—this involves speculating, questioning, drawing connections, and integrating new facts into existing mental models.
      • Efficiency and Time Management: Using active methods can allow a learner to process in 15 minutes what might otherwise take 5 to 10 hours using passive, repetitive methods.
      • Building Mental Frameworks: True specialization in any field requires effective memory tools to connect isolated bits of information into useful, functional models of knowledge.
    1. The Stages of Vocabulary Acquisition in Language Learning
      • Non-Binary Process: Vocabulary acquisition is not a simple "know it or don't" situation; it is a gradual progression through multiple levels of familiarity [00:00:10].
      • Initial Exposure: The first stage involves hearing or seeing a word for the first time. You recognize you've seen it before but don't yet know the meaning [00:00:34].
      • Emerging Recognition: After looking up a word a few times, you may occasionally recall the definition, but it is not yet consistent [00:01:07].
      • Conscious Knowledge: You reach a stage where you can provide the correct definition, often aided by tools like Spaced Repetition Systems (SRS) or flashcards [00:01:25].
      • The "Wall of Sound" Challenge: Even if you "know" a word, there is often a delay in processing it during live audio or reading, which can cause you to fall behind in a conversation [00:02:22].
      • Subconscious Processing: With more exposure, the mental translation time decreases from seconds to being processed instantly without conscious effort [00:03:31].
      • Passive vs. Active Vocabulary: It takes additional time and practice for words to move from passive recognition to active use in speaking [00:04:11].
      • Role of Compelling Content: While flashcards help reach initial recognition, "compelling content" like reading, podcasts, and movies is what builds the subconscious strength needed for fluency [00:05:05].
      • The Power of Reading and Listening: Repeated exposure to common words in natural contexts (like books or games) reinforces knowledge until translation is no longer necessary [00:05:30].
    1. high segmentation significantly impacts cognitive load, vocabulary learning, retention,and reading comprehension across various aspects of multimedia learning. In essence, segmentation reducescognitive load, supports learning efficiency, and facilitates more profound understanding, vocabulary learning, andretention.

      Summary: This offers empirical proof that structure (segmentation) directly correlates with "learning efficiency" and "profound understanding," serving as the scientific backing for the "Professional Imperative" of standardization.

    2. segmenting dynamic visualizations intomeaningful units may aid learning by assisting learn-ers in grouping related elements and identifying naturalboundaries between events

      Summary: This explains how structure helps: it allows readers to identify "natural boundaries." This validates the use of standard grammar conventions as necessary markers that help the brain group and process ideas, especially for those still learning the English language.

    3. when essentialinformation is presented too rapidly, it can overload thelearner’s cognitive capacity, leading to cognitive overload.When this happens, the learner cannot process essentialinformation and learning outcomes effectively.

      Summary: Provides the consequence of poor structure: "cognitive overload." This supports the argument that unstructured or non-standard writing risks overloading the reader, preventing them from understanding the core message.

      Indirectly, this refutes the idea that "code-meshing" is necessary for more accurate communication.

  8. Nov 2025
    1. Jarche shares 14 ways to acquire knowledge from the quintessential PKM practicer, Maria Popova at The Marginalian, and her review _You Can Do Anything_ by James Mangan, written in 1936. He then categorizes the methods in terms of how they align with PKM in this graphic from Jarche:

      Maria Popova https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Popova http://themarginalian.org/

      [[You Can Do Anything by James Mangan]] 1936 review: 14 ways to acquire K. https://www.themarginalian.org/2013/04/22/14-ways-to-acquire-knowledge-james-mangan-1936/ "prolific self-help guru and famous eccentric" https://archive.org/details/bwb_W8-ANG-369/ can be borrowed.

    1. Personally, I love this; Image annotations.

      This can be used as an effective analysis tool. Visual stimulus is powerful and for many individuals constitutes a deeper connection to fundamental learning. Balanced learning across the three basic modes; written, auditory and visual is implied in academics and the workplace but the reality is that one mode is dominant. Recognizing that mode and enhancing reaps far more advantage than forcing an inferior mode. @Byrnesz

    1. we can’t recapture the same processes we used to learn to speak for the very first time

      for - unlearning language - key insight - language - cannot recapture same process we used as child - cannot recapture the same processes we used to learn to speak language for the very first time - basically, we lose access to that original vocal learning circuit as an adult - question - language learning - what is this vocal learning circuit of an infant? - why do we lost access to the vocal learning circuit we had as a child? - observation - clue - language - accidental world recall and substitution - a clue to how we remember words - I wrote the above sentence "why do we lost access to the vocal learning circuit we had as a child?" when I meant to write: - "why do we LOSE access to the vocal learning circuit we had as a child?' - This very observation also has the same mistake: - "observation - clue - language - accidental world" instead of: - observation - clue - language - accidental WORD"! - I've noticed this accidental word substitution when we are in the midst of automatically composing sentences quite often and have also wondered about it often. - I think it offers an important clue about how we remember words, and that is critical for recall for using language itself. - We must store words in clusters that are indicated by the accidental recall

    1. Your brain is incredible at pattern recognitionBut this superpower has a dark side:Once you see a pattern, it becomes incredibly hard to "unsee" it.You become trapped in your own mental models.

      for - adjacency - learning - unlearning - ritual - language - BEing journey - question - Could we apply ritual to unlearn language? - quote - Your brain is incredible at pattern recognition. But this superpower has a dark side: - Once you see a pattern, it becomes incredibly hard to "unsee" it. - You become trapped in your own mental models - John Vervaeke

      adjacency - learning - unlearning - ritual - language - BEing journey - Could we apply ritual to break the pattern of language? This could be an interesting BEing journey!

    1. The first microcomputers in schools were in the classrooms of visionary teachers who used them (often with LOGO) in very personal ways to cut across deeply rooted features of School (what Tyack and Cuban neatly call "the grammar of school") such as a bureaucratically imposed linear curriculum, separation of subjects, and depersonalization of work. School responded to this foreign body by an "immune reaction" that blocked these subversive features: The control of computers was shifted from the classrooms of subversive teachers into "computer labs" isolated from the mainstream of learning, a computer curriculum was developed... in short, before the computer could change School, School changed the computer.

      This is exactly what is happening with any new technology that is introduced. The subversive nature is tamed by restricting the access.

  9. Oct 2025
    1. TLDR: When working with LLMs, the risks for the L&D workflow and its impact on substantive learning are real:Hallucination — LLMs invent plausible-sounding facts that aren’t trueDrift — LLM outputs wander from your brief without clear constraintsGeneric-ness — LLMs surface that which is most common, leading to homogenisation and standardisation of “mediocre”Mixed pedagogical quality — LLMs do not produce outputs which are guaranteed to follow evidence-based practiceMis-calibrated trust — LLMs invite us to read guesswork as dependable, factual knowledge These aren’t edge cases or occasional glitches—they’re inherent to how AI / all LLMs function. Prediction machines can’t verify truth. Pattern-matching can’t guarantee validity. Statistical likelihood doesn’t equal quality.

      Real inherent issue using AI for learning.

    1. How about using ascratch pad slightly smaller than thepage-size of the book—so that theedges of the sheets won't protrude?Make your index, outlines, and evenyour notes on the pad, and then insertthese sheets permanently inside thefront and back covers of the book.

      This practice is not too dissimilar to that used by zettelkasten practitioners (including Niklas Luhmann) who broadly used his bibliographic cards this way.

      By separating his index and ideas from the book and putting them into a physical index, it makes them easier to juxtapose with other ideas over time rather than having them anchored directly to the book itself. For academics and researchers, this will tend to help save time from having to constantly retrieve these portions from individual books.

    1. What will it take for AI to push the boundaries of such knowledge? It will likely require interactions with, or even experiments on, people or organizations, ranging from drug testing to economic policy. Here, there are hard limits to the speed of knowledge acquisition because of the social costs of experimentation. Societies probably will not (and should not) allow the rapid scaling of experiments for AI development.

      This is essentially what uber and various gig economy projects do - they externalise the otherwise minimise the negative externalities in favour of more iterations

    1. the world itself is a dynamic learning environment with lessons that complement the knowledge students gain in the classroom.

      By assigning web content such as news articles on current events, social annotation can connect what's happening in the classroom to the outside world by having students apply their knowledge to authentic situations to address real-world issues or "solve real world problems" in collaboration with their peers.

  10. Sep 2025
    1. Social capital research has continuously demonstrated that early career exposure, network development, and mentorship also matter in early career success and throughout an entire career.

      Exposure, networking and mentorship...these are three huge opportunities for post-secondary institutions to strategically embrace. These are key indicators of success outcomes and higher ed has a competitive advantage, especially in-person and residential campuses.

    1. learning by ostensive definition.

      for - definition - learning by ostensive definition - adjacency - ostensible definition - parents - external proxy - children's private experiences - This is a very deep insight and important point - Parents are stewards of culture and they lead their children into a world of shared names - It is important to note that - the parent who teaches the child the name for some aspect of reality - only ever has a proxy to the child's private experience of reality - That proxy is the externally observed behaviour of the child - In fact, we fundamentally only ever have public external proxies to the private, "inner" lives of others

  11. Aug 2025
    1. Are We Smarter Than Our Predecessors? The Truth About Easy Access to Information

      The paradox of easy access to information in the digital age. We enjoy quick retrieval of knowledge. But does that hinder deeper understanding and critical thinking? Especially compared to the rigorous methods employed by our predecessors. Convenience does not necessarily make us smarter or more knowledgeable. In contrast to those who had to invest significant effort in their learning.

    1. My Experience at the Andela Learning Community 2.0

      The Andela Learning Community 2.0 provides accessible software development training for underprivileged learners in Africa. Emphasizing mentorship, project-based learning, and the importance of consistency in mastering programming skills. Learn about the unique support system. And the motivation derived from connecting with successful developers.

  12. Jul 2025
    1. Studies like MIT's Your Brain on ChatGPT suggest that when students rely too heavily on AI for cognitive tasks like writing, their brains become less engaged and they remember less of what they've learned. This finding isn't surprising: Our brains are like a muscle, and when they aren't actively working, they don't get stronger. It takes work, effort, and critical thinking to provide oversight on what an AI creates and offers as a solution.

      MIT - Your Brain on ChatGPT

    1. Reading Plamper’s book and writing this review in a time of rising right-wing authoritarian politics—in which migration is weaponized to spread fear, prejudice, and hate—offers an inspiring reaffirmation of our shared humanity. The numerous detailed accounts and personal histories he presents serve as powerful testimonies to a lived reality that cannot be erased or ignored. Diverse backgrounds and religions shape daily lives in Germany, adapting and contributing in countless ways. By shifting the focus to those who actively form German society—despite often being labeled as “the other” or simply “migrants”—Plamper challenges exclusionary narratives. His meticulous documentation of migration stories underscores not only the enduring presence of these communities but also their role in shaping Germany’s future.

      This is more like it, historical accounts can deliver political messages and show the way not to better political decision making but a better living together.

  13. Jun 2025
    1. . It allows students time and space to consider rhetorical choices, reflect, think, and gatherevidence prior to engaging in a discussion of the text (Chen & Chiu, 2008).

      Having only recently learned about flipped learning, I can see how tools like social annotation and platforms such as Hypothesis can be powerful during students' self-regulated learning time. These tools allow learners to interact with the text, reflect, and share insights at their own pace. Then, during class time, the teacher can guide a discussion based on those annotations, engaging an audience that is already actively connected to the topic.

    1. learning is is a is a free gift from uh the mathematics of networks

      for - myth - learning is a property of nervous systems - Michael Levin - salience - high - learning is a property of molecular networks - adjacency - learning - myth - molecular networks - it is a primitive property of molecular networks<br /> - patterns of learning such as habituation, pavlovian response, etc are observable in molecular network - This is a pretty profound claim - learning isn't even a property of the biotic world!

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  15. May 2025
    1. science tells us that kids learn better from one from zero from the birth to five years old they're the fastest they're the best at learning model them then just do what they do you can't get better than that

      for - stats - natural language acquisition - 1 to 2 year old is age of fastest and best learning

      comment - ALG philosophy - replicate the experiences that 1 to 2 year olds have

    2. that was the biggest challenge i think we had and still have within uh alg is teachers think they've got to explain the language and they're short cutting the process they're short circuiting the process and they're cheating the student out of a otherwise good experience

      for - adjacency - Socratic method - ALG - natural language acquisition - explanation - infants learning native language

      adjacency - between - Socratic method - natural language acquisition - ALG - explanation - adjacency relationship - When the teacher explains the meaning to the student, - it actually robs the student of the active learning experience of guessing the right meaning - Infants learning their native language for the first time are necessarily in the "deep end" and face discomfort - They (we) are constantly forced to guess and actually actively construct meaning out of the universe of symbols we are being exposed to in a multitude of contexts

    3. you can short-circuit that by diminishing the experience focusing on a language focusing on a word focusing on a sound or a meaning you miss the experience and you catch a word right and that's that's the whole that's like all of it in a nutshell

      for - common mistake - learning a word is NOT learning a language

      comment - The mistake that most second language approaches take is that it teaches meaning of words but NOT the EXPERIENCE of language

    4. as adults we have what we grew up with as young kids the the innate or the natural ability to acquire a language but most of us we've also learned and gained another quite natural ability and that is to learn things on purpose right so and so those two natures do conflict i don't think they fit well together

      for - key insight / quote - innate language learning is in conflict with intentional learning - David Long - Common Human Denominator - learning language

  16. Apr 2025
  17. Mar 2025
    1. Reply to Hajo Bakker on LinkedIn

      Hajo Bakker Exam vs. Test -- Een examinering moet veel vanafwegen en niet regulier gebeuren.

      Een test (toets) mag vaker gebeuren, en moet weinig vanaf hangen... Geen ouders die straffen voor een laag cijfer (of cijfers afschaffen), geen adviezen die daarvanafhangen, etc.

      Het doel van een toets is om je aan te geven wat je krachten en minder sterke punten zijn, dus waar je je op moet focussen met toekomst leren. Dit kan alleen op het moment dat je een toets nabespreekt en op individueel niveau. Klassikaal bespreken heeft vaak weinig nut.

      Daarbij komt ook dat een student moet snappen WAAROM het helpt om na te bespreken, de wetenschap erachter. Op het moment dat je de waarom achter het hoe niet goed snapt heeft het hoe minder effect. (dit is waarom in het 4C/ID model ze in een scaffold beginnen met de laatste stap, waarin de informatie van voorgaande stappen is gegeven. Dit zodat als je de vorige stap gaat leren, je een beter idee hebt waar het uiteindelijk voor gebruikt gaat worden en je er dus een betere invulling aan kan geven.)

      Semantische verschillen zijn vaak uiterst nuttig om complexe stof te begrijpen. Op het moment dat ze exact hetzelfde waren heeft het weinig nut om meerdere termen te hebben en zouden ze synoniem zijn.

      "Exam" is geen synoniem van "test".

      Genuanceerde verschillen zijn vaak nuttiger dan "umbrella terms" om goed te communiceren, als uiterst subliem wordt beargumenteerd in "Science of Memory: Concepts" van Roediger III et al.

      Daarnaast komt uiteraard bij kijken dat neurocognitieve wetenschap een blauwdruk geeft voor hoe onze brein architectuur in elkaar zit (zie bijvoorbeeld John Sweller, Cognitive Load Theory 2011, en The Forgetting Machine, Rodrigo Quian Quiroga, 2017, Science of Memory: Concepts, Roediger et al., 2007, Ten Steps to Complex Learning, van Merriënboer, 2017).

      Dit is universeel toepasbaar, afgezien van mensen met een cognitieve aandoening bijvoorbeeld, dit gaat dus over neurotypische breinen.

      Leerstijlen zijn een mythe, wel hebben wij leervoorkeuren, maar door alleen in onze leervoorkeur te leren missen wij bepaalde informatie die cruciaal kan zijn voor beter begrip en meesterschap (mastery).

      Beter is het om studietechnieken te gebruiken die overeenkomen met brein-architectuur en die onder te knie te krijgen.

      Meer cognitieve belasting te gebruiken (zonder cognitieve overbelasting te veroorzaken). Als leren "makkelijk" voelt is het over het algemeen niet uitdagend genoeg en/of de techniek niet nuttig. Herlezen / samenvatten is simpel maar vrij inefficiënt. Het maken van een GRINDEmap voelt moeilijk maar is vele malen effectiever (zie ook the misinterpreted effort hypothesis).

      Zoals Dr. Ahrens al zei: "The one who does the effort, does the learning."

      Verder heb ik een heleboel ideëen voor een optimaal onderwijs dat zich aanpast aan het individu in plaats van aan het systeem, maar dit is een te complex en groot onderwerp om zo even hier neer te zetten.

    1. Reply to Gertina Blanket on LinkedIn:

      Jij legt in één klap uit datgene wat ik nooit goed heb begrepen uit de literatuur... Het verschil tussen interleaving en varied practice (die vaak als hetzelfde worden gebruikt in de "volksmond").

      Het een gaat over verschillende hoeken kijken naar hetzelfde idee (varied practice) terwijl het ander gaat over verschillende maar soortgelijke ideëen (interleaving), bijvoorbeeld meerdere soorten wiskunde (algebra, trigonometrie, etc.).

      Hierbij wil ik uiteraard wel zeggen dat blocked practice niet per se direct toegepast moet worden als het over automatisering gaat -- de cognitieve schemata moeten eerst goed gevormd zijn. Zie ook 4C/ID (Ten Steps to Complex Learning). Ofwel, eerst goede encoding + retrieval (Spaced Interleaved Retrieval, mindmapping, etc.) en dan focus op "drilling" / knowledge fluency.

      Het sneller maken / automatiseren heeft geen enkel nut als het begrip er nog niet goed in zit. Dit moet geverifiëerd worden.

      Kennis is natuurlijk ook erg interdisciplinair. Ik wordt er extreem blij van als ik een link leg tussen een boek over filosofie en efficiënt leren/onderwijs bijvoorbeeld.

      Zo las ik ooit een boek over romeinse oratoren met een misleidende titel "How to Win an Argument" van Marcus Tullius Cicero, vertaald door James M. May, en hierin kwam ik tegen dat de oude Romeinen al door hadden dat LOGICA is wat het brein doet onthouden, en dit hoeft dus geen objective logica te zijn maar meer een correcte reflectie van hoe je eigen geest werkt en verbanden legt.

      Dit is direct in lijn met wat ik weet van cognitieve leerpsychologie en mijn klein beetje kennis van neurowetenschap (waar ik dit jaar dieper in wil duiken).

      Informatie in isolatie is nooit stevig, het moet zich vastklampen aan ankers en andere kennis (voorkennis eventueel), en de lerende (niet de onderwijzende) moet actief bezig zijn om deze verbanden te leggen.

      Zoals ik wel vaker quote van Dr. Sönke Ahrens: "The one who does the effort does the learning."

      Als ik een boek lees denk ik automatisch aan hoe ik dit kan relateren aan wat al in mijn second mind (Zettelkasten) zit. Ik denk niet meer linear, alleen maar non-linear. Standaard in verbanden.

      Hier wat bronnen (impliciet) genoemd: - Cicero, M. T. (2016). How to win an argument: An ancient guide to the art of persuasion (J. M. May, Trans.). Princeton University Press. - Ahrens, S. (2017). How to take smart notes: One simple technique to boost writing, learning and thinking: for students, academics and nonfiction book writers. CreateSpace. - fast, sascha. (100 C.E., 45:02). English Translation of All Notes on Zettelkasten by Luhmann. Zettelkasten Method. https://zettelkasten.de/posts/luhmanns-zettel-translated/ - Luhmann, N. (1981a). Communicating with Slip Boxes (M. Kuehn, Trans.). 11. - Luhmann, N. (1981b). Kommunikation mit Zettelkästen. In H. Baier, H. M. Kepplinger, & K. Reumann (Eds.), Öffentliche Meinung und sozialer Wandel / Public Opinion and Social Change (pp. 222–228). VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-87749-9_19 - Moeller, H.-G. (2012). The radical Luhmann. Columbia University Press. - Scheper, S. (2022). Antinet Zettelkasten: A Knowledge System That Will Turn You Into a Prolific Reader, Researcher and Writer. Greenlamp, LLC.

      • Schmidt, J. F. K. (2016). Niklas Luhmann’s Card Index: Thinking Tool, Communication Partner, Publication Machine. In Forgetting Machines: Knowledge Management Evolution in Early Modern Europe (pp. 287–311). Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004325258_014
      • Schmidt, J. F. K. (2018). Niklas Luhmann’s Card Index: The Fabrication of Serendipity. Sociologica, 12(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.1971-8853/8350
    1. Anne-Laure Le Cunff - How to Design Tiny Experiments Like a Scientist ‪@neuranne‬

      • generation effect
      • definitions of success: did you learn something new as a mode for preventing failure (-10:00)
      • curiosity as motivation (-12:30)
      • George R. R. Martin's essay on "architects and gardeners" (and librarians) (and students (via Tiago Forte)).
      • did they miss the prior versions of gardening?
      • Pareto principle for 80% gardener and 20% architect

      • ME: reading fiction can be used as a means of diffuse thinking in combination with combinatorial creativity

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  20. Dec 2024
    1. the dream, the hope, the vision, really, is that when they learn English this way, they learn it with the same proficiency as their mother tongue.

      for - investigate - question - Does this other app that allows learning another language with the proficiency of a child exist? - from TED Talk - YouTube - A word game to convey any language - Ajit Narayanan

    2. there were a group of scientists that were trying to understand how the brain processes language, and they found something very interesting. They found that when you learn a language as a child, as a two-year-old, you learn it with a certain part of your brain, and when you learn a language as an adult -- for example, if I wanted to learn Japanese

      for - research study - language - children learning mother tongue use a different post off the brain then adults learning another language - from TED Talk - YouTube - A word game to convey any language - Ajit Narayanan

    1. Tim Ferris posting a text by Gabriel Wyner from 2014 on learning a new language in several steps 1) hear the novel sounds in the language and how to spell them 2) learn a list of basic words by connecting them to their image not their translatiojn 3) learn (simplified) grammar 4) continue the game (adding focused vocab, reading, listening speaking etc)

    2. My book, Fluent Forever: How to learn any language fast and never forget it, is an in-depth journey into the language learning process, full of tips, guidelines and research into the most efficient methods for learning and retaining foreign languages.

      [[Fluent Forever by Gabriel Wyner]] 2014. vgl [[7 talen in 7 dagen door Gaston Dorren]] which starts more with grammar and reading comprehension actually.

    3. Fluency in speech is not the ability to know every word and grammatical formation in a language; it’s the ability to use whatever words and grammar you know to say whatever’s on your mind. When you go to a pharmacy and ask for “That thing you swallow to make your head not have so much pain,” or “The medicine that makes my nose stop dripping water” – THAT is fluency. As soon as you can deftly dance around the words you don’t know, you are effectively fluent in your target language. This turns out to be a learned skill, and you practice it in only one situation: When you try to say something, you don’t know the words to say it, and you force yourself to say it in your target language anyways. If you want to build fluency as efficiently as possible, put yourself in situations that are challenging, situations in which you don’t know the words you need. And every time that happens, stay in your target language no matter what.

      speaking fluency comes from staying in the target language.

    4. Reading:  Books boost your vocabulary whether or not you stop every 10 seconds to look up a word. So instead of torturously plodding through some famous piece of literature with a dictionary, do this: Find a book in a genre that you actually like (The Harry Potter translations are reliably great!) Find and read a chapter-by-chapter summary of it in your target language (you’ll often find them on Wikipedia). This is where you can look up and make flashcards for some key words, if you’d like. Find an audiobook for your book. Listen to that audiobook while reading along, and don’t stop, even when you don’t understand everything. The audiobook will help push you through, you’ll have read an entire book, and you’ll find that it was downright pleasurable by the end.

      Reading to deepen understanding suggests any book and go through, find online chapter summaries in target langauge, listen to audiobook while reading it, as it forces you along.

    5. Vocabulary Customization:  Learning the top 1000 words in your target language is a slam-dunk in terms of efficiency, but what about the next thousand words? And the thousand after that? When do frequency lists stop paying dividends? Generally, I’d suggest stopping somewhere between word #1000 and word #2000. At that point, you’ll get better gains by customizing. What do you want your language to do? If you want to order food at a restaurant, learn food vocabulary. If you plan to go to a foreign university, learn academic vocabulary

      Adding to vocabulary has diminishing returns if you go by freq of usage after 1k-2k words. Use thematic lists for your purposes. E.g. [[% Interessevelden 20200523102304]] as starting point. Then go back to the flashcards w images used before. I can see building sets like these.

    6. On its surface, Google Images is a humble image search engine. But hiding beneath that surface is a language-learning goldmine: billions of illustrated example sentences, which are both searchable and machine translatable

      Suggest that google image headlines are a good source of additional example sentences for grammar learning, as it includes machine translation in the search results on mouse over. Grabs those sentences for flash cards. I think the time used to make the cards may well be the key intervention.

    7. How do you learn all the complicated bits of “My homework was eaten by my dog”? Simple: Use the explanations and translations in your grammar book to understand what a sentence means, and then use flashcards to memorize that sentence’s component parts, like this:

      Suggests making flashcards for each of the three types of changes, in any given example. allows speeding up compared to the book, as you do them w visuals on flash cards, and the spaced rep takes out most examples in a grammar book, leaving you with the repetition you need only.

    8. n every single language, grammar is conveyed using some combination of three basic operations: grammar adds words (You like it -> Do you like it?), it changes existing words (I eat it -> I ate it), or it changes the order of those words (This is nice -> Is this nice?). That’s it. It’s all we can do. And that lets us break sentences down into grammatical chunks that are very easy to memorize.

      Boils grammar down to adding words, changing existing words, changing the order of words. Allows [[Chunking 20210312215715]] that makes it easier to memorise.

    9. 2-3 months Now it’s time to crack open your grammar book. And when you do, you’ll notice some interesting things: First, you’ll find that you’ve built a rock-solid foundation in the spelling and pronunciation system of your language. You won’t even need to think about spelling anymore, which will allow you to focus exclusively on the grammar. Second, you’ll find that you already know most of the words in your textbook’s example sentences. You learned the most frequent words in Stage 2, after all. All you need to do now is discover how your language puts those words together.

      3rd stage is the grammar. Suggests using a book, but with the advantage of already knowing the words and spelling of any examples, allowing focus on the grammar. Takes 2-3 months.

    10. To begin any language, I suggest starting with the most common, concrete words,

      Suggestion to start learning words with a basic list. Author compiled a list of 625. See [[A Base Vocabulary List for Any Language 20241208160954]]

      Suggests the basic list takes about 1-2 months

    11. These are words that are common in every language and can be learned using pictures, rather than translations: words like dog, ball, to eat, red, to jump. Your goal is two-fold: first, when you learn these words, you’re reinforcing the sound and spelling foundation you built in the first stage, and second, you’re learning to think in your target language.

      Use flashcards with images to learn words in a new language. Skip the translation part. Also reinforces the visual/spatial brain connection. Search images in the target language not with the translation, so subtle diffs in meaning are maintained.

    12. Spelling is the easiest part of this process. Nearly every grammar book comes with a list of example words for every spelling. Take that list and make flashcards to learn the spelling system of your language, using pictures and native speaker recordings to make those example words easier to remember.

      To learn spelling find a grammar book that has lists of examples. Turn those into flashcards for spelling.

      Flashcards are the primary mnemonic tactic in this article.

    13. This gives you a few super powers: your well-trained ears will give your listening comprehension a huge boost from the start, and  your mouth will be producing accurate sounds. By doing this in the beginning, you’re going to save yourself a great deal of time, since you won’t have to unlearn bad pronunciation habits later on. You’ll find that native speakers will actually speak with you in their language, rather than switching to English at the earliest opportunity.

      Hearing and pronunciation tackled upfront makes you sound more fluent. Prevents the effect of never getting a chance to use it bc others switch to your language.

    14. to rewire your ears to hear new sounds, you need to find pairs of similar sounds, listen to one of them at random (“tyuk!”), guess which one you thought you heard (“Was it ‘gyuk’?”), and get immediate feedback as to whether you were right (“Nope! It was tyuk!”). When you go through this cycle, your ears adapt, and the foreign sounds of a new language will rapidly become familiar and recognizable.

      this sounds like an impossible step if you are indeed foreign to a language. How would you ever find such pairings? The vid doesn't say other than describe a feedback system to learn to hear new nuances. I think perhaps using DeepL or some such to read texts to me would help.

    15. If I had rushed ahead and started learning words and grammar immediately, I’d have been at a severe disadvantage whenever I learned words with those letter combinations, because I’d be missing the sound connection when trying to build memories for those words

      being familiar with the sound of pronunciation will help better memorise the words later. Adding a sense to the memory. Vgl [[Fenomenologie Husserl 20200924110518]]

    1. Vid of learning to hear diff in novel sounds in foreign language you can't easily tell apart. Find them in a language. Have a script play them to you randomly and choose an answer. Feedback will bring you up from random to about 80% being right. Rewiring your brain to hear the differences. I bet non-anglo speakers wiill find this easier as they are never accomodated outside their own country.

  21. Nov 2024
    1. What did many of these progressive movements end up doing? Creating new cultural norms and new government regulations. Many of them mark important accomplishments and progress. Some of them are perhaps a bit over the top. But what’s often missing? The perspective of the makers, the frontline professionals who must operate inside ever-growing straightjackets of regulation and bureaucracy

      Great critique. Enactivating change management through "corrective standards and regulation" distorts surprising moments from opportunities for distributed learnign into a compliance checklist for heirarchy

    1. Here’s the thing: We have flying cars. They’re called airplanes. People who ask this question are so focused on form (a flying object that looks like a car) that they overlook the function (transportation by flight). This is what Elon Musk is referring to when he says that people often “live life by analogy.” Be wary of the ideas you inherit. Old conventions and previous forms are often accepted without question and, once accepted, they set a boundary around creativity. This difference is one of the key distinctions between continuous improvement and first principles thinking. Continuous improvement tends to occur within the boundary set by the original vision. By comparison, first principles thinking requires you to abandon your allegiance to previous forms and put the function front and center. What are you trying to accomplish? What is the functional outcome you are looking to achieve? Optimize the function. Ignore the form. This is how you learn to think for yourself.

      There are many roads to Rome, especially ones that don't exist yet.

    1. The real power of first-principles thinking is moving away from incremental improvement and into possibility. Letting others think for us means that we’re using their analogies, their conventions, and their possibilities. It means we’ve inherited a world that conforms to what they think. This is incremental thinking. When we take what already exists and improve on it, we are in the shadow of others. It’s only when we step back, ask ourselves what’s possible, and cut through the flawed analogies that we see what is possible. Analogies are beneficial; they make complex problems easier to communicate and increase understanding. Using them, however, is not without a cost. They limit our beliefs about what’s possible and allow people to argue without ever exposing our (faulty) thinking. Analogies move us to see the problem in the same way that someone else sees the problem. The gulf between what people currently see because their thinking is framed by someone else and what is physically possible is filled by the people who use first principles to think through problems.

      I think the lesson is not to rage against analogies but to examine and think up new analogies

    2. I remember being in meetings and asking people why we were doing something this way or why they thought something was true. At first, there was a mild tolerance for this approach. After three “whys,” though, you often find yourself on the other end of some version of “we can take this offline.” Can you imagine how that would play out with Elon Musk? Richard Feynman? Charlie Munger? Musk would build a billion-dollar business to prove you wrong, Feynman would think you’re an idiot, and Munger would profit based on your inability to think through a problem. “Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.”— Carl Sagan

      Whys all the way down; it's why scientific thinking as an invention, a tool for thought, has really increased the production of knowledge

    3. Techniques for Establishing First Principles There are many ways to establish first principles. Let’s take a look at a few of them. Socratic Questioning Socratic questioning can be used to establish first principles through stringent analysis. This a disciplined questioning process, used to establish truths, reveal underlying assumptions, and separate knowledge from ignorance. The key distinction between Socratic questioning and normal discussions is that the former seeks to draw out first principles in a systematic manner. Socratic questioning generally follows this process: Clarifying your thinking and explaining the origins of your ideas (Why do I think this? What exactly do I think?) Challenging assumptions (How do I know this is true? What if I thought the opposite?) Looking for evidence (How can I back this up? What are the sources?) Considering alternative perspectives (What might others think? How do I know I am correct?) Examining consequences and implications (What if I am wrong? What are the consequences if I am?) Questioning the original questions (Why did I think that? Was I correct? What conclusions can I draw from the reasoning process?) This process stops you from relying on your gut and limits strong emotional responses. This process helps you build something that lasts.

      Techniques for establishing first principles - socratic questioning

    1. it isn't just about alleviating their own personal suffering it's also about alleviating Universal suffering so this is where the the bodh satra or the Christ or those kinds of archetypes about being concerned about the whole

      for - example - individual's evolutionary learning journey - new self revisiting old self and gaining new insight - universal compassion of Buddhism and the individual / collective gestalt - adjacency - the universal compassion of the bodhisattva - Deep humanity idea of the individual / collective gestalt - the Deep Humanity Common Human Denominators (CHD) as pointing to the self / other fundamental identity - Freud, Winnicott, Kline's idea of the self formed by relationship with the other, in particular the mOTHER (Deep Humanity), the Most significant OTHER

      adjacency - between - the universal compassion of the bodhisattva - Deep humanity idea of the individual / collective gestalt - the Deep Humanity Common Human Denominators (CHD) as pointing to the self / other fundamental identity - Freud, Winnicott, Kline's idea of the self formed by relationship with the other, in particular the mOTHER (Deep Humanity), the Most significant OTHER - adjacency relationship - When I heard John Churchill explain the second turning, - the Mahayana approach, - I was already familiar with it from my many decades of Buddhist teaching but with - those teachings in the rear view mirror of my life and - developing an open source, non-denominational spirituality (Deep Humanity) - Hearing these old teachings again, mixed with the new ideas of the individual / collective gestalt - This becomes an example of Indyweb idea of recording our individual evolutionary learning journey and - the present self meeting the old self - When this happens, new adjacencies can often surface - In this case, due to my own situatedness in life, the universal compassion of the bodhisattva can be articulated from a Deep Humanity perspective: - The Freudian, Klinian, Winnicott and Becker perspective of the individual as being constructed out of the early childhood social interactions with the mOTHER, - a Deep Humanity re-interpretation of "mother" to "mOTHER" to mean "the Most significant OTHER" of the newly born neonate. - A deep realization that OUR OWN SELF IDENTITY WAS CONSTRUCTED out of a SOCIAL RELATIONSHIP with mOTHER demonstrates our intertwingled individual/collective and self/other - The Deep Humanity "Common Human Denominators" (CHD) are a way to deeply APPRECIATE those qualities human beings have in common with each other - Later on, Churchill talks about how the sacred is lost in western modernity - A first step in that direction is treating other humans as sacred, then after that, to treat ALL life as sacred - Using tools like the CHD help us to find fundamental similarities while divisive differences might be polarizing and driving us apart - A universal compassion is only possible if we vividly see how we are constructed of the other - Another way to say this is that we see others not from an individual level, but from a species level

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    1. This position has been adopted by Karl R. Popper, Rudolf Carnap and other leading figures in (broadly) empiricist philosophy of science. Many philosophers have argued that the relation between observation and theory is way more complex and that influences can actually run both ways (e.g., Duhem 1906 [1954]; Wittgenstein 1953 [2001]). The most lasting criticism, however, was delivered by Thomas S. Kuhn (1962 [1970]) in his book “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions”.

      Competing views about the relation between observations reality and truth. Popper argues that observations help us distinguish which theories are true or not plus bringing us always closer to a more true scientific theory. Wittgenstein argues this can go both ways. Kuhn argues that these are observations are couched in the language of our paradigm and so everything is relative to that.

    1. Is it that we each do our own thing and we develop some form of in a collegiality between us, how to go forward?

      The plan is to create a pool of learning and documents so that any one of us can apply for funding to create an FSC with a 501c3 as the legal entity with FSC bye laws that can be adapted

      The emergenrt natur eis that we are holding spoace for the creation of an eco system of 501c3's with FSC bye laws

    1. Is "Scoping the subject" a counter-Zettelkasten approach?

      Sounds like you're doing what Mortimer J. Adler and Charles van Doren would call "inspectional reading" and outlining the space of your topic. This is both fine and expected. You have to start somewhere. You're scaffolding some basic information in a new space and that's worthwhile. You're learning the basics.

      Eventually you may come back and do a more analytical read and/or cross reference your first sources with other sources in a syntopical read. It's at these later two levels of reading where doing zettelkasten work is much more profitable, particularly for discerning differences, creating new insights, and expanding knowledge.

      If you want to think of it this way, what would a kindergartner's zettelkasten contain? a high school senior? a Ph.D. researcher? 30 year seasoned academic researcher? Are the levels of knowledge all the same? Is the kindergartner material really useful to the high school senior? Probably not at all, it's very basic. As a result, putting in hundreds of atomic notes as you're scaffolding your early learning can be counter-productive. Read some things, highlight them, annotate them. You'll have lots of fleeting notes, but most of them will seem stupidly basic after a month or two. What you really want as main notes are the truly interesting advanced stuff. When you're entering a new area, certainly index ideas, but don't stress about capturing absolutely everything until you have a better understanding of what's going on. Then bring your zettelkasten in to leverage yourself up to the next level.

      • Adler, Mortimer J. “How to Mark a Book.” Saturday Review of Literature, July 6, 1940. https://www.unz.com/print/SaturdayRev-1940jul06-00011/
      • Adler, Mortimer J., and Charles Van Doren. How to Read a Book: The Classical Guide to Intelligent Reading. Revised and Updated edition. 1940. Reprint, Touchstone, 2011.

      reply to u/jack_hanson_c at https://old.reddit.com/r/Zettelkasten/comments/1g9dv9b/is_scoping_the_subject_a_counterzettelkasten/

    1. Culture as the ‘genetic code’ of the next leap

      for - article - The End of Scarcity? From ‘Polycrisis’ to Planetary Phase Shift - Nafeez Ahmed - gene-culture coevolution - adjacency - indyweb dev - individual / collective evolutionary learning - provenance - tracing the evolution of ideas - gene-culture coevolution

      adjacency - between - indyweb dev - individual / collective evolutionary learning - provenance - tracing the evolution of ideas - gene-culture coevolution - adjacency relationship - As DNA and epigenetics plays the role of transmitting biological adaptations, language and symmathesy play the role of transmitting cultural adaptations

    1. This website offers an alternative way to approach and design how people work together. It provides a menu of thirty-three Liberating Structures to replace or complement conventional practices. Liberating Structures used routinely make it possible to build the kind of organization that everybody wants. They are designed to include everyone in shaping next steps.

      A menu of 33 microstructures that quickly build participation and trust in groups

    1. Teaching is one of the best means of Learning, notonly because it forces one to prepare one's work care-fully, and to be criticised whether one wishes it or not,but also because it gives one a sense of responsibility :it reminds one that one is no longer working for selfalone.
    1. Over the years, forums did not really get smaller, so much as the rest of the internet just got bigger. Reddit, Discord and Facebook groups have filled a lot of that space, but there is just certain information that requires the dedication of adults who have specifically signed up to be in one kind of community. This blog is a salute to those forums that are either worth participating in or at least looking at in bewilderment.

      It's just nice to see people be interested in stuff, and have a group of like minded people that's also interested in the same stuff! What else is there to it all

    1. Very often the text gives no or no clear answer to this question about the otherside of its statement. But then you have to help it on its feet with your ownimagination. Scruples with regard to hermeneutical defensibility or even truthwould be out of place here. First of all, it's just a matter of writing things down,looking for something worth remembering, and learning to read

      Learning and Intellectualism can both be found in the act of comparison, or more broadly, analysis. One must do this perpetually when reading to dissect and gain most (long-term) (syntopical) value out of it.

  23. Sep 2024
    1. One example of a curriculum data source is OpenSyllabus.org, a non-profit that hosts acomprehensive repository of higher ed course information. OpenSyllabus.org can serve as a value-added provider that sends skill information about specific college coursework to the parsers. This willexpand the potential skill information parsers can associate with a resume, going beyond what mightbe gleaned only from reading a course or degree title. They would now have access to informationderived from more detailed course catalog descriptions or even course syllabi information. Parserswill be able to send more extensive lists of skills over to companies’ HR platforms in a structuredformat they can immediately utilize. This integration also captures the skills from a particular type ofnon-degree credential - the coursework completed by the 40 million people in the U.S. who have somecollege, but no degree.

      This might catch the attention of HE people paying attention. It also hopefully connects to the participants who shared that they are not getting the information about the programs that they desire. If the data being consumed (by this vendor or others) is still rooted in describing the content of the learning and not the measurable, assessed outcomes, then it's utility is limited and, crucially, it could create trust issues that make consumer wary of all the data. On the other hand, if they can trust the high quality data, there will be a window of competitive advantage for HE institutions that choose to share the data that the consumers (largely employers) want to see.

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    1. they risk experiencing delays in learning or learning something irrelevant,wasting time and energ

      Again lineair and productivity/effectiveness overtones. 'learning something irrelevant' as 'wasting time and energy'? ugh. Curiosity and interestingness/surprisal can be directed with intention without being goal oriented, which seems to be the premise here.

    2. Learning what to learn entailsunderstanding what is relevant versus irrelevant

      #openvraag I wonder if Wu put relevance in the eye of the learner or not. Vgl Feynman's [[Twaalf favoriete vraagstukken 20201006163045]] vs 'society's' relevance.

    3. Once a learner figures out what to learn, then theremaining task is to learn the information, which can still be a challenge depending on thecomplexity of the information

      This is a highly linear sketch, figure out what to learn, gather information, done. In complexity figuring out what to learn does not then give you a clear path to the 'right' information, as it doesn't exist in that form. You iterate your way forward based on pattern recog. Fractals of figuring out what to learn repeatedly along the way

    1. are you familiar with the concept of hyper object

      for - Indyweb dev - tracking the evolution of individual / collective learning of social learning - hyperobject -example of - perspectival knowing - conversation - Micheal Levin - Jordan Hall

      Comment - Both Jordan Hall and I are familiar with the concept of hyperobject but in this part of the conversation, Jordan introduced the idea to Micheal for the first time - This illustrates to me that truism that our perspectival knowledge of reality is unique - Our individual meaningverses and lebenswelt are uniquely located and situated in life - And whenever a multi meaningverse events, the ensuing conversation is collectively - consciousness expanding - expanding the - semantic fingerprint and - symmathesetic fingerprint - of all conversants

    1. Criteria for Choosing the Right Approach Goal: Research: When your primary goal is to discover new information, analyze existing knowledge, or synthesize different perspectives to gain a deeper understanding of a complex topic. Learning: When your focus is on acquiring and retaining specific knowledge or skills that you'll need to apply directly. Both: When you need to both deeply understand a topic and be able to actively utilize and apply that knowledge. Depth of Understanding Required: Research: When you need a nuanced and multi-faceted understanding of a topic, perhaps to identify gaps in current knowledge or develop original ideas. Learning: When you need a solid foundational understanding of a topic, enough to be able to use it effectively in your work. Both: When you need a foundational understanding coupled with the ability to critically analyze and synthesize information. Timeframe: Research: Best suited for longer-term projects where in-depth exploration and analysis are essential. Learning: Can be more effective for acquiring specific knowledge or skills within a shorter timeframe. Both: Appropriate when you have a moderate timeframe and need to balance both in-depth understanding and practical application. Outcome: Research: Often results in new insights, theories, or frameworks that can be shared with others or contribute to your Zettelkasten. Learning: Typically leads to improved skills or the ability to perform specific tasks more effectively. Both: Can result in both new insights and improved skills, depending on the specific goals of the project. Personal Preference: Research: Might be preferred by individuals who enjoy diving deep into complex topics, analyzing information, and synthesizing different perspectives. Learning: Could be preferred by individuals who are more goal-oriented and enjoy acquiring new skills and knowledge that they can apply directly. Both: Some individuals may find a balance between research and learning to be most fulfilling, allowing them to pursue both intellectual curiosity and practical application.

      Research: Theorization, Synthesis, etc.

      Learning: Acquisition and Retention of Knowledge or Application of Skill

      Both: When there is need of both and/or when research techniques don't give the necessary mastery quick enough for the material; too dense (i.e., neuroscience book)

    1. Course goals and learning objectives: Make sure they’re clearly spelled out in a way that students can understand and grasp.

      I think this is very important, every time before the class, I need to set different objectives for different levels of students. And when I write a lesson plan, the elements of the objectives will be divided into three: knowledge objectives, ability objectives, emotional objectives. Then according to the different stages of students to set separately, also make my classroom more rich.

    1. Recommended to take caffeine about 30 minutes before you want peak performance (effects start 5 minutes beforehand). Peak performance ends after roughly 60 minutes, but effects stay in the system for far longer.

      Conditions are not high blood glucose levels and not a very full stomach. Also assumes to drink an entire caffeinated drink in a short period of time.

      (~18:00)

      Because of effects related to caffeine and sleep, maybe recommended to do the most mentally or physically intensive tasks earlier in the day depending on sleep schedule.

    1. How deep learning differs from traditional machine learning While machine learning has been a transformative technology in its own right, deep learning takes it a step further by automating many of the tasks that typically require human expertise. Deep learning is essentially a specialized subset of machine learning, distinguished by its use of neural networks with three or more layers. These neural networks attempt to simulate the behavior of the human brain—albeit far from matching its ability—in order to "learn" from large amounts of data. You can explore machine learning vs deep learning in more detail in a separate post.
    2. Deep learning is a type of machine learning that teaches computers to perform tasks by learning from examples, much like humans do. Imagine teaching a computer to recognize cats: instead of telling it to look for whiskers, ears, and a tail, you show it thousands of pictures of cats. The computer finds the common patterns all by itself and learns how to identify a cat. This is the essence of deep learning. In technical terms, deep learning uses something called "neural networks," which are inspired by the human brain. These networks consist of layers of interconnected nodes that process information. The more layers, the "deeper" the network, allowing it to learn more complex features and perform more sophisticated tasks.
  25. Aug 2024
    1. what you are constantly doing is reconstructing yourself and your memories to make them applicable in the new you know in the new scenario

      for - caterpillar butterfly story - Michael Levin - adjacency caterpillar story - Michael Levin - Indyweb dev - conversations with old self - evolutionary learning

      adjacency - between - caterpillar butterfly story - Michael Levin - Indyweb dev - conversations with old self - evolutionary learning - adjacency relationship - In relating the caterpillar / butterfly story, Levin is using an extreme example of transformation, that happens to all living beings, including human beings - Levin talks about how the particulars of the old caterpillar engram are meaningless to its new form, the butterfly - The experiments he cites demonstrate that the old engram is re-interpreted from the new butterfly perspective - In a similar but less dramatic way, all of us learn new things every day, and we are constantly rehashing old memories - The Indyweb informational ecosystem that is being developed is based on a framework of evolutionary learning, that is - Our network of meaning is constantly in flux and our associative network of ideas is continuously changing and evolving - The Indyweb is designed to record our evolutionary learning journey and to serve as an external record of salient private ideas that emerge from it. The present interpretation of old engrams is referred to as "having conversations with our old selves"