Tags / 11 quotes from 10 sources
#understanding
Beyond Zero and One (Andrew Smart)
Machines remember jokes but don't get them
This science fiction example captures one of the salient differences between human and machine intelligence. Humans get jokes within milliseconds but might not remember them for seven years. Data remembers the joke for seven years, but it also takes him that long to get it…
Brain Rules for Baby (John Medina)
Empathy needs understanding, not solutions
Research shows that 70 percent of marital conflicts are not resolvable; the disagreement remains. As long as the participants learn to live with their differences—one of the biggest challenges in marriage—this is not necessarily bad news. But differences must be grasped, even…
Epigrams On Programming
Computers process numbers, not symbols
Make no mistake about it: Computers process numbers - not symbols. We measure our understanding (and control) by the extent to which we can arithmetize an activity.
Mind: A Brief Introduction (John R. Searle)
The Chinese room
An argument explicitly directed against Strong AI was put forth by the present author.5 The strategy of the argument is to appeal to one’s first person experiences in testing any theory of the mind. If Strong AI were true, then anybody should be able to acquire any cognitive…
Rdf Primer
URIrefs make shared vocabularies possible
Using URIrefs as subjects, predicates, and objects in RDF statements supports the development and use of shared vocabularies on the Web, since people can discover and begin using vocabularies already used by others to describe things, reflecting a shared understanding of those…
Taking Philosophical Dialogue Online
Argument (philosophy)
This has two aspects: the evaluation of arguments, and the construction or advancing of arguments. Some of the skills involved in this are: understanding of the standard fallacies; being able to distinguish between inductive and deductive arguments, and being able to say what…
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen R. Covey)
Teaching what you read deepens understanding
I guarantee that if you approach the material in each of the following chapters in this way, you will not only better remember what you read, but your perspective will be expanded, your understanding deepened, and your motivation to apply the material increased.
The Book: On The Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are
An organism is what it does
To sum up: just as no thing or organism exists on its own, it does not act on its own. Furthermore, every organism is a process: thus the organism is not other than its actions. To put it clumsily: it is what it does. More precisely, the organism, including its behavior, is a…
The Psychology Behind Information Dashboards
How dashboards create a sense of control
Most information dashboards use a three-pronged strategy to establish a sense of control: Giving you a clear understanding of things to help establish a feeling of certainty Giving you the resources to predict and plan for the future Helping you complete critical tasks in time…
Theories of Childhood, Second Edition (Carol Garhart Mooney)
Mead: explain it to a twelve-year-old
Anthropologist and teacher Margaret Mead said in Redbook magazine in 1963, “If one cannot state a matter clearly enough so that an intelligent twelve-year-old can understand it, one should remain within the cloistered walls of the University and laboratory until one gets a…
Children build their own understanding
Piaget believed that children’s intellectual growth is based partly on physical development. He also believed that it is affected by children’s interactions with the environment. He did not believe that teachers can “teach” young children to understand a concept. He was certain…