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At High School Debates, Debate Is No Longer Allowed

Common Sense with Bari Weiss • 8068 implied HN points • 25 May 23
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Debate Judges High School Paradigms
  1. High school debate should encourage students to challenge ideas, question assumptions, and think creatively.
  2. Judges in high school debate competitions are increasingly biased, which can affect how students make their arguments and participate.
  3. The shift towards ideological judging in high school debate may discourage students from expressing diverse viewpoints and engaging in open conversations.

Useful cognitive lenses to see through

The Counterfactual • 59 implied HN points • 20 Mar 23
📖 Philosophy Cognition Science Metaphor Frameworks Paradigms
  1. Understanding the world often relies on different 'lenses' or frameworks that help us interpret complex information. These frameworks can simplify reality, making it easier to grasp important ideas.
  2. Metaphors play a crucial role in how we think and communicate. They provide familiar associations that help us understand difficult concepts, even if they don’t capture the whole truth.
  3. It's essential to consider different perspectives and counterfactuals when evaluating ideas. Looking at what could happen if things were different can help us make better decisions and avoid misleading conclusions.

Ontological Intervention

Daniel Pinchbeck’s Newsletter • 19 implied HN points • 23 Feb 24
📖 Philosophy Ontology Paradigms Reality Beliefs Civilization
  1. The main reason for the underperformance of Leftist movements is a lack of funding compared to the Right, who use their resources to shape public opinion through think tanks and covert operations.
  2. To bring about systemic change, a shift in paradigm at the individual level is crucial, as demonstrated by the power of psychedelics in sparking a cultural reconsideration and leading to a psychedelic renaissance.
  3. A new ontology emphasizing monistic or analytic idealism offers the potential to redefine society's underlying paradigm, providing a pathway for transforming civilization and addressing pressing global challenges.

Subroutines Are Not Functions

Paul’s Substack • 0 implied HN points • 02 Jul 24
🕹 Technology Programming Paradigms Physics
  1. Subroutines are not functions designed to support functional paradigms, but rather to save code space at the cost of extra CPU cycles. They are non-reentrant and not thread safe.
  2. Physics teaches the technique of 'divide and conquer' using simplifying assumptions to focus on areas of interest, pushing aside unnecessary details.
  3. Different problems, involving time like video sequencing, robotics, gaming, etc., may benefit from using programming languages with paradigms other than the function-based one, like Prolog for relational paradigm.
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