[FRIAM] Imposter complex (was: A Question For Tomorrow)

On 5/1/19 10:55 PM, David Eric Smith wrote: I agree. See the earlier post about Smolin versus Aaronson. Some people use common language to show you how smart they are; others use it to give you a tool to become smarter yourself. We do the best we can to identify who is who, in areas we can’

Re: [FRIAM] Imposter complex (was: A Question For Tomorrow)

Glen writes: < The person who hired me said I was suffering from "imposter complex", which when I just now googled it, seems to be better termed "imposter syndrome". > Isn't it possible this person was suffering from Inflated Self-esteem Syndrome? At our house, there is a constant competiti

Re: [FRIAM] Imposter complex (was: A Question For Tomorrow)

Glen, Here's a test. After one makes a contribution, do other people make contributions? The poster's motives don't really make a difference, if the post moves the discussion forward. Also, does posting move the POSTER'S thinking forward. If being "the smartest person in in the room" fro

Re: [FRIAM] Imposter complex (was: A Question For Tomorrow)

I thought of this remark from Temple Grandin, “What would happen if the autism gene was eliminated from the gene pool? You would have a bunch of people standing around in a cave, chatting and socializing, and not getting anythin

Re: [FRIAM] Imposter complex

On 5/2/19 8:30 AM, Marcus Daniels wrote:> Glen writes: Isn't it possible this person was suffering from Inflated Self-esteem Syndrome? Yes, he most certainly was accused of that by my peers, most of whom did not appreciate his optimism. But whatever his attributes, his claim was provocative a

Re: [FRIAM] A Question For Tomorrow

Thanks, Eric, for taking my thoughts point-by-point. I also want to re-introduce this https://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=3975 into the discussion. When I got done reading it, I figured my ox had been gored, but I wasn’t sure by what. I hope others can clarify. One thing is

Re: [FRIAM] More on levels of sequence organization

I did have some energy and it was a pretty entertaining read. So 7/8ths of the authors for this paper are at Facebook's AI group, though one gives an email address @gmail.com. The group that won the CASP13 (Critical Assessment of Structure Prediction) competition in December was from Google/DeepM

Re: [FRIAM] More on levels of sequence organization

I can imagine Facebook friends sharing their Ancestry.com data. Facebook compiles all that that and sells services to insurance companies so that they can anticipate risk. There’s no bound on the stupidity of Facebook users. From: Friam on behalf of Roger Critchlow Reply-To: The Friday Morn

Re: [FRIAM] More on levels of sequence organization

Thanks VERY much for posting some digested material from the paper. What you say below seems to hearken back to what JonZ (or maybe JohnK?) said awhile back, ... paraphrasing: that he would be hard-pressed to find something that organisms can do that can't be duplicated by a sequential machine.

Re: [FRIAM] More on levels of sequence organization

On the bounds of stupidity, there's at least a sucker born every minute, a large proportion of whom apparently benefit not at all from any kind of education. A theoretical sequential machine, perhaps, that might melt a hole through the earth while simulating a cell. The hierarchy in this case loo

Re: [FRIAM] More on levels of sequence organization

About levels. I tried to post this but ran into the size problem. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ynIauGuXsUgXvi8w0BuiY7VjfYrgGqgW/view?usp=drivesdk --- Frank Wimberly My memoir: https://www.amazon.com/author/frankwimberly My scientific publications: https://w

Re: [FRIAM] More on levels of sequence organization

I tried to copy this mail that had the file attached: We used the Hearsay-II extensively as a model for how to do parallel, distributed applications in the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon. It makes use of levels and communication among them, up, down and within a level. Applications inclu