Life is a constant adaptive sampling problem under uncertainty, with feedback. Fun uncertainty rewards learning; boring uncertainty rewards continued sampling.
@naval That is all knowledge, conceptual knowledge is easy to acquire. Applicable knowledge is often learned "on the job." The most interesting problems are solved with both.
@ToKTeacher How would you begin to think about the philosophical question of taking out civilians to save hostages. Recently there has been a clip https://t.co/EQNRSeNsLs. If all evil is a lack of knowledge, could we feel better about civilian casualties, if we attempt to inform civilians?
Me: "Is killing 274 Palestinians an acceptable price to pay for the freeing of 4 Israeli hostages?"
Congressman Dean Phillips: "It's an unacceptable price but a price that has to be paid."
Me: Wow"
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