evening 0x21C4

Content/20230717140438-occam_s_razor.org

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 #+title: Occam's Razor
 #+filetags: :idealogy:
 
+* Abstract
+ - recently, I've been embracing the idea that a simple black-box isn't necessarily better than an equally performant transparent utility that exposes hooks into the tools intermediates and allows the user to explore/exploit other aspects of the tooling.
+ - to summarize, I'd say the notions of complexity and simplicity can't be captured on a uni-dimensional scale where emphasizing one means sacrificing the other but they're instead orthogonal explorations that allow for independent tuning across different perspectives...
+
+* Practical
 Given two equivalently performant solutions, employ the simpler one.
 
  - Arises in the context of model complexity: [[id:20230713T110006.406161][Machine Learning]] and [[id:20230713T110040.814546][Deep Learning]]
    - a deep approach might not always be the right choice if one can do away with statistical methods/algorithms
-

Content/20231112080937-projects.org

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 ** [[id:20231112T081124.213227][What-would-x-read?]]
 ** [[id:20231114T134147.421836][RLxATC]]
 ** Search
+** [[id:ce22c37f-7bc7-43db-9ee4-79ae714cbb2d][Input Multiplexer]]
 * Competitive
 ** [[id:1e88b1d9-e124-4cf7-987e-8d6a857dc3d3][Project-Euler]]
 ** [[id:37016af8-9d02-4ddb-b33a-bcfcd6eacb5d][Advent of Code 2023]]

Content/20231207174633-logical_reasoning.org

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  - Most creativity can be captured by Abductive thinking and this also contributes the most to human knowledge : Abductive reasoning followed by verification/rejection via experiments.
  - think about the thought of devising a thought-experiment...
 
+
+* Pragmatic
+ - This is something that can and should be developed
+   - checkout [[id:a55de908-bb7c-4727-b711-3cca55aff0fd][Rhetoric]]

Content/20240101181455-rhetoric.org

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+:PROPERTIES:
+:ID:       a55de908-bb7c-4727-b711-3cca55aff0fd
+:END:
+#+title: Rhetoric
+#+filetags: :meta:
+
+The art of persuasion.
+* Stream
+** 0x21C4
+An interesting way to practice rhetoric would be to deliberately position yourself in logically tough spots in an argument and trying to defend yourself by attacks from the metaphorically higher ground.
+
+A modern day realization of this concept might be termed as playing "the devil's advocate".
+
+Being able to defend oneself in such simulations should definitely help with developing a sense of rhetorical grit when it comes to your daily arguments with yourself.
+ - continuing the thought in 0x21C4 Stream sub node of the [[id:9fae06f7-57f1-4f01-a811-543615e55bc6][Virtue]] node.
+
+* Resources
+ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetoric

Content/20240101182047-virtue.org

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+:PROPERTIES:
+:ID:       9fae06f7-57f1-4f01-a811-543615e55bc6
+:END:
+#+title: Virtue
+#+filetags: :psych:meta:
+
+* Stream
+** 0x21C4
+Initialized the rhetoric node and thinking 
+A starting point would be questioning the societally accepted [[id:9fae06f7-57f1-4f01-a811-543615e55bc6][virtues]].
+One that I personally did so heavily early on in my life up until around 2 years ago was the virtue of patience.
+ - unless you really don't question the worth of a quality, you're not actually virtuous enough when you choose to exercise that due to a prescription.
+ - Most such virtues don't and probably shouldn't be inherent to us.
+
+Honesty is something that again, is prescribed to us when we're kids and I haven't surveyed any toddlers but I think they're equally likely to display signs of deceit as much as they have a propensity for inate honesty.
+
+Rather than questioning the superiority of one over the other, I'd rather prefer looking into the intrinsic incentives that are coupled with such exhibitions.
+
+[[id:ab264138-da63-4e59-b124-db1833a66c9b][Incentives]] seem to play a universal role when trying to comprehend [[id:69d908d1-7a4d-46ea-8a01-cb02e67e9a2b][society as a whole]] as well as when it comes to individual psychology.
+
+Variables such as if you're the individual or if you're a part of the crowd concerned play prominent roles in your perception of those particular incentives via your [[id:42564322-1093-4d29-9672-46cb4f056cc9][moral lens]].
+
+For instance, I'm guessing you'd have very different moral reservations when it comes to severity of a punishment based on whether you're an independent observer or the victim of a crime.
+
+I'm also guessing that defining such prominent subjects without absolute axioms and basing them on relative scenarios isn't a good seed for the healthy growth of a domain.
+
+* Resources
+ - https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ethics-virtue/

Content/20240101183151-incentive.org

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+:PROPERTIES:
+:ID:       ab264138-da63-4e59-b124-db1833a66c9b
+:END:
+#+title: Incentive
+#+filetags: :meta:
+
+
+
+* Resources
+ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incentive

Content/20240101183336-crowd_psychology.org

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+:PROPERTIES:
+:ID:       69d908d1-7a4d-46ea-8a01-cb02e67e9a2b
+:END:
+#+title: Crowd Psychology
+#+filetags: :society:psych:
+
+* Resources
+ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crowd:_A_Study_of_the_Popular_Mind
+

Content/20240101183619-morality.org

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+:PROPERTIES:
+:ID:       42564322-1093-4d29-9672-46cb4f056cc9
+:END:
+#+title: Morality
+#+filetags: :psych:
+
+
+* Resources
+ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morality 

Content/20240101184711-input_multiplexer.org

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+:PROPERTIES:
+:ID:       ce22c37f-7bc7-43db-9ee4-79ae714cbb2d
+:END:
+#+title: Input Multiplexer
+#+filetags: :electronics:programming:project:
+
+ - an input device multiplexer that allows one to control multiple computers from the same input device.
+ - might consider writing a device driver in a USB drive that might need an intermediate device that conditionally directs (i.e. multiplexes) input from a device based on the device mode chosen by the user.