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Philosophers' Imprint - 5 views

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pacome delva on 18 Jan 10

An interesting (free) journal on philosophy, with even some article with mathematics and physics !

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Luzi Bergamin on 18 Jan 10

Reading the titles somehow reminds me of the most important webpage of the ACT: the Advanced Concepts Generator :-)

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pacome delva on 18 Jan 10

have you seen the 2 articles on canonical GR ...!

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Moral Machine - 1 views

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zoervleis on 17 Aug 16

"A platform for public participation in and discussion of the human perspective on machine-made moral decisions" Machine Ethics is basically the return of philosophy through code. Here you can learn a bit about it, and help the MIT collect data on how humans make choices when faced with ethical dilemmas, and how we perceive AIs making such choices.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"A platform for public participation in and discussion of the human perspective on machine-made moral decisions" Machine Ethics is basically the return of philosophy through code. Here you can learn a bit about it, and help the MIT collect data on how humans make choices when faced with ethical dilemmas, and how we perceive AIs making such choices.</div>

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Why a Chip That's Bad at Math Can Help Computers Tackle Harder Problems - 1 views

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Alexander Wittig on 18 Apr 16

DARPA funded the development of a new computer chip that's hardwired to make simple mistakes but can help computers understand the world. Your math teacher lied to you. Sometimes getting your sums wrong is a good thing. So says Joseph Bates, cofounder and CEO of Singular Computing, a company whose computer chips are hardwired to be incapable of performing mathematical calculations correctly.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">DARPA funded the development of a new computer chip that's hardwired to make simple mistakes but can help computers understand the world. Your math teacher lied to you. Sometimes getting your sums wrong is a good thing. So says Joseph Bates, cofounder and CEO of Singular Computing, a company whose computer chips are hardwired to be incapable of performing mathematical calculations correctly.</div>

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jcunha on 18 Apr 16

The whole concept boils down to approximate computing it seems to me. In a presentation I attended once I prospected if the same kind of philosophy could be used as a radiation hardness design approach, the short conclusion being that surely will depend on the functionality intended.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The whole concept boils down to approximate computing it seems to me. In a presentation I attended once I prospected if the same kind of philosophy could be used as a radiation hardness design approach, the short conclusion being that surely will depend on the functionality intended.</div>

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A view at Google X philosophy - 1 views

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jcunha on 18 Apr 16

A TED talk about Google X way of working and some closer look at the project loon (stratospheric balloon network for internet connection) by the 'moonshot captain' Astro Teller.

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Quieting the Lizard Brain - 7 views

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Joris _ on 16 Jan 10

"What you do for a living is not be creative, what you do is ship," says bestselling author Seth Godin, arguing that we must quiet our fearful "lizard brains" to avoid sabotaging projects just before we finally finish them. ... or to me the importance of setting deadlines, objectives and planning to not sabotage your creative work!

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"What you do for a living is not be creative, what you do is ship," says bestselling author Seth Godin, arguing that we must quiet our fearful "lizard brains" to avoid sabotaging projects just before we finally finish them. ... or to me the importance of setting deadlines, objectives and planning to not sabotage your creative work!</div>

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Juxi Leitner on 16 Jan 10

ad "quieting the lizard brain" a friend of mine used to say: "if in doubt, do it!" had to think about that when he talks about the lizard brain getting us scared ...

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Dario Izzo on 16 Jan 10

scary guy ..... his 'shipping' philosophy and his 'everybody is creative' line is close to Marx description of alienation ... I share more Stroustrup point of view "The idea of software development as an assembly line manned by semi-skilled interchangeable workers is fundamentally flawed and wasteful."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">scary guy ..... his 'shipping' philosophy and his 'everybody is creative' line is close to Marx description of alienation ... I share more Stroustrup point of view "The idea of software development as an assembly line manned by semi-skilled interchangeable workers is fundamentally flawed and wasteful."</div>

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Juxi Leitner on 18 Jan 10

I don't think that is what he says, I think he says that everybody _can_ be creative but to be so you have to actually create things!

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Seminar: You and Your Research, Dr. Richard W. Hamming (March 7, 1986) - 10 views

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shared by Luís F. Simões on 07 Jan 11 - Cached

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This talk centered on Hamming's observations and research on the question "Why do so few scientists make significant contributions and so many are forgotten in the long run?" From his more than forty years of experience, thirty of which were at Bell Laboratories, he has made a number of direct observations, asked very pointed questions of scientists about what, how, and why they did things, studied the lives of great scientists and great contributions, and has done introspection and studied theories of creativity. The talk is about what he has learned in terms of the properties of the individual scientists, their abilities, traits, working habits, attitudes, and philosophy.
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Luís F. Simões on 07 Jan 11

Here's the link related to one of the lunch time discussions. I recommend it to every single one of you. I promise it will be worth your time. If you're lazy, you have a summary here (good stuff also in the references, have a look at them): Erren TC, Cullen P, Erren M, Bourne PE (2007) Ten Simple Rules for Doing Your Best Research, According to Hamming. PLoS Comput Biol 3(10): e213.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Here's the link related to one of the lunch time discussions. I recommend it to every single one of you. I promise it will be worth your time. If you're lazy, you have a summary here (good stuff also in the references, have a look at them): Erren TC, Cullen P, Erren M, Bourne PE (2007) Ten Simple Rules for Doing Your Best Research, According to Hamming. PLoS Comput Biol 3(10): e213.</div>

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pacome delva on 11 Jan 11

I'm also pretty sure that the ones who are remembered are not the ones who tried to be... so why all these rules !? I think it's bullshit...

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Luís F. Simões on 11 Jan 11

The seminar is not a manual on how to achieve fame, but rather an analysis on how others were able to perform very significant work. The two things are in some cases related, but the seminar's focus is on the second.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The seminar is not a manual on how to achieve fame, but rather an analysis on how others were able to perform very significant work. The two things are in some cases related, but the seminar's focus is on the second.</div>

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pacome delva on 12 Jan 11

Then read a good book on the life of Copernic, it's the anti-manual of Hamming... he breaks all the rules !

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LeopoldS on 12 Jan 11

honestly I think that some of these rules actually make sense indeed ... but I am always curious to get a good book recommendation (which book of Copernic would you recommend?) btw Pacome: we are in Paris ... in case you have some time ...

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">honestly I think that some of these rules actually make sense indeed ... but I am always curious to get a good book recommendation (which book of Copernic would you recommend?) btw Pacome: we are in Paris ... in case you have some time ...</div>

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pacome delva on 12 Jan 11

I warmly recommend this book, a bit old but fascinating: The sleepwalkers from Arthur Koestler. It shows that progress in science is not straight and do not obey any rule... It is not as rational as most of people seem to believe today. http://www.amazon.com/Sleepwalkers-History-Changing-Universe-Compass/dp/0140192468/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1294835558&sr=8-1 Otherwise yes I have some time ! my phone number: 0699428926 We live around Denfert-Rochereau and Montparnasse. We could go for a beer this evening ?

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I warmly recommend this book, a bit old but fascinating: The sleepwalkers from Arthur Koestler. It shows that progress in science is not straight and do not obey any rule... It is not as rational as most of people seem to believe today. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sleepwalkers-History-Changing-Universe-Compass/dp/0140192468/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1294835558&sr=8-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/Sleepwalkers-History-Changing-Universe-Compass/dp/0140192468/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1294835558&sr=8-1</a> Otherwise yes I have some time ! my phone number: 0699428926 We live around Denfert-Rochereau and Montparnasse. We could go for a beer this evening ?</div>

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Dialing Phone Numbers on Cell Phones Activates Key-Concordant Concepts - 0 views

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technology mobile science psychology

shared by Ma Ru on 17 Feb 11 - No Cached

Ma Ru on 17 Feb 11

Personally, I have the habit of switching off keypad sounds in any device I use (mobile, camera, etc.). Now I have scientific results to back this philosophy up :) P.S. Mass-media version is here: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20139-predictive-texting-alters-our-perception-of-numbers.html

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Personally, I have the habit of switching off keypad sounds in any device I use (mobile, camera, etc.). Now I have scientific results to back this philosophy up :) P.S. Mass-media version is here: <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20139-predictive-texting-alters-our-perception-of-numbers.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20139-predictive-texting-alters-our-perception-of-numbers.html</a></div>

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History and philosophy of science - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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ESA ACT on 24 Apr 09

I know it is wikipedia but just a short intro about this so-called interdisciplinary and rather new field - what we like - NS

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Getting rid of corporate email - 1 views

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working methods email

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Thijs Versloot on 19 May 14

Now something on working methods... More than anything else Box does, Notes seems to embody the philosophy that in business, you never write for the sake of writing. You write to share with people. After all, memos were never meant to be ends in themselves-just the means.

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Interactive and reproducible science papers with jupyter (and mathematica)? - 6 views

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darioizzo2 on 12 Mar 19

I agree soooo very much. An increasing number of journal and scientists are finally coming on board with this open science philosophy and I bet we will soon see a radical change of the whole peer review process and publication business

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