Peter Turney has a short post (with a link to a post by Terry Tao) on genius, IQ and passion. I agree with him fully. What counts is passion and hard, hard work.
Creativity will come from working passionately in the field – novel approaches will “pop” into your mind (actually, it’s just your brain rewiring [...]
Entries from May 2008
Genius, Sustained Effort, and Passion
May 27th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: artificial intelligence
Lies We Tell Kids
May 25th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Paul Graham has a wonderful essay online, reading time approximately 10 minutes: Lies We Tell Kids
(The essay was brought to my notice via overcomingbias.com)
Some quotes:
This sentence is gold:
The truth is common property. You can’t distinguish your group by doing things that are rational, and believing things that are true. If you want to set [...]
Tags: artificial intelligence · bias · cognitive science · critical thinking · ethics · philosophy · rationality