From 36f8b1a6eb3fb20ceea8dbbecbeca78de183942c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: olpc user Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 14:57:12 -0800 Subject: metarelevence talk --- starts/bagel/notes-puzzle-metarelevence.txt | 18 ++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/starts/bagel/notes-puzzle-metarelevence.txt b/starts/bagel/notes-puzzle-metarelevence.txt index fdc7738..0f17c6c 100644 --- a/starts/bagel/notes-puzzle-metarelevence.txt +++ b/starts/bagel/notes-puzzle-metarelevence.txt @@ -63,5 +63,19 @@ That is, it seems like I am allergic to certain patterns of pattern-matching... when: make A-in-B, A is adult (me is STRONGLY KNOWN to be adult), B is far-away (store is MEDIUM KNOWN to be far away), then A-in-car is relevent to making A-in-B using STRONGLY and MEDIUM KNOWING, stem from habits of metarelevence for brainstorming - - + things that are STRONGLY known seem to have their full expansion handled by specialized active habits, that are built when needed to sustain the strong knowing i.e. full expansion. + this makes habits that e.g. relate to brainstorming: quickly producing implications, sidestepping a brainstorm + +I seemed to have an issue with building strongly known metarelevence. + +When Karl tries to solve the puzzle, he tries to come up with patterns that would solve other, similar puzzles, +and those are the ones he looks for to store. This habit may help his brain learn to be smart again, because general +relevence is much more useful in the mind, for other situations, than specific relevence. + He looks for what general structures are in play in the situation. + The puzzle itself is a combination of relevent general structures. A good solution approach would be + habits that handle interconnected general structures in a general way, that is then used for the + specific puzzle. In each puzzle he attempts, Karl looks to learn habits that in their extreme would be + collecting together a general solution to all puzzles. + +Karl's thoughts imply he believes there are kind of idealized pattern structures, and that a good, well-learned +general habit can apply to a completely unrelated domain, via understanding of general structures of patterns. -- cgit v1.2.3