Comment by avs733

Comment by avs733 a day ago

9 replies

there are also two kinds of people - those who are excited by that and those who are not.

The result is a 2x2 matrix where several quadrants are deeply concerning to me.

brookst a day ago

There are also two kinds of people - those who are objective enough to tell when it happens and those who will never even see when they’re outperformed because of their cognitive biases.

I give you a 2x2x2 matrix.

  • magicalhippo 18 hours ago

    > I give you a 2x2x2 matrix.

    That'd be a tensor, no?

    • sva_ 16 hours ago

      A rank-3 tensor, yes. Matrices are rank-2 tensors.

      • avs733 14 hours ago

        God I hated tensors in grad school. Give me a Taylor series any day.

        • dboreham 12 hours ago

          Everything that seems complicated is just a "fancy matrix".

  • kubb a day ago

    Sure, but if a person can find an easier way to do their job, they’ll usually do it. Usually the bias is towards less energy expenditure.

    • brookst a day ago

      For many people, yes. For people who have their identity invested in being the smartest person in the room, life is considerably harder.

  • avs733 a day ago

    I'm sure if we work hard enough we can add a meta-meta-cognition level. Cognition is just 2^n series of binary states right?