Take that (not) Einstein!

  • AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world
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    11 days ago

    We have (at least) two fundamentally different types of knowledge—there’s our intuitive world model that does improve with repetition learning (much like a neural network) and does change with practice; and there’s rule-based knowledge that improves by eliminating possible rules/theories via observation.

    My interpretation of Einstein’s quip is that insanity consists in confusing the two—thinking that rule-based knowledge can improve by performing the same tests over and over until the results match our theories, instead of modifying our theories to reflect the results.

    • squaresinger@lemmy.worldOP
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      11 days ago

      It’s not an Einstein quote. It’s a common misattribution to make a stupid quote sound smart.