Post ARJ2aEUZ6WS25nJ2Zc by kensanata@octodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #ARJ1OxqoXFsRLDmA1g by kensanata@octodon.social
       2023-01-04T16:08:56Z
       
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       You probably remember the thing I post every few years about most people being unable to use computers. Today I saw "The science of cycology: Failures to understand how everyday objects work" (2006). I don't know what to say. I need to relearn my relationship with other humans, I think. I'm starting to feel strangely disconnected. Or perhaps I'm simply overestimating the importance of understanding bicycles, or the ability to draw sketches that make sense. I feel like there's a gap between me and so many people that is becoming increasingly harder to bridge.https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.3758/BF03195929.pdfvia https://www.scattered-thoughts.net/writing/things-unlearned/via https://www.scattered-thoughts.net/writing/reflections-on-a-decade-of-coding/
       
 (DIR) Post #ARJ1OyNmYgFSzTCUPg by penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
       2023-01-04T17:04:41Z
       
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       @kensanata I guess perhaps it's not a part they think about; they think about how they use a bicycle but never had to consider why it's like that or remember it;   I mean it feels good to put crossbars on to strengthen the frame until you think about stearing.  I remember suddenly realising only a few years ago I had no idea how magnets worked.
       
 (DIR) Post #ARJ2aEUZ6WS25nJ2Zc by kensanata@octodon.social
       2023-01-04T17:17:55Z
       
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       @penguin42 Yeah, true. The context of the paper is interesting: the hypothesis it is trying to disprove as far as I understand it is: People use causal explanations to understand the world. The experiment is just another nail in the coffin, suggesting that motor patterns and similarities might be a lot more important and that we're deluding ourselves if we think that causality is so important. Anyway, that's my take at the moment.
       
 (DIR) Post #ARJ4c6BFB3zonmHnvM by penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
       2023-01-04T17:40:41Z
       
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       @kensanata I think the causality thing only happens when we've had to think about something; our brains seem to be really good at manufacturing explanations based on limited, dodgy information; you see examples of patients with memory losses or other issues being asked to explain how something happened and they'll give an answer they're pretty sure of which is complete rubbish.  ChatGPT is now able to do that :-)