#peterputnam — Public Fediverse posts
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It has done more good than almost all other animating principles. But that spell is ending. We no longer like phones because our age doesn’t tell us how to use them responsibly. It only tells us how to make them even more addictive.
It hurts to let go of what we thought we knew. But to me, it’s a relief to let go of the idea that I could ever draw a circle around myself that is complete."
article titled The Disenchantment of the Modern World Is a Myth
https://www.taylorforeman.com/p/the-disenchantment-of-the-modern -
It has done more good than almost all other animating principles. But that spell is ending. We no longer like phones because our age doesn’t tell us how to use them responsibly. It only tells us how to make them even more addictive.
It hurts to let go of what we thought we knew. But to me, it’s a relief to let go of the idea that I could ever draw a circle around myself that is complete."
article titled The Disenchantment of the Modern World Is a Myth
https://www.taylorforeman.com/p/the-disenchantment-of-the-modern -
It has done more good than almost all other animating principles. But that spell is ending. We no longer like phones because our age doesn’t tell us how to use them responsibly. It only tells us how to make them even more addictive.
It hurts to let go of what we thought we knew. But to me, it’s a relief to let go of the idea that I could ever draw a circle around myself that is complete."
article titled The Disenchantment of the Modern World Is a Myth
https://www.taylorforeman.com/p/the-disenchantment-of-the-modern -
Spent my morning reading up on #PeterPutnam, and jeez what a man and what a story. Physicist, philosopher, #LGBTQ activist, philantropist, protector of the environment - and janitor.
'Today, science is beginning to catch up to Putnam. His ideas about the plasticity of the brain and the importance of neural conditioning have become mainstream. Many cognitive scientists are pursuing a theory known as “embodied mind” that emphasizes the central role of motor behavior in cognition and perception, so central to Putnam’s own theory. At the same time, as [Robert W.] Fuller put it, “there’s stuff in Putnam that no one has thought of yet.”'
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Peter Putnam and his theory of the mind.
Wow. Fascinating article by Amanda Gefter, weaving together so many aspects of this man's thinking and his difficult life, cursed and blessed at the same time.
And Putnam's idea that learning and innovation emerge from a system whose components all have the goal of repetition and no-change is truly interesting.
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Peter Putnam and his theory of the mind.
Wow. Fascinating article by Amanda Gefter, weaving together so many aspects of this man's thinking and his difficult life, cursed and blessed at the same time.
And Putnam's idea that learning and innovation emerge from a system whose components all have the goal of repetition and no-change is truly interesting.
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Peter Putnam and his theory of the mind.
Wow. Fascinating article by Amanda Gefter, weaving together so many aspects of this man's thinking and his difficult life, cursed and blessed at the same time.
And Putnam's idea that learning and innovation emerge from a system whose components all have the goal of repetition and no-change is truly interesting.
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Peter Putnam and his theory of the mind.
Wow. Fascinating article by Amanda Gefter, weaving together so many aspects of this man's thinking and his difficult life, cursed and blessed at the same time.
And Putnam's idea that learning and innovation emerge from a system whose components all have the goal of repetition and no-change is truly interesting.
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Peter Putnam and his theory of the mind.
Wow. Fascinating article by Amanda Gefter, weaving together so many aspects of this man's thinking and his difficult life, cursed and blessed at the same time.
And Putnam's idea that learning and innovation emerge from a system whose components all have the goal of repetition and no-change is truly interesting.
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Good Will Hunting in reverse: the real-life story of Peter Putnam, promising physicist turned janitor.
HT @cdarwin
https://nautil.us/finding-peter-putnam-1218035/
#PeterPutnam #GoodWillHunting #NautilusMagazine #AmandaGefter #TheoreticalNeuroscience #ScienceMastodon #ScienceStories #JohnArchibaldWheeler #GayHistory #NeuralModels #LongReads #PrincetonUniversity #RobertFuller #HistoryOfPhysics #HistoryOfScience
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Good Will Hunting in reverse: the real-life story of Peter Putnam, promising physicist turned janitor.
HT @cdarwin
https://nautil.us/finding-peter-putnam-1218035/
#PeterPutnam #GoodWillHunting #NautilusMagazine #AmandaGefter #TheoreticalNeuroscience #ScienceMastodon #ScienceStories #JohnArchibaldWheeler #GayHistory #NeuralModels #LongReads #PrincetonUniversity #RobertFuller #HistoryOfPhysics #HistoryOfScience
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Good Will Hunting in reverse: the real-life story of Peter Putnam, promising physicist turned janitor.
HT @cdarwin
https://nautil.us/finding-peter-putnam-1218035/
#PeterPutnam #GoodWillHunting #NautilusMagazine #AmandaGefter #TheoreticalNeuroscience #ScienceMastodon #ScienceStories #JohnArchibaldWheeler #GayHistory #NeuralModels #LongReads #PrincetonUniversity #RobertFuller #HistoryOfPhysics #HistoryOfScience
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Good Will Hunting in reverse: the real-life story of Peter Putnam, promising physicist turned janitor.
HT @cdarwin
https://nautil.us/finding-peter-putnam-1218035/
#PeterPutnam #GoodWillHunting #NautilusMagazine #AmandaGefter #TheoreticalNeuroscience #ScienceMastodon #ScienceStories #JohnArchibaldWheeler #GayHistory #NeuralModels #LongReads #PrincetonUniversity #RobertFuller #HistoryOfPhysics #HistoryOfScience
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Good Will Hunting in reverse: the real-life story of Peter Putnam, promising physicist turned janitor.
HT @cdarwin
https://nautil.us/finding-peter-putnam-1218035/
#PeterPutnam #GoodWillHunting #NautilusMagazine #AmandaGefter #TheoreticalNeuroscience #ScienceMastodon #ScienceStories #JohnArchibaldWheeler #GayHistory #NeuralModels #LongReads #PrincetonUniversity #RobertFuller #HistoryOfPhysics #HistoryOfScience
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tL;dr summary as to why you don't already know #PeterPutnam couldn't possibly be 40s-60s USA, him being gay, parterned lifelong with a black man, or even heaven forbid that his game-theory tinker-toy of consciousness was flawed (although should i learn the #agi fanfois will deploy it, it wouldn't surprise me)
Finding Peter Putnam - Nautilus
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tL;dr summary as to why you don't already know #PeterPutnam couldn't possibly be 40s-60s USA, him being gay, parterned lifelong with a black man, or even heaven forbid that his game-theory tinker-toy of consciousness was flawed (although should i learn the #agi fanfois will deploy it, it wouldn't surprise me)
Finding Peter Putnam - Nautilus
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tL;dr summary as to why you don't already know #PeterPutnam couldn't possibly be 40s-60s USA, him being gay, parterned lifelong with a black man, or even heaven forbid that his game-theory tinker-toy of consciousness was flawed (although should i learn the #agi fanfois will deploy it, it wouldn't surprise me)
Finding Peter Putnam - Nautilus
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tL;dr summary as to why you don't already know #PeterPutnam couldn't possibly be 40s-60s USA, him being gay, parterned lifelong with a black man, or even heaven forbid that his game-theory tinker-toy of consciousness was flawed (although should i learn the #agi fanfois will deploy it, it wouldn't surprise me)
Finding Peter Putnam - Nautilus
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tL;dr summary as to why you don't already know #PeterPutnam couldn't possibly be 40s-60s USA, him being gay, parterned lifelong with a black man, or even heaven forbid that his game-theory tinker-toy of consciousness was flawed (although should i learn the #agi fanfois will deploy it, it wouldn't surprise me)
Finding Peter Putnam - Nautilus