tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7340549211625160136.post2448785630600393874..comments2022-03-26T20:09:45.388-07:00Comments on The Art and Science of Cognitive Engineering: Introjimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02321898801267236687noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7340549211625160136.post-21165230606369743492012-05-26T03:25:10.712-07:002012-05-26T03:25:10.712-07:00Thanks for the explanation. Though you might want ...Thanks for the explanation. Though you might want to reconsider just how highly concept-dense you want to make the posts. Regardless of how efficient it might be, people aren't going to bother reading through unless they're extremely interested.<br /><br />There's the signalling aspect as well. Anyone who comes into here thinking that this is just another crank talking about hypnosis is going to have that belief strengthened, especially when you link to LW every other sentence.anonymous londonitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15170618231189119653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7340549211625160136.post-17270955436365942682012-05-25T16:57:39.365-07:002012-05-25T16:57:39.365-07:00I *am* aiming for high concept density. My goal wa...I *am* aiming for high concept density. My goal was to explain enough to show you where to look, not to walk you through everything in full detail. If I'm not getting this far, I really need to add more. Perhaps it's worth more complete explanations anyway.<br /><br />Things like "top/bottom" are the kind of abstraction that I worry a bit about. If this kind of thing is a repeat offender, I'll try to fix that. In this case the "bottom" is down near sensory perception and "top" is after more layers of abstraction. For example, the following list is sorted top to bottom: "I am feeling pain">feeling pain>sensory neuron signals.<br /><br />I had hoped the wiki link to top down processing was enough<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-down_and_bottom-up_design#Neuroscience_and_psychology<br /><br />I agree about the more stories bit. It *was* intentional, but misguided.<br />Thanks again :)jimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02321898801267236687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7340549211625160136.post-90426728359259070072012-05-25T15:48:05.921-07:002012-05-25T15:48:05.921-07:00Well broadly speaking the posts try to cover too m...Well broadly speaking the posts try to cover too much detail in too little time (space?). Try to include more specific examples where you break it down step by step and explain how the theory corresponds to the anecdote.<br /><br />Like with this, say<br /><br />http://cognitiveengineer.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/quasi-bayesian-placebos.html<br /><br />I've read and mostly understood around 70% of the Yudkowsky Canon, and I can't make head nor tail of what you're trying to say here. What do the "top" and "bottom" layers actually correspond to? Why do priors come from above and data from below.<br /><br />Brains are optimised for understanding narratives from which we can derive general rules (see fairytales -> morals). So give me a story and annotate the theory :)anonymous londonitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15170618231189119653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7340549211625160136.post-17224090197913487152012-05-25T15:27:40.054-07:002012-05-25T15:27:40.054-07:00Thanks for the feedback! Can you be more specific ...Thanks for the feedback! Can you be more specific so I can try to fix it?jimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02321898801267236687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7340549211625160136.post-87950748168334483212012-05-25T15:24:59.142-07:002012-05-25T15:24:59.142-07:00>I'd appreciate questions and feedback, sin...>I'd appreciate questions and feedback, since it's not at all easy to know if I'm doing a good job bridging the inferential distance.<br /><br />You're not doing a good job of bridging inferential distances!anonymous londonitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15170618231189119653noreply@blogger.com