Author Archives: x28

Exploring gRSShopper

Posted on September 7, 2018

I knew that gRSShopper is able to harvest RSS feeds, but it is much more powerful than that.
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Blog parade “AI for Common Welfare?”

Posted on August 1, 2018

@algoethik is running a blog parade “AI for common welfare?”. I tried to respond to their questions. (Deutsche Version unten)

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Cmaps and the “Split Attention Effect”

Posted on June 23, 2018

The “Split Attention Effect” from Cognitive Load Theory demands that an annotation needs to be close to the item it refers to. I wonder if this is still true if the annotation can be reached by a saccadic eye movement.
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Guesses about wisdom

Posted on May 6, 2018

How does wisdom differ from knowledge? In my understanding, wisdom grows very slowly, and it is often about what is really important, or actually, what is not important.
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Myths, semi-myths etc.

Posted on April 29, 2018

I bought Clark Quinn’s new book about training myths, semi-myths and misconceptions, and I can whole-heartedly recommend this exciting, in-depth, clinical and precise work. Continue reading →

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Zooming is overrated

Posted on April 1, 2018

Many people are enthusiastic about the ‘Big Picture’ attitude. Some even quote Dyson’s distinction between birds (who “fly high”) and frogs (who “live in the mud”).

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Time: Back or forward?

Posted on March 25, 2018

Why do we hesitate to accept that we have to forward “the time” ? Because it seems that in reality, it is being switched back: sunset is delayed.
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Trust

Posted on February 24, 2018

I like Mike Caulfield’s post “Media Literacy Is About Where To Spend Your Trust. But You Have To Spend It Somewhere.” and in particular, the term ‘spend’.
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Expectations make the difference

Posted on December 19, 2017

When a chord with a ‘nonharmonic tone’ is played out of context, it sounds awful, but when we hear it as a ‘passing tone’ or as a ‘neighbor tone’, we don’t notice the dissonance — because we expect that it will immediately be resolved. Continue reading →

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Consciousness

Posted on November 21, 2017

Stephen Downes’s big article “Consciousness” is an incredibly rich resource. The greatest takeaway so far was the explanation of the mysterious ‘suddenness’ through recognition.
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