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Why is Learning So Hard?

If you came here looking for wisdom, you will probably be disappointed. It seems like I have spent my entire life in some purgatory of forced learning, and I have not yet learned to love the learning process.

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Author barelylaharPosted on October 28, 2022November 19, 2022Categories cheating, personalLeave a comment on Why is Learning So Hard?

Evolution: Three Simple Steps Create the Explosion of Life

Evolution has only three steps: propagation, variation, and selection.

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Author barelylaharPosted on January 18, 2022February 6, 2022Categories books, change, cheating, evolution

Freeman Dyson Broke the Prisoners Dilemma

Freeman Dyson broke the Prisoners Dilemma by using Theory of Mind. His algorithm learned the reward matrix for the opponent, then retrained the opponent to use a different reward matrix, much more beneficial to to Dyson’s player.

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Author barelylaharPosted on March 9, 2019January 17, 2022Categories cheating, evolutionTags cheating, Freeman Dyson, prisoners dilemma, theory of mind

What’s a Market, Anyway?

Can a market be involuntary? Does a market require human participants? What is the biggest market in the world?

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Author barelylaharPosted on August 8, 2017January 17, 2022Categories cheating, evolution, marketsTags prisoners dilemma

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