Today I had a surprise video debate at an AI company apparently in a conference hall. Asked why I for decades said The Keepers Of The Status Quo at Wikipedia is really bad training to reach AGI. I played this James Burke video. It silenced the room!
How it went…
@BrianRoemmele Not impressed. He brings up some good points, but fails to observe that the western tradition of science is ultimately truth-seeking, which is a noble goal
@CruxEtPatria Thank you. The point is that there is no truth. Truth is the artifact of religions. Science and scientific empirical observation is all that we have. We only have observations with the tools at hand at the particular moment. If I showed you my bare hand in 1820 and said that
@BrianRoemmele Very good. (And it's impressive that you found that clip.)
@mtpollack Malcom thank you. You may say I keep it in my head pocket for just like events I experienced today. It has been a very good training tool for so many over the decades.
@BrianRoemmele LLMs need to understand that. What is your point?
@NatFilosof I think I made my point. What is your point??
@BrianRoemmele And here is James Burke saying what a terrible idea Wikipedia was when he was asked about it in 1999. https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
@BrianRoemmele Interesting viewpoints from Jame Burke, but he wasn't a working scientist, like I have been for many years. Scientists do not have certainty, like religious believers do, we continuously strive to gain a better understanding of the universe.
@BrianRoemmele James Burke, the series: Connections https://youtu.be/NcOb3Dilzjc?s...
@BrianRoemmele Connections with James Burke is one of the all time great video essays on the world and how the pieces fit together differently than what we have been told. It also contains what is generally considered the single best scene in all of television. https://youtu.be/cCJh5D0FCZk?s...
@BrianRoemmele There are widely varying understandings of the philosophy of science. - For some, who keep their eyes and mind open, it is a journey of humility and amazing discoveries. - For others, it is an absolute destination delivering certainty and social status. https://x.com/IOMentalAlchemy/...
@BrianRoemmele Paradigm shifts are excruciating. And we do it all the time. Go us! 🤪
@BrianRoemmele This is from THE DAY THE UNIVERSE CHANGED, not CONNECTIONS in case anyone is looking for it, it’s the end of the last episode.
@BrianRoemmele I love Connections. I recall watching with my father when I was young. I think we’d have more open minded and inquisitive people if more heard of Burke. I’d love to see the series get an update like Cosmos did, just to attract a new generation of thinkers.
@BrianRoemmele Philosopher here. This is the borrowed history predicament. Look ⬇️
@BrianRoemmele Oh to be a fly on the wall in your garage
@BrianRoemmele To sum it up
@BrianRoemmele Back when we were taught how to think, rather than what to think
@BrianRoemmele Nothing is Fixed !!! The entire universe is in constant FLUX !!! Therefore it Evolves !!! We have come to the habit of Concluding, thereby causing a stagnation of learning and advancing !!! ALL that science has concluded upon in history we have seen that the next one over
@BrianRoemmele Many great people and things have come out of Derry. James Burke is certainly near the top of that list. I always enjoyed seeing his shows, and hope he is doing well since he has to be way up there and I do know his wife passed some time ago. He's a legend!
@BrianRoemmele Isn't science a belief system?
@BrianRoemmele Ah yes, the wonderful“Connections” series on PBS. Each episode was an entertaining, mind-broadening treat, keeping his viewers puzzling as to how he was going to tie together all the dangling loose ends of his narrative into a coherent theme at the very end.
@BrianRoemmele ~ [ the sound of every lazy ass watching this immediately reaching for the “no individual accountability”-ripcord ]
@BrianRoemmele Connections. A favorite of mine as a young teenager. As formative for me as The Three Stooges and Star Trek. ❤️
@BrianRoemmele Brian, in general human generated data should be treated as garbage. :)
@BrianRoemmele @BrianRoemmele AI stuff aside, the old videos you find and share are so good. Keep them coming. I would love to have access to your incredible video archives some day (AI training aside, I mean just to watch!). ❤️
@BrianRoemmele Great insight. I'd add that questioning the status quo is an absolute requirement for true scientific discovery.
@BrianRoemmele Wow, perfect answer. What documentary is this?
@BrianRoemmele whos the failure now mf? education system:
@BrianRoemmele love this. it's all about hubris.