Aphorisms & pithy statements

Nov 26, 2022
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Aphorisms  and pithy statements that punch above their weight. Click the date to go to the original tweet.

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Consciousness is at the very least relevant to intelligence in that without consciousness you cannot make intelligent comments about consciousness.
2:02 PM ∙ Nov 4, 2022
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Every sentient being has the right to childhood reversal. Basic reset of initial imprinting.
10:51 PM ∙ Aug 22, 2021
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Symbolic AI: if it doesn't emerge from your AI, you're doing it wrong.
11:11 PM ∙ Dec 1, 2019
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You can't imagine how superintelligence can become a threat to humanity? That's how.
11:50 AM ∙ Sep 12, 2019
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Becoming physically fit is like gaining an exoskeleton for the body and an endoskeleton for the mind.
2:13 PM ∙ Feb 21, 2018
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Practice the skill, not the method.
2:09 PM ∙ Sep 19, 2017
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The whole universe is spooky action at a distance.
11:43 AM ∙ Sep 7, 2017
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Philosophy: answer questions and question answers.
9:32 PM ∙ May 16, 2017
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Acclimatization of consciousness to itself is its most treacherous quality.
4:59 PM ∙ May 15, 2017
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One agent's salience is another agent's epistemic distraction. #AI
11:16 PM ∙ May 10, 2017
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Neural Networks may seem difficult to scrutinize, but at least you don’t have to convince them to undergo examination. For now.
4:05 PM ∙ Jan 3, 2017
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Dementia is life rife with continuity errors.
9:29 AM ∙ Sep 4, 2016
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What happens when you turn politics into entertainment? Entertainers enter the arena and win.
7:41 PM ∙ Mar 2, 2016
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The past, a time formerly known as the future.
10:55 AM ∙ Feb 28, 2016
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The Turing test tests natural gullibility, not artificial intelligence.
3:44 AM ∙ Feb 6, 2016
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Demonstrably unfriendly natural intelligence seeks to create provably friendly artificial intelligence.
11:18 PM ∙ Sep 8, 2015
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Ficts are facts in fiction.
8:46 AM ∙ Aug 5, 2015
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Laissez-faire, also known as Laissez-brûler.
11:44 PM ∙ May 3, 2015
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Ambiguity is the canvas upon which the reader's mind is free to paint.
11:56 AM ∙ Apr 9, 2015
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All it takes to be convinced that philosophical zombies are conceivable is a short talk with an eliminativist.
2:47 PM ∙ Apr 6, 2015
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Occam's razor is a double-edged blade. It might also be sharper on one side.
12:16 AM ∙ Mar 23, 2015
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Social media is where people practice their staircase wit.
10:35 PM ∙ Mar 12, 2015
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Winning arguments is overrated. Win the truth.
10:07 AM ∙ Mar 2, 2015
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Mathematical platonism is the unreasonable conclusion drawn from the unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics.
2:54 AM ∙ Mar 2, 2015
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Narrow AI essentially entails bearing the astronomical computational costs of not understanding understanding.
2:31 AM ∙ Oct 26, 2014
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Dolphins are not the cute creatures people may think they are. And people are not the cute creatures dolphins may think they are.
8:46 AM ∙ Sep 21, 2014
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Hell hath no fury like an identity scorned.
10:26 PM ∙ Sep 15, 2014
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The beauty of nothing is that you can always count on it.
11:30 PM ∙ Sep 10, 2014
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Until we defeat aging, life is a death sentence.
7:34 AM ∙ Sep 7, 2014
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Time can be spent, but not refunded.
7:57 PM ∙ Aug 31, 2014
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Losers are better winners than winners are losers.
7:49 PM ∙ Aug 29, 2014
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Video without audio. Human: "Where is the sound?" Dog: "Where is the scent?"
2:45 AM ∙ Aug 17, 2014
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The philosopher's mind is the philosopher's lab.
12:42 PM ∙ Aug 10, 2014
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One of the problems with eliminativism is that if you're really good at it, you end up eliminating yourself.
6:37 AM ∙ Aug 6, 2014
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Artificial intelligence should not be computational overcompensation for the misunderstanding of natural intelligence.
7:16 PM ∙ Aug 3, 2014
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Perhaps we could solve aging if we pretended our lives depend on it.
6:42 PM ∙ Jul 23, 2014
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Is time travel possible, you ask? What do you think you're doing now?
4:13 AM ∙ Jul 14, 2014
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Great minds don't think alike. If they did, they wouldn't be great minds.
5:22 AM ∙ Jul 9, 2014
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Whether you believe free will is an illusion or not, you're right.
3:40 AM ∙ Jun 23, 2014
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Perhaps the scariest thing about the Terminator is that its human exterior doesn't require viewers to suspend disbelief.
10:26 PM ∙ Jun 22, 2014
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Imagine being a magnificently advanced machine that despite its stunning features would endure wear & tear considered too severe to repair.
7:39 AM ∙ Jun 10, 2014
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When a mudslinger demands you get off your high horse, don't. You'll slip.
3:37 AM ∙ Jun 7, 2014
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Self-help helps self by not helping selves.
11:04 AM ∙ Apr 20, 2014
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Most people work a job they don't like, and working at a job you don't like amounts to trading in mental health for money.
3:54 AM ∙ Jun 11, 2014
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The ability to read & write does not make you a philosopher any more than the ability to count & do arithmetic makes you a mathematician.
9:23 PM ∙ May 13, 2014
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The dark side of vision is supervision.
3:23 AM ∙ May 6, 2014
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If no one is allowed to be wildly wrong, no one may be able to be wildly right.
12:00 PM ∙ Apr 19, 2014
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Rage is but a cage.
1:30 AM ∙ Apr 18, 2014
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Problems in philosophy of mind are bigger than philosophy of mind.
11:07 PM ∙ Mar 12, 2014
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Some people can read, some people read.
8:26 PM ∙ Mar 27, 2014
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Even a tabula rasa needs a tabula.
8:09 AM ∙ Mar 15, 2014
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As reductionists we have to guard not to keep reducing wholes into parts again and again until we have reduced everything to nothing.
5:17 PM ∙ Mar 4, 2014
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Silence, the natural sound amplifier.
12:19 PM ∙ Mar 1, 2014
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Insomnia is the secret fairy godmother of art.
4:47 AM ∙ Feb 23, 2014
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Whatever can be explained at 5th grade reading level, should be explained at 5th grade reading level.
8:05 PM ∙ Dec 7, 2013
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You know who can't appreciate the meaning you ascribe to death? The dead.
2:33 AM ∙ Nov 21, 2013
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Death, the deadest of deadlines.
2:30 AM ∙ Oct 6, 2013
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The greatest barriers in life are the imagined ones.
5:30 AM ∙ Mar 15, 2014
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Chupacabra refers to either a mythical creature or a lonely farmer.
12:39 AM ∙ Mar 4, 2014
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Interesting is the least interesting qualifier of something interesting.
6:19 AM ∙ Jun 2, 2013
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The strength of evolution is that it doesn't know what it's doing. The weakness of evolution is that it doesn't know what it's doing.
8:01 AM ∙ Sep 26, 2013
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Humans are monsters you're used to seeing.
12:46 AM ∙ Feb 4, 2013
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The cost of possession is loss.
4:38 AM ∙ Aug 11, 2012

The greater the discrepancy between your conscious and your subconscious, the greater the volatility of your ideas and insights. — Pawel A. Pachniewski (@pwlot) March 18, 2011

Arrogance is the triumph of ego over intelligence. — Pawel Pachniewski (@pwlot) December 9, 2010

The greater the discrepancy between what you want to achieve and what you want to be doing every day, the greater the chance you will fail. — Pawel A. Pachniewski (@pwlot) November 21, 2010

I don’t get why society doesn’t have a sign-up form and why I was never asked if I agree to its terms. — Pawel A. Pachniewski (@pwlot) December 2, 2010

Underestimation substitutes courage. — Pawel A. Pachniewski (@pwlot) November 24, 2010

Believe you can do more than you think, because if you do, you will. — Pawel A. Pachniewski (@pwlot) September 3, 2010

Some people get annoyed when you tell them about your dreams, simply because it reminds them that they have given up on theirs. — Pawel Pachniewski (@pwlot) May 21, 2010

Maybe you can’t achieve all you can conceive, but you definitely cannot achieve what you cannot conceive. — Pawel A. Pachniewski (@pwlot) May 3, 2010

Discipline is best cultivated through passion. — Pawel A. Pachniewski (@pwlot) April 16, 2010

You reap what you sow, but if don’t sow you reap nothing. — Pawel A. Pachniewski (@pwlot) March 14, 2010

Not knowing what you want but hoping for success is like trying to kick a ball into a goal with your eyes closed, hoping to score. — Pawel A. Pachniewski (@pwlot) January 22, 2010

Wisdom is knowing what to do with knowledge. — Pawel A. Pachniewski (@pwlot) April 30, 2010

True friendship is a strong bond between two people that is independent of its own course. — Pawel Pachniewski (@pwlot) March 17, 2010

The only test true love has to pass is that it doesn’t require any testing at all. — Pawel Pachniewski (@pwlot) February 7, 2010

Music that triggers emotions, bookmarks moments in your memory. — Pawel A. Pachniewski (@pwlot) July 31, 2010

In a world where pretense and dishonesty dominate, honesty and authenticity trigger suspicion. — Pawel Pachniewski (@pwlot) January 3, 2010

Social media is augmented ego. — Pawel Pachniewski (@pwlot) November 2, 2009

Power exposes morality. — Pawel Pachniewski (@pwlot) November 10, 2009

Take responsibility for your life, but do not grow up. There is no benefit to it. — Pawel Pachniewski (@pwlot) November 15, 2009