The Amazing Things & Ideas - 059 Beyond assumed constraints
A friend on Twitter wrote:
That cannot be put much better. The one who denies any counterfactual possibility that something could happen, does not work toward making it happen. An act is only impossible when the laws of nature forbid its happening so. Usually it is a lack of knowledge on the person’s part (knowledge that could be attained) that leads to a possibility not becoming an actuality.
Assumed constraints; the self-limiting beliefs we impose upon ourselves, tend to become self-fulfilling prophecies. As Confucius said:
They aren’t both really right. Both men can do it. But one thinks it impossible, prophesying his defeat without ever trying, that leads to that person never being able to go beyond his assumed constraints. On the other hand, the one who thinks it possible, however ignorant he may be at the time of his belief, at least keeps the door open. He gives it a shot. Then another one. And another. Depending on his conviction, he perseveres until the goal is reached, the act is done. Optimism is powerful. The Amazing Things & Ideas List
The Science of Can and Can’t by Chiara Marletto This book is simply fascinating. It explores a new realm of scientific explanation. Criticizing the traditional conception of physics, it suggests the addition of counterfactuals (explanations of what could or could not be) as a more complete view of the world. As David Deutsch (author of The Beginning of Infinity) wrote of the book:
I agree.
Ironic how we are trying to create computers that can "think for themselves" and at the same time sending kids to school—explicitly wanting them to follow the instructions—making them learn how to think like a machine. A post from my blog this week
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