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What we call 'reasoning' in LLMs is next-token probability estimation over bounded context windows, not a system that stores or checks discrete premises. There's no built-in proof engine or formal inference mechanism. Contradictory statements aren't detected or resolved: they

Alain Beidou Technically speaking, the core Confucian value is ren 仁 (“humanity”), which is said to encompass the other virtues of propriety, rightness, and wisdom. But the point remains correct that people consistently over represent certain facets.

It’s not a dichotomy but a hybrid, more as applying a poker mindset to manage uncertainty and outcomes, while using chess strategy for process and decision-making. These approaches aren’t mutually exclusive, they complement each other. Outcomes are stochastic (like poker), and

lavitalenta In ancient Greece, leisure was conceived as opposed to economic activity. It was freedom from necessary labour, a privilege to pursue intellectual activities. Their word for leisure or free time was “skholē” (σχολή), which became the etymological root for today’s English word

Imagine a teacher who accepted every student, rich or poor, and knew exactly how to unlock their potential. That was Confucius. If #Confucius lived today, he might be an education influencer. Centuries before "personalized learning" or "inclusive classrooms" became buzzwords,

Spent last night building a quick prototype as a divertimento: Maths.bio (Math Lifeforms). 1) Users upload Processing code (currently working for some cellular automata and ア’s art style). 2) Math formulas are auto-extracted (if present) and presented in

The entire history of software engineering is one of rising levels of abstraction. This is as it was, is now, and always shall be.

Finally managed to get a copy of this Wing-tsit Chan work! (023/500)

Within the Ruist tradition, are there differing views among masters and commentators on the “obligation” to have descendants? Mengzi: “There are three things which are unfilial, and to have no posterity is the greatest of them all” (4A.26). cc: Sol 솔 Yang Zhongxiu 君子養心莫善於誠

AI can translate Sanskrit fairly well, but it often misreads Classical Chinese. I tested it out on an obscure poem with astrology allusions, but it didn't understand it at all.

Some texts can only be truly grasped in the original language, as the translation gives you an interpretation. AI might actually make a stronger case for learning Classical Chinese: once students see how much variance exists between different translations of the same passage,

Dave Collum in 2014, an Iranian woman won the Fields Medal in mathematics. This is an accomplishment both for her and for her society, one that challenges the cartoons drawn by US media. (No US woman has ever won a Fields Medal.)