Babies. The misunderstood wise people...

Babies are spiritually complete as persons. We believe they are not because they do not talk. But how quickly can you learn a new language without a teacher?

Everything we learn as we grow prevent us from seeing the truth. The truth which (according to Heidegger) is simply a revelation of what once knew but have now forgotten.

We do not need to learn more.
We must stop learning and try to forget what we "know".

To experience the revelation, we must have faith.
Faith as a reminder of God whom we have forgotten [Kirgkegkor, Heidegger], not as something opposed to the knowledge or doubt. (see. Heidegger and Theology]

Stop thinking and see the world unfolding before you...

[written on 20/9/2014]

Philosophy Wire: Learning… Based on what?

Scientists reveal a critical role for a brain area called the perirhinal cortex in managing this learning process. [1] We learn based on things we have learned. But how can we learn anything if we already knew something? Ask the simple questions. And the darkness of the abyss will answer back with a smile... Thanking you for letting her know what she once knew...

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Philosophy Wire: Tell me a story daddy…

Storytelling -- the oldest form of teaching -- is the most effective way of teaching primary school children about evolution, say researchers. [1] Come now. Tell me a story daddy. A story of unicorns and dragons. A story of valor and courage. A story of worlds that do not exist. Help me sleep daddy. For I know this world is useful for nothing, except as an excuse to dream…

Only to wake up.

And live.
And learn.
And die.

Tell me about the unicorns daddy…

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Philosophy Wire: Dying… Being born!

Neuroscientists have identified a brain circuit critical for learning to make decisions that require evaluating the cost or reward of an action. They showed this circuit is negatively affected by aging and in Huntington's disease. [1] I have learned so many things. I have lived my life. Oh, I am tired now. I want to get some rest. I want to stand still and smell the roses. I want to lie down. Close my eyes and feel the breeze. Weird. I feel the explosion. I feel alive. I feel happy and full with terror. (Oh, dear. Why now?) Right now that I forgot everything. Right now that I feel empty. I can sense the cosmos in me! I have learned nothing! God bless me. I want to learn everything!

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Philosophy Wire: Machine learning. Grass growing…

A new review highlights the potential of machine learning--a subset of artificial intelligence -- in science education. [1] But artificial intelligence based on what? Based on science and on the education we have received. Look around. Who taught the grass to grow? Smell the forest. Who taught the flowers to blossom? Come. Sit. Are you the master? Or are you the student? (Could you smile if you were neither or both?)

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Philosophy Wire: Learn! Un-Learn! Teach!

Rice University computer scientists have overcome a major obstacle in the burgeoning artificial intelligence industry by showing it is possible to speed up deep learning technology without specialized acceleration hardware like graphics processing units (GPUs). Rice researchers created a cost-saving alternative to GPU, an algorithm called "sub-linear deep learning engine" (SLIDE) that uses general purpose central processing units (CPUs) without specialized acceleration hardware. [1] Learn! But what is there to learn?! We are not wise because of what we add to our knowledge. We are wise because we forget and we unlearn. Because we discard whatever the world has taught us. So that we can teach him… Stop watching the river… For the river is already watching you…

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Philosophy Wire: Learning by failing… Dying by living…

If you're always scoring 100%, you're probably not learning anything new. Research found that the 'sweet spot' for learning is 85%. [1] Fail. And you will learn. Learn. And you will fail the next time you need to learn something different. Fail. And you will learn again something new. Soon you will have failed in everything. Soon you will have learned everything. Reaching a position where there is no way to fail. Reaching in a position where you can learn nothing new. Standing still. Dead. Hopeless. Ready to be empty again…

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Philosophy Wire: Not learning. Staying untouched.

As students learn a new concept, measuring how well they grasp it has often depended on traditional paper and pencil tests. Researchers have developed a machine learning algorithm, which can be used to measure how well a student understands a concept based on the student's brain activity patterns. The study is one of the first to look at how knowledge learned in school is represented in the brain. [1] Trying to understand how learning is represented in the brain. Taking for granted that this is a good thing. But the cosmos is a mirror of what is good and what is not. No, the representation of what you learn in the brain is not a good thing. Because this means that an untouched brain is now touched. Changed by the cosmos. Unable to sense anything exactly because it has sensed everything. No, learning about glue does not help you fix that glass. It is the only reason that you see the glass broken in the first place…

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Philosophy Wire: Hungry… Philosophy…

Food insecurity - that is, limited access to sufficient safe and nutritious food at home - negatively impacts on the learning ability of adolescents in India, new research shows [1] We all admire learning. But we must eat first in order to do so. Look at that steak. So yummy. So… philosophical… Fill your belly. And so many problems will appear… Can you taste it? The whole knowledge in a bowl of rice… The whole human ignorance born in a kettle…

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Philosophy Wire: Woken…

Scientists have discovered how the growth of milk-producing mammary glands is triggered during puberty. Sleeping stem cells in the mammary gland are awoken by a protein dubbed FoxP1, according to the research. [1]

Trying to learn how we learn.
Blind to the truth behind the veil of existence.
Lifeless puppets. Strings attached.

There is nothing to wake up from.
Void cosmos.
Filled with fire.
Look at the strings.

Burning.
You can dance now…
Can you?

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Philosophy Wire: Himalayas. Mars. Knowing the unknowable…

Learning more about Himalayas based on technology developed for Mar’s exploration. [1] Every knowledge based on some other knowledge. Everything we know about anything based on what we know about something else. Building on knowledge every day. So that we forget that simple truth which haunts us ever since we treaded on this planet. Young and fool we were. Full of wisdom. Knowing nothing…

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Philosophy Wire: AI. Learning on its own. You?

An AI machine learning on its own, surpasses all other AI machines which learn based on human input. [1] We learn based on input from others. And yet the most important things we already know on our own. Stop learning. And you will see that what makes you able to learn is not something that can be learnt…

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Philosophy Wire: Visually impaired civilization.

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QUT researchers have investigated how vision can affect a child's ongoing learning, with results showing 30 per cent of Year 3 students tested had uncorrected eye problems that could affect their academic performances. [1] In a civilization which believes only what it sees, not seeing is a problem. But take a close look. Do you really learn what you can see? Where is zero? Where is infinity? Where are the parallel lines? When was the last time you saw an Idea? We are spirits able to see everything. By doing something more than seeing…

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Philosophy Wire: Learning from… ?

In debates over the future of artificial intelligence, many experts think of the new systems as coldly logical and objectively rational. But in a new study, researchers have demonstrated how machines can be reflections of us, their creators, in potentially problematic ways. AI systems learning through reading text in the WWW tend to catch up quickly on prejudices which dominate human thinking. [1]

The child learns from its parents.
The computer from its designer.
Humans from…?

It is the simple questions which are the most revealing ones…

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Philosophy Wire: Numeric sense: An ancient “knowledge”…

A research suggests that the coarse, primitive numerical ability shared across many species stems from the subcortex, an evolutionarily older brain structure. [1] We knew how to count since we were young. And we believe we must still continue doing so. But in order to grow up we need to forget what we knew and learn new things. To grow up we need to stop counting…

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Philosophy Wire: New learning. Blocking off new learning. Living. Crushing. Loving…

People who continued to train on a visual task for 20 minutes past the point of mastery locked in that learning, shielding it from interference by new learning. [1] Learn. And you will be unable to learn anymore. We want to learn. And yet when you learn you become a robot. Man is here not to learn. Man is here to love. And in his ignorance to destroy. To crush. And then to cry. And love again…

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Philosophy Wire: Teaching. Learning.

Students who get information and tell someone about it immediately, recall the details better and longer — a strategy that could be a great plus for tests preparation, says a researcher. [1]

Watch. Listen. Teach.
It is the best way to learn…
Man is not a vessel.

He is the river and the thunder…

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Philosophy Wire: Robots. Learning. Humans. Without learning.

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2014-12-11]: A woman learning the robots how to… learn. [1] But we are special not because we learn. But because we can un-learn what we have learnt and unite with the Cosmos. Learn THAT you stupid robot!

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Philosophy Wire: Curiosity. Memory. Learning. Nothing. Everything.

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2014-11-17]: The more curious we are about a topic, the easier it is to learn information about not only that topic but about other topics as well. New research publishing online October 2 in the Cell Press journal Neuron provides insights into what happens in our brains when curiosity is piqued. [1] Only if you seek, will you find. Only if you seek, will you learn. Pure will we are. And we must want to exist in order to exist. But try to stop wishing. Try to just be. And then you will learn nothing. The essense of everything...

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Philosophy Wire: Counting, philosophizing, growing up...

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2013-11-22]: Babies in arabic-speaking households learn number 2 faster. [1] Does that mean that Greek children learn philosophy better? Be careful what you research for...

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