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    Tag: pattern-matching

    Illogical
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    Illogical

    Robert Hamill 30 Dec 202228 Nov 2024Leave a comment

    Looking for a pattern is a completely legitimate style of thinking. It doesn't use logic. It counts features until an Almost Match.

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    Pattern-Matching, Similarity, and Almost Gate
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    Pattern-Matching, Similarity, and Almost Gate

    Robert Hamill 2 Jun 202229 Dec 2022Leave a comment

    If two inputs are almost the same, downstream ,in the brain, they become the same.*

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    Two Methods of Learning
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    Two Methods of Learning

    Robert Hamill 24 Jan 202022 Jan 20242 Comments

    We can learn in two ways, by words in the academic and bypattern-matching in the creative.

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    Patterns and Creative Work

    Robert Hamill 25 Sep 201329 May 2022Leave a comment

    Patterns are good to start creative work, but concrete details are needed to be understandable to others and to finish the creation. An example, I…

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    Two Methods of Thinking

    Robert Hamill 20 Feb 201317 Dec 20241 Comment

    Pattern-matching, like analogy, where we treat partial matches like exact fits. It's possible to make errors. It's possible to jump to a good answer without…

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    Can you think without words?
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    Can you think without words?

    Robert Hamill 15 Sep 201130 May 2022Leave a comment

    Yes, you can think without words; but many people are so well-schooled that words overwhelm their non-verbal thoughts.

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    Intuition and Reasoning
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    Intuition and Reasoning

    rhamill2004 15 Nov 201017 Dec 20242 Comments

    A lower neural threshold requires fewer matching features to declare a similarity.

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