WIST QuotationsMar 10

A quotation from A. A. Milne

I wrote somewhere once that the third-rate mind was only happy when it was thinking with the majority, the second-rate mind was only happy when it was thinking with the minority, and the first-rate mind was only happy when it was thinking. With equal truth it may be said that a first-rate mind is not one which does not remember the past, nor is it one which cannot forget the past; it is a mind which will use the past but not be ordered by it. It is a mind independent of everybody and everything but the facts in front of it. It is as little perturbed to find itself sharing a thought with the simple as it is elated to find itself sharing a thought with the subtle.

A. A. Milne (1882-1956) English poet and playwright [Alan Alexander Milne]
War with Honour, Macmillan War Pamphlets, Issue 2 (1940)

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Milne, A. A. - War with Honour, Macmillan War Pamphlets, Issue 2 (1940) | WIST Quotations

I wrote somewhere once that the third-rate mind was only happy when it was thinking with the majority, the second-rate mind was only happy when it was thinking with the minority, and the first-rate mind was only happy when it was thinking. With equal truth it may be said that…

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WIST QuotationsMar 2

A quotation from John Adams

Our Passions, Ambition, Avarice, Love, Resentment &c possess so much metaphysical Subtilty and so much overpowering Eloquence, that they insinuate themselves into the Understanding and the Conscience and convert both to their Party. And I may be deceived as much as any of them, when I Say, that Power must never be trusted without a Check.

John Adams (1735–1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797–1801)
Letter (1816-02-02) to Thomas Jefferson

More about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/34664/

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Adams, John - Letter (1816-02-02) to Thomas Jefferson | WIST Quotations

Our Passions, Ambition, Avarice, Love, Resentment &c possess so much metaphysical Subtilty and so much overpowering Eloquence, that they insinuate themselves into the Understanding and the Conscience and convert both to their Party. And I may be deceived as much as any of them, when I Say, that Power must…

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John TinkerJan 20
For those who are not allergic to language model research, here are catalogued, in a fashion (remember, the machine is a machine, some people never knew, or have forgotten), many of the observations of our best authors. (Plagiarism? you decide, but there it is.)
I see it as a connection between us. Your mileage may vary. The key, in my observation, is to understand what is, and what is not, the large language model. It is not conscious, except metaphorically. It IS metaphorically conscious, because it is, metaphorically, all of us, in the sense that the LLM shows us our patterns of discourse. But that is all. But that is enough. The LLM IS NOT artificial general intelligence (AGI). This is crucially important to understand. AGI is a poorly defined, imaginary concept, not a realized technology. <trigger warning>
https://johntinker.substack.com/p/misunderstanding-as-a-commutator
#AI #LLM #AGI #anarchy #democracy #fascism #intellect #intellectual #math #IS #IT #knowWhatYouAreTalkingAbout #haveAniceDay
Misunderstanding the Chatbot, seen as a Commutation Operator

There appears to be a general misunderstanding that the large language model is a form of artificial general intelligence.

John’s Substack
Observatoire des nouvelles pratiques philosophiquesJan 12

Article # 155 – Que veut dire penser ? Arabes et Latins, Jean-Baptiste Brenet, Rivages poche – Petite Bibliothèque, 2025.

J'ai lu pour vous Que veut dire penser ? Arabes et Latin de Jean-Baptiste Brenet, philosophe et professeur à l'université Paris-I-Sorbonne, publié en 2022 au Éditions Payot & Rivages et en 2025 pour l'édition de poche. C'est de cette dernière édition dont je fais ici mon rapport de lecture. Menu de cette page Couvertures Données au catalogue Texte de présentation (Quatrième de couverture) Sommaire Extraits de l’œuvre Au sujet de l'auteur Du même auteur Revue […]

https://philotherapie.ca/2026/01/12/article-155-que-veut-dire-penser-arabes-et-latins-jean-baptiste-brenet-rivages-poche-petite-bibliotheque-2025/

Article # 155 – Que veut dire penser ? Arabes et Latins, Jean-Baptiste Brenet, Rivages poche – Petite Bibliothèque, 2025.

J’ai lu pour vous Que veut dire penser ? Arabes et Latin de Jean-Baptiste Brenet, philosophe et professeur à l’université Paris-I-Sorbonne, publié en 2022 au Éditions Payot & Rivage…

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Open Society NewsJan 11

Dogs with a large vocabulary of object labels learn new labels by overhearing like 1.5-year-old infants | Science

Neuroscientists investigated whether dogs can learn new words not through direct instruction, but by "eavesdropping" on human conversations, much like young children do. The study focused on a small group of dogs "gifted" for word learning (Gifted Word Learner dogs)—animals with an unusually large vocabulary of object names. Such dogs are rare and are not associated with a specific breed or living conditions.
The results showed that these dogs are able to learn new object names by observing their owners' interactions, even when the conversation is not addressed directly. Moreover, the dogs successfully formed associations between a word and an object, even when they were not presented simultaneously. In terms of learning efficiency, some dogs were as effective as, and sometimes even superior to, human children around eighteen months old.

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adq5474
#ethology #zoology #biology #dogs #intellect #research #science

SSFC KDT 💚💙⚽🌹💻🍺✌Jan 6

this is your regular reminder that #dictators are not #geniuses

#totalitarianism is the solution of the lazy mind.

all that is required is #charisma, and #brutality. that is it. no #intellect required.

stop saying dictators are geniuses. they are anything but.

#despotism #fascism #autocracy #genius

WordofTheHourDec 28

#intellect : sometimes, the capacity for higher forms of knowledge, as distinguished from the power to perceive objects in their relations

- French: intellect

- German: der Intellekt

- Italian: intelletto

- Portuguese: intelecto

- Spanish: intelecto

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Show threadKevin Karhan Dec 12

@Geri what else did we expect?

#SocialMediaBan|s are just an #insult to the #intellect of those affected!

KilleansRow 🇺🇲 🇺🇦🍀Dec 8
Monday #NoeticSpectrum : Yes , I know. Everything’s wrong with everything, seemingly. Most of it is not at all funny. This is precisely why we have #Comedy, #Music , #intellect and discourse on philosophy. All the war and violence is the stupidest thing ever. Our world and everything in it are built to help us transcend all this nonsense. Corruption and greed eventually run out of steam. But waiting for that to happen on its own is not an option with any habitable world remaining