Like many of these types of sweeping inferences, I suspect that the devil is in the details. Namely, what , exactly, is being measured? Everybody changes, as we age. I'm almost 60, and, as I look back on my yute (I live in New York, so I have to use the correct lingo), I am amazed at what an addlepated, compulsive, reactive, emotion-driven, knucklehead I was. When I think about what I considered "earth-shatteringly i…
Old Age and Creativity
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#52Like many of these types of sweeping inferences, I suspect that the devil is in the details. Namely, what , exactly, is being measured? Everybody changes, as we age. I'm almost 60, and, as I look back on my yute (I live in New York, so I have to use the correct lingo), I am amazed at what an addlepated, compulsive, reactive, emotion-driven, knucklehead I was. When I think about what I considered "earth-shatteringly i…
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#54I am now referring to myself as a ‘gentleman scientist’ and I am most interested in Hybrid AI so that will be my non-paid vocation. I am in the process of switching my personal tech stack from Common Lisp to Haskell with hasktorch, etc. - a process that I expect will take 2 or 3 months.
BTW, getting old is not so bad, I recommend it.
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#55Like many of these types of sweeping inferences, I suspect that the devil is in the details. Namely, what , exactly, is being measured? Everybody changes, as we age. I'm almost 60, and, as I look back on my yute (I live in New York, so I have to use the correct lingo), I am amazed at what an addlepated, compulsive, reactive, emotion-driven, knucklehead I was. When I think about what I considered "earth-shatteringly i…
Same. It took a long time for me to get still enough to really do anything.
Oh man, this is so important! I only recently learned the value of *being still enough*. And, I'm going through a phase of my life now (a couple of years shy of my mid-century mark) where I'm learning *how* to get to a good state of stillness in order to be more creatrive - and be more productive with that creativity.
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#56Like many of these types of sweeping inferences, I suspect that the devil is in the details. Namely, what , exactly, is being measured? Everybody changes, as we age. I'm almost 60, and, as I look back on my yute (I live in New York, so I have to use the correct lingo), I am amazed at what an addlepated, compulsive, reactive, emotion-driven, knucklehead I was. When I think about what I considered "earth-shatteringly i…
Favourited & thank you.
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#57- [Ageing: Mental speed stays high until age 60 | New Scientist](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2308810-your-brain-does...)
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#58I don't think it's fair to compare artists (painters) to poets and writers. Old famous painters can get away with anything. Deser says older artists 'aren't as restrained by convention;' I take that to mean there is less intellectual rigor in older works (that is older works of senile artists are more akin to finger painting), which art dealers have a financial interest in promoting as works of advanced genius, easie…
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#59https://mathoverflow.net/questions/191929/are-there-any-seri...