The web of concepts where connections conduct karma between nodes is quite similar to a neural net (a biological one). It also seems to be a good model for System 1 moral reasoning and this explains why moral arguments based on linking things to agreed good or agreed bad concepts work so well. Thank you, this was enlightening.
I vaguely recall auditing the MIT OCW course on intro psych. I think that’s where I heard about what I’ll call the “association network model of words”. Here’s one summarizing idea: I present you with a bunch of ways, say purring, fuzzy, cut, predator, pet, remote controlled helicopter video. The thing that represents “cat” in your brain should light up, because its neighbors have been stimulated. I don’t recall whether the network is just a good prediction factory (“it only exists in the model”) or whether the brain is supposed to have… I guess a network of neurons with an isomorphic structure.
These structures are are similar to those in the article, with except with meaning or association taking the place of evaluation.
The web of concepts where connections conduct karma between nodes is quite similar to a neural net (a biological one). It also seems to be a good model for System 1 moral reasoning and this explains why moral arguments based on linking things to agreed good or agreed bad concepts work so well. Thank you, this was enlightening.
I vaguely recall auditing the MIT OCW course on intro psych. I think that’s where I heard about what I’ll call the “association network model of words”. Here’s one summarizing idea: I present you with a bunch of ways, say purring, fuzzy, cut, predator, pet, remote controlled helicopter video. The thing that represents “cat” in your brain should light up, because its neighbors have been stimulated. I don’t recall whether the network is just a good prediction factory (“it only exists in the model”) or whether the brain is supposed to have… I guess a network of neurons with an isomorphic structure.
These structures are are similar to those in the article, with except with meaning or association taking the place of evaluation.