Yea, I think rationalists bias towards rule-based learning because it’s more conscious/S2, but much of learning happens via imitation: [find interesting mentor] → [copy their every move wholesale]. Funny example: I learned analytic number theory from an Indian postdoc whom I admire very much and I still think about prime numbers with the slightest of Indian accents.
I think most people are biased towards rule-based learning because it’s how things are taught in school. As far as I can tell learning by imitation is the actual human default.
Whoa, the thing about learning by imitation is really good.
Thanks for making that explicit.
Yea, I think rationalists bias towards rule-based learning because it’s more conscious/S2, but much of learning happens via imitation: [find interesting mentor] → [copy their every move wholesale]. Funny example: I learned analytic number theory from an Indian postdoc whom I admire very much and I still think about prime numbers with the slightest of Indian accents.
I think most people are biased towards rule-based learning because it’s how things are taught in school. As far as I can tell learning by imitation is the actual human default.