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> I've learned so much without any help

"so much" by what standards? Our reference for knowledge acquisition is biased to what we perceive as our limits.

For example we've collectively spent several millennia improving our game of Go theory and knowledge, and then a machine trained for a few days discovered new ideas we hadn't considered.




Of course it's biased, and why do I care about the absolute scale of things ?

Would you buy a McLaren F1 to go grocery shopping ? this is how the mind expanding thing feels to me. Just clean and use your mercedes sedan.


Mind expansion is for those who want to go beyond "grocery shopping".




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