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Glimpses of the Prime Number Maze (< 550 words)
I’m reminded of this discussion between Lex Fridman and Balaji Srinivasan, where Lex asks Balaji about the “Prime Number Maze”
“A rat can be trained to turn at every even number or every third number in a maze to get some cheese. But evidently it can't be trained to turn at prime numbers. 2, 3, 5, 7,
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I just revisited a @visakanv’s essay “Compulsions”, and it occurred to me just a few minutes ago that one of the ways we break out of how we think is to let go of the outputs that we want to get the outcome we want. To do what we’re supposed to do not what we want to do. This is subtle, but I’m going to do my best to... See more
I just revisited a @visakanv’s essay “Compulsions”, and it occurred to me just a few minutes ago that one of the ways we break out of how we think is to let go of the outputs that we want to get the outcome we want. To do what we’re supposed to do not what we want to do. This is subtle, but I’m going to do my best to... See more
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