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Comments for Metaphor Hacker https://metaphorhacker.net Hacking Metaphors, Frames and Other Ideas Sun, 06 Mar 2022 13:23:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3 Comment on How we use metaphors by 3 fundamental problems of translating metaphor (or anything else) – Metaphor Hacker https://metaphorhacker.net/2013/04/how-we-use-metaphors/#comment-966 Sun, 06 Mar 2022 13:23:43 +0000 http://metaphorhacker.techczech.net/?p=818#comment-966 […] How we use metaphors […]

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Comment on Metaphor is my co-pilot: How the literal and metaphorical rely on the same type of knowledge by 3 fundamental problems of translating metaphor (or anything else) – Metaphor Hacker https://metaphorhacker.net/2010/08/metaphor-is-my-co-pilot-how-the-literal-and-metaphorical-rely-on-the-same-type-of-knowledge/#comment-965 Sun, 06 Mar 2022 13:16:24 +0000 http://metaphorhacker.techczech.net/?p=131#comment-965 […] Metaphor is my co-pilot: How the literal and metaphorical rely on the same type of knowledge […]

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Comment on Cats and butterflies: 2 misunderstood analogies in scientistic discourse by History as weather: A fractal theory of history for Ian Morris, Jared Diamond and CGP Grey – Metaphor Hacker https://metaphorhacker.net/2018/11/cats-and-butterflies-2-misunderstood-analogies-in-scientistic-discourse/#comment-963 Thu, 03 Jun 2021 21:02:39 +0000 http://metaphorhacker.net/?p=1348#comment-963 […] In semi-technical terms, weather is modeled using complexity theory. One of the properties of complex systems is sensitivity to initial conditions. Which means small changes in initial conditions can lead to large swings in the system’s state. This is often described as the ‘butterfly effect’ which is completely misleadingly described as ‘butterfly flapping its wings will cause a hurricane’. [See post on dangers of taking the analogy too far] […]

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Comment on I object: A male feminist’s view on the Duchess of Cambridge’s Wedding dress by Why I am a feminist: A reading list – Metaphor Hacker https://metaphorhacker.net/2011/04/i-object-a-male-feminists-view-on-the-dutches-of-cambridges-wedding-dress/#comment-962 Mon, 08 Mar 2021 09:00:58 +0000 http://metaphorhacker.techczech.net/?p=564#comment-962 […] what they don’t say, as well as what they do say. I wrote about some of my thinking on this here, here and here. And I seem to have written even more than I remember in Czech here: Feminismus a […]

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Comment on 5 books on knowledge and expertise: Reading list for exploring the role of knowledge and deliberate practice in the development of expert performance by 6 papers on education to read this summer to prepare for blended teaching and learning: Ideas for a journal club : #ALTC Blog https://metaphorhacker.net/2019/06/5-books-on-knowledge-and-expertise-reading-list-for-exploring-the-role-of-knowledge-and-deliberate-practice-in-the-development-of-expert-performance/#comment-960 Tue, 14 Jul 2020 14:23:04 +0000 http://metaphorhacker.techczech.net/?p=1455#comment-960 […] also created a list of “5 books on knowledge and expertise” that may provide relevant […]

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Comment on Turing tests in Chinese rooms: What does it mean for AI to outperform humans by [D] What does it mean for AI/ML to outperform human benchmarks? | Toronto AI Meetup https://metaphorhacker.net/2019/07/turing-tests-in-chinese-rooms-what-does-it-mean-for-ai-to-outperform-humans/#comment-939 Thu, 25 Jul 2019 02:09:09 +0000 http://metaphorhacker.techczech.net/?p=1471#comment-939 […] post argues that beating human benchmarks on tests do not mean that the AI is actually better at the task. This […]

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Comment on Cats and butterflies: 2 misunderstood analogies in scientistic discourse by Cats and Butterflies: Two misunderstood analogies (2018) | My Tech Blog https://metaphorhacker.net/2018/11/cats-and-butterflies-2-misunderstood-analogies-in-scientistic-discourse/#comment-938 Sat, 08 Jun 2019 08:15:47 +0000 http://metaphorhacker.net/?p=1348#comment-938 […] Source: metaphorhacker.net […]

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Comment on Cats and butterflies: 2 misunderstood analogies in scientistic discourse by Cats and Butterflies: Two misunderstood analogies – INDIA NEWS https://metaphorhacker.net/2018/11/cats-and-butterflies-2-misunderstood-analogies-in-scientistic-discourse/#comment-937 Sat, 08 Jun 2019 07:10:29 +0000 http://metaphorhacker.net/?p=1348#comment-937 […] Article URL: http://metaphorhacker.net/2018/11/cats-and-butterflies-2-misunderstood-analogies-in-scientistic-disc… […]

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Comment on Cats and butterflies: 2 misunderstood analogies in scientistic discourse by New top story on Hacker News: Cats and Butterflies: Two misunderstood analogies – Golden News https://metaphorhacker.net/2018/11/cats-and-butterflies-2-misunderstood-analogies-in-scientistic-discourse/#comment-936 Sat, 08 Jun 2019 07:09:19 +0000 http://metaphorhacker.net/?p=1348#comment-936 […] Cats and Butterflies: Two misunderstood analogies 3 by bookofjoe | 0 comments on Hacker News. […]

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Comment on Cats and butterflies: 2 misunderstood analogies in scientistic discourse by New top story on Hacker News: Cats and Butterflies: Two misunderstood analogies – Hckr News https://metaphorhacker.net/2018/11/cats-and-butterflies-2-misunderstood-analogies-in-scientistic-discourse/#comment-935 Sat, 08 Jun 2019 07:06:54 +0000 http://metaphorhacker.net/?p=1348#comment-935 […] Cats and Butterflies: Two misunderstood analogies 3 by bookofjoe | 0 comments on Hacker News. […]

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