Self Debugging
The greatest of faults is to be conscious of none — Thomas Carlyle
Hello
Do you know that we run simulations of the real world inside our heads? We do; and it’s similar to computer simulations used in games or to analyze the impact of accidents on cars. Think about it; if you see someone about to step on a banana peel you know right away what’s going to happen next: they might slip and fall. In fact, you’ll probably even have a mental image of their struggle to keep their balance while holding on to their things and making strange facial expressions all at the same time. This simulation that you run in your head is your perception of reality. It’s an essential component of intelligence, and it’s what allows you to anticipate things before they happen and to consider different scenarios and make decisions now based on what you think the consequences will be later. You want your perception of reality to be as close to reality as possible so you can analyze and predict things more accurately and make better decisions. And the best way to do that, in addition to reading and thinking about things, is to bounce your ideas by others to learn and consider other points of view.
So I’m starting this blog to verbalize my own thoughts and perceptions in the hope of having you correct me or teach me something new. And hopefully you get to learn something new as well. I’ll write about my own interests in technology and its future and running an Internet start-up. Welcome.
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My name is Waleed Abdulla. I'm an entrepreneur and software engineer. Working on my new Internet startup and enjoying the long hours in Redwood City, CA. You can reach me at: waleed at ninua dot com
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Good Start Waleed…. I’m sure you’ll keep this up and it will be one of my favorites
Well…. this is good…. most of us think that we are perfect and all others are less than us and our opinion is completely right without thinking that hearing others is for our benefit not for them… ofcourse not those silly people who think that they are Einstein, keep on listening to others and get what is good in their minds that maybe they themselves doesn’t know that there is a good things in their brains…. but why only writing about technology issues… may be if it be about different things… social… scientific.. and other things…
Interesting… I’d like to add something though. I think those “simulations” are largely based on past experiences (i.e. memory). For instance, when the banana guy is about to step on the peel, you can actually predict his facial expressions as he is falling without the need to explicitly (or implicitly) rationalizing it!