They think that intelligence is about noticing things are relevant (detecting patterns); in a complex world, intelligence consists in ignoring things that are irrelevant (avoiding false patterns)
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They think that intelligence is about noticing things are relevant (detecting patterns); in a complex world, intelligence consists in ignoring things that are irrelevant (avoiding false patterns)
Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels.
The real heroes anyway aren't the people doing things; the real heroes are the people NOTICING things, paying attention.
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