Benjamin Angerer
@benniangerer.bsky.social
Cognitive scientist. Problem solving, representational change, analogies, case studies, qualitative methods
Similarly, O. Wiener discussed this in '68 as an issue for scientific progress: "... had Copernicus had a computer at his disposal with which to multiply and shift the by then conspicuous Ptolemaic circles, we would probably have a modern Ptolemaic worldview and be tackling spaceflight nonetheless."
December 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Similarly, O. Wiener discussed this in '68 as an issue for scientific progress: "... had Copernicus had a computer at his disposal with which to multiply and shift the by then conspicuous Ptolemaic circles, we would probably have a modern Ptolemaic worldview and be tackling spaceflight nonetheless."
I worry that that's a general pattern. While _in_principle_ technologies may be used in supportive, creative, progressive ways, their affordances and current systems' incentives almost inevitably lead to them being employed in ways that impede change. Weizenbaum discussed this in '85: t1p.de/ooy5n
December 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I worry that that's a general pattern. While _in_principle_ technologies may be used in supportive, creative, progressive ways, their affordances and current systems' incentives almost inevitably lead to them being employed in ways that impede change. Weizenbaum discussed this in '85: t1p.de/ooy5n
Das ist übrigens die andere Seite davon. Wäre eigtl ein guter Hintergrund für Neuberufenenporträts
December 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Das ist übrigens die andere Seite davon. Wäre eigtl ein guter Hintergrund für Neuberufenenporträts
Die richtigen Prioritäten müsste man schon haben...
October 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Die richtigen Prioritäten müsste man schon haben...
Passend dazu ein Kommentar aus dem Frühling 2013, für den ich doch glatt nochmal das persönliche Twitter-Archiv bemühen musste
October 15, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Passend dazu ein Kommentar aus dem Frühling 2013, für den ich doch glatt nochmal das persönliche Twitter-Archiv bemühen musste
I'd say they're both important and required. Coming from a country with one of the least amounts of regulation in Europe (tobaccocontrolscale.org/results-2021/), I can tell you that peer pressure alone sadly isn't enough. Visiting neighbouring countries always feels like a relief, smoke-wise
September 8, 2025 at 11:36 AM
I'd say they're both important and required. Coming from a country with one of the least amounts of regulation in Europe (tobaccocontrolscale.org/results-2021/), I can tell you that peer pressure alone sadly isn't enough. Visiting neighbouring countries always feels like a relief, smoke-wise
Über solche "Lösungen" hat Weizenbaum 1985 schon gesprochen (web.archive.org/web/20211002...)
September 1, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Über solche "Lösungen" hat Weizenbaum 1985 schon gesprochen (web.archive.org/web/20211002...)
Only got the old pre-cognitive green of the CPC464 still going, but even that got way more expensive in the wake of it
August 15, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Only got the old pre-cognitive green of the CPC464 still going, but even that got way more expensive in the wake of it
A friend of ours found in Iran found these three as newborns in a box on the street corner and took them in. A mere ~9 months later, here they are, blissfully unaware of what's going on...
June 24, 2025 at 1:28 PM
A friend of ours found in Iran found these three as newborns in a box on the street corner and took them in. A mere ~9 months later, here they are, blissfully unaware of what's going on...
I always liked the way Oswald Wiener made this point in 1968: "... if Copernicus would have had a computer at his disposal with which to multiply and shift the by then conspicuous Ptolemaic circles, we would probably have a modern Ptolemaic worldview and would nonetheless be tackling spaceflight."
May 7, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I always liked the way Oswald Wiener made this point in 1968: "... if Copernicus would have had a computer at his disposal with which to multiply and shift the by then conspicuous Ptolemaic circles, we would probably have a modern Ptolemaic worldview and would nonetheless be tackling spaceflight."
Oh, I know this story! The year is nineteen-aught-six. The president is the divine Miss Sarah Bernhard and all over America people were doing a dance called "the funky Grandpa"!
March 11, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Oh, I know this story! The year is nineteen-aught-six. The president is the divine Miss Sarah Bernhard and all over America people were doing a dance called "the funky Grandpa"!
oder wie die Tagesschau es nennt, "Sparpolitik"
March 8, 2025 at 10:09 AM
oder wie die Tagesschau es nennt, "Sparpolitik"
Und noch eigentlicher haben wir natürlich alle nur auf das TT gestarrt
October 23, 2024 at 8:13 PM
Und noch eigentlicher haben wir natürlich alle nur auf das TT gestarrt
(bei der Suche nach diesem Bildmaterial auch hier drüber gestolpert, was die Sache irgendwie auch ganz angemessen beschreibt)
September 10, 2024 at 9:20 AM
(bei der Suche nach diesem Bildmaterial auch hier drüber gestolpert, was die Sache irgendwie auch ganz angemessen beschreibt)
Vermutlich hielt sie sich ja einfach nur hieran
September 10, 2024 at 9:18 AM
Vermutlich hielt sie sich ja einfach nur hieran