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(4) the irreproducible "initial" observation, which cannot be clearly seen in retrospect, constituting a chaos; (5) the slow and laborious revelation and awareness of "what one actually sees" or the gaining of experience; (6) that what has been revealed and concisely summarized in a scientific statement is an artificial structure, related but only genetically so, both to the original intention and to the substance of the "first" observation. The original observation need not even belong to the same class as that of the facts it led toward.
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Direct perception of form [Gestaltsehen] requires being experienced in the relevant field of thought. The ability directly to perceive meaning, form, and self-contained unity is acquired only after much experience, perhaps with preliminary training. At the same time, of course, we lose the ability to see something that contradicts the form.

--- Ludwik Fleck, Genesis and development of a scientific fact.

Since the initial chaos is rarely, if ever, documented, human creativity my not be accessible to various machine learning methods (unless we have 24/7 brain and activity monitors). On the other hand, the process of gaining experience can be accelerated, while a creative breakthrough has been achieved.

When applied to science practice, the gestalt theory is simply wrong.

WRT gaining experience, see LRRH.

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a YouGov/The Economist survey from Oct. 14-17 found that only 18 percent of Americans thought the Israeli government’s response has been too harsh; 32 percent thought it was about right, and 22 percent thought it was not harsh enough.

https://abcnews.go.com/538/americans-war-israel/story?id=104150059

In the meantime, 78% of Republicans have a favorable view of the covfefe, compared to 36% among Independents.

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Ходят слухи, что хуйло подохло. Надо поддержать эту идею.

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Over the last couple of weeks, some of us have made a remarkable discovery. It turns out that while from a progressive's point of view it's not ok to psychologically discriminate against people by excluding them from certain social activities, projects or meetings, abducting Jewish women, children and elderly is ok. Also, while fat shaming is a big no-no, killing Jewish women, children and elderly can be justified by one's anti-colonialism.

The discovery can't be undone. Although it's not clear yet what to do about it, something definitely has to be done to deal with the problem. In the meantime, no progressive political candidate will ever get my vote or campaign contribution until they denounce Hamas and those who provide it with moral cover. This time it's personal.