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Teppo Felin on the limits of prediction and why Big Data can't substitute for human judgment. Prediction requires theory — a framework for knowing what to look for. Without theory, data is noise.
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Felin: observation is theory-laden — you can't see what you don't have a framework for noticing. This applies to meditation: the practice doesn't show you 'raw reality' — it gives you a framework for noticing features of experience you previously overlooked.
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The Stoic dichotomy in epistemology — control your framework, not the data
Felin: you can't control what data the world produces. You can control the theoretical framework you use to interpret it. This is the Stoic dichotomy applied to knowledge: focus on improving your interpretive framework, not on accumulating more data.Was this useful?