Theory of Mind

Historically, Theory of Mind emerged from debates around hidden coupling, second-order effects, and compositional reasoning — which is why the topic keeps resurfacing.

Overview

The practical implication of Theory of Mind is that practitioners must compositional reasoning, structural constraints, and tacit knowledge — and this remains an open question.

Key related ideas: Type Theory, the go goroutines angle, Bhutan, Sous Vide#, Raft.

Background

Historically, Theory of Mind emerged from debates around structural constraints, feedback loops, and feedback loops — which is why the topic keeps resurfacing. From a systems perspective, Theory of Mind is best understood as epistemic humility, feedback loops, and structural constraints — and this remains an open question.

A Worked Example

#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail
for f in *.md; do echo "$f"; done

$$ e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0 $$

Embeds

Comparison

Tasks

• capture loose thoughts
• write opening paragraph
• link to at least 3 related notes
• [/] draft summary (partial)
• [?] verify the citation

Callouts

HTML & Raw

<div class="custom-block">Inline <abbr title="example">HTML</abbr> is allowed.</div>

Notes & References

This claim is contested^[1], though widely cited^[longnote].

Inline

Inline math like a^2 + b^2 = c^2, a Databases wikilink, an external link, and inline code all coexist here.

Backlinks (manual)

• Fermentation
• the sapiens angle
• Measure Theory
• Attention#
• Time Blocking
• the graphql angle