Superintelligence

The Power of Combinatorics In Learning

And why taking an occasional break is important

https://math.mit.edu/~apost/courses/18.218_2018/ — 18.218, Topics in Combinatorics: Combinatorics of Grassmannian

Keywords and ideas

1. Combinatorics → an area of mathematics primarily concerned with counting;
2. Combinatorics → quickly makes things grow exponentially e.g. DNA, Latin alphabet etc.;
3. “What does this remind me of?” → making use of combinatorics;
4. Small practices such as 20 minutes of mindfulness produce big results thanks to combinatorics;
5. Public education → makes little use of the power of combinatorics;
6. Taking an occasional break to make use of the power of combinatorics and also extend your forgetting curve.

Abstract

Today I want to talk about how powerful making neural connections can be, and why I think most students these days don’t spend enough time on this process. First the definition of combinatorics grabbed from Wikipedia:

Combinatorics is an area of mathematics primarily concerned with counting, both as a means and an end in obtaining results, and certain properties of finite structures. It is closely related to many other areas of mathematics and has many applications ranging from logic to…