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		aebtebeten on June 20, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 'Equals' has more than one meaning in math > what "thinking" is A question, does thinking necessarily involve inference? "Socrates is a man. All men are mortal. Therefore Socrates is mortal." probably counts as thinking in anyone's model? Does "four legs good, two legs bad" count as thinking? What about "I'm really awfully glad I'm a Beta, because I don't work so hard"?

mistermann on June 20, 2024 [–]

> A question, does thinking necessarily involve inference?

That would depend on the scope/context, which you did not specify. :)

But on average (especially if one drops the "necessarily" constraint, but even if not): yes, very much so.

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