Thanks, I’ve honestly learned so much throughout our comment thread.
One thing I’m confused about it why/how local contexts recognized by neurotypicals.
Maybe “mimic high-status members of in-group” explains most of it(?), or “what’s other people doing?” or “what would someone else in my current role do?”
I think that’s confused because if I know what “role” I’m in, then I already have a context in mind, and I’m trying to figure out how that context is derived in the first place!
Maybe contexts feel more solid/real to neurotypicals. “School” feels like a real/solid thing (even though it’s just a building where kids …). “Money” feels like it’s real/solid (even though it’s just paper or a number in a database with a socially agreed upon value attached). Being a “Good Student” feels real/tangible (even though it’s just writing notes directly from the board and …)
Those 3 examples are definitely things I felt were real/solid/tangible and I didn’t connect the “even though it’s …” definitions until highschool/ undergrad.
It does not need to feel like context on the inside and arguably if you are recognising you are in a context you are thinking about the situation in a certain situation-independent way.
I don’t know if the analog hold but a typical reinforcement neural network upon error just backpropagates a weigth adjustment. One could think that weights that are moved a lot are interpret to be “very in context” and weights that are moved a lilttle are “somewhat out of context” which would lead a very fuzzy sense of context where there are no hard lines (well before they are reinforced into place). While it might not be realistic it would be computationally tractable to compare two neural networks which are more sharp or diffuse in the propagation weighting which could lead to a different structure in the high-fit state (or different times for reaching that high fit state).
There are a lot of prejudices so there tends to be hiding of these things if they are not strictly neccesary. It feels good to be seen and have that curiosity and openness be a positive interaction.
Thanks, I’ve honestly learned so much throughout our comment thread.
One thing I’m confused about it why/how local contexts recognized by neurotypicals.
Maybe “mimic high-status members of in-group” explains most of it(?), or “what’s other people doing?” or “what would someone else in my current role do?”
I think that’s confused because if I know what “role” I’m in, then I already have a context in mind, and I’m trying to figure out how that context is derived in the first place!
Maybe contexts feel more solid/real to neurotypicals. “School” feels like a real/solid thing (even though it’s just a building where kids …). “Money” feels like it’s real/solid (even though it’s just paper or a number in a database with a socially agreed upon value attached). Being a “Good Student” feels real/tangible (even though it’s just writing notes directly from the board and …)
Those 3 examples are definitely things I felt were real/solid/tangible and I didn’t connect the “even though it’s …” definitions until highschool/ undergrad.
It does not need to feel like context on the inside and arguably if you are recognising you are in a context you are thinking about the situation in a certain situation-independent way.
I don’t know if the analog hold but a typical reinforcement neural network upon error just backpropagates a weigth adjustment. One could think that weights that are moved a lot are interpret to be “very in context” and weights that are moved a lilttle are “somewhat out of context” which would lead a very fuzzy sense of context where there are no hard lines (well before they are reinforced into place). While it might not be realistic it would be computationally tractable to compare two neural networks which are more sharp or diffuse in the propagation weighting which could lead to a different structure in the high-fit state (or different times for reaching that high fit state).
There are a lot of prejudices so there tends to be hiding of these things if they are not strictly neccesary. It feels good to be seen and have that curiosity and openness be a positive interaction.