113 sats \ 1 reply \ @kepford 24 Mar \ on: Debate: History is only useful to the extent that it can predict the future history
Hmm, this seems like a very narrow view. How would one know if history will predict the future until one sees it do so? What is the cost vs benefit of studying history. This is also hard to evaluate except in hindsight.
Where is this question coming from? There are many other things one could spend their time on that would arguably be less fruitful. Wouldn't you agree?
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @kr OP 24 Mar
Good point, time only moves in one direction so nobody can really be sure whether some piece of history is worth studying.
This came to my mind as I was thinking about data collection in AI and whether there is value in collecting more historical data if it does not improve the performance of an AI model
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