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Formal net
Modern scientific research since Bacon follows ...
Includes only formulated ideas, i.e. Questions, Hypotheses, Predictions, and Observations
Observation
Modern scientific research since Bacon follows the hypothetico-deductive process.
Although the definition of "hypothesis" is narrower in science - a hypothesis in science usually refers to a theory that explains **how** things work. Propositions such as "It's okay to eat bruised apple" or "Mr. Huckabee is a bad politician." are not regarded as hypotheses.
96.2%
Supports
The hypothetico-deductive method is ubiquitous at different levels of human learning
From unconscious learning in brian to individual scientific inquiries to collective scientific inquiries.
87.8%
Generalizes to
AI can achieve human-level intelligence through self-supervised learning alone.
Because this self-supervised learning process mimics the brain's learning mechanism: make predictions and learn from prediction errors.
50.0%
Infers
LLM / Foundation models can provide the structural foundation for AGI as language provides for human ...(14 more characters.)
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27.3%
AGI
Predicts
Advances in AI R&D will bring another tech revolution same scale as the internet.
Major disruptions in businesses will start to appear around 2024 - i.e. profitable (by free cash flow) and hyper-growth companies relying on large-scale neural networks as their main tech strength.
64.0%
2025-10-26
2024-06-26
Business & Industrial AI p/Investing
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Predicts
LLM will be instrumental in achieving at least one human-level AI task beyond NLP in 3 years
GitHub copilot is promising, but it's not human-level yet. It might be possible for Self-driving to use LLMs as foundations to build models that can predict the social behavior of humans on the street.
98.4%
2025-10-27
p/investing
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Generalizes to
Hypothesis-prediction testing is a fundamental learning mechanism
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89.8%
Infers
Formulating inquiry thoughts into observations, hypotheses, and predictions enables learning.
Thanks to the intrinsic set of fixed relationships between them, this formalization provides a helpful structure to our inquiry. It enables the learning cycle of observations -> hypotheses -> predictions -> correct with observations. This can be argued for [philosophically](https://www.themind.net/hypotheses/W2wRBi5mSeGueEYevUjMzw) and [neuroscientifically](https://www.themind.net/hypotheses/M4p8C9lOTRu8ipf5zGtEJA).
76.3%
the mind net
Infers
Digitalized minds
A system can be created to let users record their inquiry thoughts/ideas as observations, hypotheses, and predictions (OH&P). Thanks to the intrinsic structure, the system can digitalize these thoughts/ideas with auto connections and visualization, thus providing an automatic way to organize these thoughts/ideas. We can call this digitalized mind. The digitalized mind makes thoughts/ideas easier to consume, assess and generate new insights.
66.7%
The mind net p/The Mind Net
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The inquiry of knowledge in general should be treated the same way as the scientific inquiry.
The scientific process being [the observation-hypotheses-prediction](https://www.themind.net/observations/DVaW4GpQQsqfqcidS2Aivw) process.
Infers
Formulating inquiry thoughts into observations, hypotheses, and predictions enables learning.
Thanks to the intrinsic set of fixed relationships between them, this formalization provides a helpful structure to our inquiry. It enables the learning cycle of observations -> hypotheses -> predictions -> correct with observations. This can be argued for [philosophically](https://www.themind.net/hypotheses/W2wRBi5mSeGueEYevUjMzw) and [neuroscientifically](https://www.themind.net/hypotheses/M4p8C9lOTRu8ipf5zGtEJA).
76.3%
the mind net
Infers
Digitalized minds
A system can be created to let users record their inquiry thoughts/ideas as observations, hypotheses, and predictions (OH&P). Thanks to the intrinsic structure, the system can digitalize these thoughts/ideas with auto connections and visualization, thus providing an automatic way to organize these thoughts/ideas. We can call this digitalized mind. The digitalized mind makes thoughts/ideas easier to consume, assess and generate new insights.
66.7%
The mind net p/The Mind Net
Predicts
The ideas behind the mind net can be recorded and conveyed effectively in the mind net itself.
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85.3%
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Collective digitalized mind
A system that lets users record their inquiry thoughts/ideas as observations, hypotheses, and predictions (OH&P) can provide a new mode of communication and collaboration between users - they can structurally connect their atomic OH&P directly to other users' OH&P. ([This is challenging](https://www.themind.net/observations/4fcVuFGoTEa43ez-xhSAsg) when thoughts/ideas are organized in the usual narrative structure, such as books, lectures, and talks). Such a system that connects atomic ideas and thoughts between users might achieve a **digitalized collective mind**. Digitalized mind means all ideas/thoughts are digitalized, collective meaning that these ideas/thoughts are contributed by multiple users and digitally connected to each other.
43.6%
The mind net p/The Mind Net p/Collective Intelligence
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