Category Archives: Communication

Assignment and observation

Posted on Jun 13, 2021 by Henning Michael Møller Just

This shouldn’t be a big deal but is becoming so: Assignment is performative and implies agency whereas observation is descriptive. In Danish, you could use “tildelt” and “observeret”. If you see someone use the wrong word they may just have … Continue reading →

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The Overton window and crowdsourced morality

Posted on May 13, 2021 by Henning Michael Møller Just

The Overton window is the range of policies politically acceptable to the mainstream population at a given time. This range applies to government policies but also to general public discourse. And, unsurprisingly, the window moves with time. When the window … Continue reading →

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Why playing fair is good for yourself

Posted on Mar 30, 2021 by Henning Michael Møller Just

I believe in playing fair from a moral reasoning, but there is also a reason for those that forget to include those they disagree with, or compete with, with those they want to treat fairly: Any weapon introduced into battle … Continue reading →

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Expressing yourself

Posted on Dec 31, 2020 by Henning Michael Møller Just

I like this quote: There are approximately 1,010,300 words in the English language, but I could never string enough words together to properly explain how much I want to hit you with a chair.— Alexander Hamilton, to Thomas Jefferson You … Continue reading →

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An idea for a really useful AI tool

Posted on Dec 29, 2020 by Henning Michael Møller Just

(yes, it’s a ML tool, but more people will get the headline when I write AI) It’s a supplement to this idea from Randall Munroe/xkcd: An idea that Youtube added for a short while as an option. — The idea … Continue reading →

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Write like a human

Posted on Dec 27, 2020 by Henning Michael Møller Just

Sentence autocomplete is a great tool for improving your writing. Whenever the autocomplete is right, start over. You were about to say something so predictable it had little information value. — Michael This is somewhat related to my idea to … Continue reading →

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Stan Lee on “fuck”

Posted on Dec 7, 2020 by Henning Michael Møller Just

The late, and much loved, Stan Lee:

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Projections vs. predictions

Posted on Nov 29, 2020 by Henning Michael Møller Just

To predict something is to determine what will happen in the future. When time passes, we will know if the prediction was correct: A prediction can be falsified. To project something is to determine what a specific model says will … Continue reading →

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More than 10 years of blogging

Posted on Nov 21, 2020 by Henning Michael Møller Just

Well, September 1st passed and I could have celebrated 10 years of blogging by then, at least 10 years on this blog. This is the first blog I started that I actually managed to keep going and at 10 years, … Continue reading →

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The Nine Nazi Fallacy; or, Daryl Davis’ wisdom

Posted on Nov 12, 2020 by Henning Michael Møller Just

There’s a saying that when a person sits down at a table with nine Nazis, there are ten Nazis at the table. The answer to that is He might be Daryl Davis, or someone like him, and zero Nazis might … Continue reading →

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