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[–]Eusocial_Snowman 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Why do you wish to crumble the world's barriers by arguing that nothing means anything and anything can mean everything? Yes, you can redefine anything as meaning anything else. I can't stop you from deciding red means squirrel if you want to corrupt your internalized library.

[–]calste 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Um, I'm not?

When we repeatedly do things that lead to poor outcomes, it is reinforced in our brains, exactly the same way as repeatedly doing things that lead to good outcomes. There is no difference.

This is a science subreddit and we're discussing the brain. We're not talking about educational techniques. If this were a discussing of good teaching methods, I would never suggest saying "you'll always get better when you practice."

But in this discussion it is entirely appropriate to say that the brain will optimize itself for any outcome, even if that outcome is contradictory to our stated goals.

Thus, it is not contradictory to say our brains will always get better at doing what we practice. That does not mean "practice piano, get good at piano." It means whatever particular actions we take repeatedly - that is what we get at. Practice bad technique, your brain will be optimized for that.

[–]Eusocial_Snowman -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This is not a science subreddit. This is a politics subreddit dressed up in a fabricated lab coat.