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If we can wait hundreds of millions of (simulated) years, then sure. But if we don't want to simulate the environment in the hopes that it will eventually emerg
by dkersten 10y ago
If we can wait hundreds of millions of (simulated) years, then sure. But if we don't want to simulate the environment in the hopes that it will eventually emerge, eg, because we want it sooner rather than later, then we need to engineer it to be so and for that we need some level of understanding.