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I had occasion to describe the distinction in some detail here the other day: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40860651 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id
by throwanem 2y ago
I had occasion to describe the distinction in some detail here the other day: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40860651 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40860651
I wouldn't precisely call it an accusation. If it's anything beyond me being a bit bitchy on a hot and unpleasant day, it's a suggestion from one autodidact, perhaps to another, to bear in mind that the moment of "I have a great idea!" is best followed by a moment of "I wonder who's had something to say about it before."
- mistermann 2y agoOh my was my read wrong (backwards!) (and perhaps also my comments above?). So there are others I see...it's a shame there's no way for anomalous agents to locate each other in this simulation. :(
- throwanem 2y agoI suppose a simulationist would say there might be a lot of reasons for that, or none. But I suspect my simulation of a simulationist has not that much fidelity. In either case I rarely regret meeting unusual people, though make no promises a priori of taking any particular example very seriously; it depends a lot on the vector sum of the distinction.