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Explanation: Something has free will/consciousness if it has some property X¹ and we don't understand this thing.

So I guess mechanistic relativity?

¹: as of yet unexplained

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- Relativity in consciousness
- Relativity in free will

Philosophy is the incubator of science, but one cannot live in an incubator forever. -Tsiolkovsky

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For the last time:

Abyss = for staring into
Void = for screaming into

Please stop screaming into the abyss we are not insured for that

A forces activity X on B because A believes X to be good, and A is then angry because B is "ungrateful"

She can't look at chickens without becoming agitated & wants to move away quickly too

This extends to other birds, with some birds being more okay than others (e.g. penguins)

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What's the strangest phobia you've encountered in real life?

My gf has an incredibly strong alektorophobia¹, to the point where even *mentioning* chickens will make her distressed

¹: Phobia of chickens

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Problems with Bayesianism & How To Solve Them

I get either Generic Bayesian¹ or Wittgensteinian

¹: Which is totally true tbh, I talked the gf's ears off yesterday about Problems with Bayesianism & How To Solve Them

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See also gwern.net/colder-war

I think the question of interstellar warfare is really tricky. Grand Futures has a whole appendix on this, but the impression I get is that within the distance of a few parsec this is indeed a problem (objects/lasers can be aimed ~okay easily), but over larger scales you're safe because aiming/stochastic motion of large bodies becomes a problem

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