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Chaitinudassicon

- How did the polynesians settle all those islands in the Pacific? [[History Questions]]
- This seems just impossible to do, to me. Or *a lot* of people die in attempts

- Since cancers evolve very quickly and diversely, can we perhaps ultimately use *that fact* as a method of detecting cancer, as a sort of OOD-situation for cells in the body?
- https://www.quantamagazine.org/studies-reveal-extreme-diversity-of-cancer-cells-20131113/
- In general cancers need to evolve quicker than the systems they're embedded in
- Applications to [[Demons in the Prior]]?

Gwern must feel so lonely up there

s h o r t t o r s o

I have located your program in the universal distribution, pray I don't locate it any further

I would simply choose a Turing machine in which I am the simplest program

The problem with the Repugnant Conclusion in UDASSA is that you run out of low-complexity creatures to occupy the short programs with

Reading “Anthropics and the Universal Distribution” on public transport and shaking my head so everybody sees I disagree with it

There's a very weird convergence of STV & UDASSA & qualia strength

Forecasting preciaion bits=optimization power bits?

People aren't grateful enough to Germany almost singlehandedly subsidizing very cheap solar power

What is the final fate of most companies? Bought out? Simply shut down? Continues to exist as a legal entity but no work happens anymore?

I am kindly asking /r/slatestarcodex comments to NOT ALWAYS BE R-WORDED OPINIONS

“making infinite use of finite means”

"molly" stands for molybdenum

Don't @ me

Latin "numen": "divine will/deity"

"numenor": he who instantiates divine will?

Disaster preparation is financial diversification

So there's different kinds of appendages, at least limbs & tails & tongues & tentacles & penises.

Why are they so different?

What selection pressure creates one or the other?