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There also appear to be outright misuses of vocabulary, unless there are technical meanings I am unaware of. I.e. "I may soon post and explore the effects of supergoal uncertainty in its various reifications on making decisions."
Not even the most obscure continental philosophy gets away with using 'reify' that way.
Still, it looks like there might be some interesting ideas somewhere in there.
Addressing your reification point:
I don't think I did abuse vocabulary outside of possibly generalizing meanings in straightforward ways and taking words and meanings common in one topic and using them in a context where they are rather uncommon (e.g. computer science to philosophy). I rely on context to refine and imbue words with meaning instead of focusing on dictionary definitions (to me all sentences take the form of puzzles and words are the pieces; I've written more words in proofs than in all other contexts combined). I will try to pay more attention to context invariant meanings in the future. Thanks for the criticism.