Tyrrell_McAllister comments on Open Thread: May 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Tyrrell_McAllister 03 May 2010 07:26:46PM * 1 point [-]

"Wonderful" I could believe, but I don't think John Horton Conway is actually wonderful beyond comprehension. To make an analogy.

If Conway used the Turing-completeness of Life to create within it a universe like our own, he would be wonderful beyond my comprehension :).

Comment author: RobinZ 03 May 2010 07:30:13PM 0 points [-]

If Flatland would do, he could do it 'naturally' given enough scale and time. (: