thomblake comments on Open Thread, August 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: thomblake 25 August 2010 07:35:16PM 0 points [-]

Executing the same program twice (with the same inputs each time) is equivalent to executing it once

In some sense, maybe. But if that were generally true, then I wouldn't have any reason to run the same program twice, but I do. (for example, I have repeatedly asked my calculator what is 1080*4/3, since I have a weird TV and untrustworthy memory)