Tiiba comments on The conscious tape - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Mass_Driver 17 September 2010 01:30:38AM 0 points [-]

In short, because physics is so successful.

Successful at what, exactly? At modeling the behavior of the stuff that humans can easily observe using basic industrial technology over the span of 100 to 400 years? Why would you want to extrapolate from that to "everything that exists?"

In long, because no matter how far off physics is from the ultimate algorithm, we can continue to narrow in on it indefinetly.

Right, but what makes you think there is an "ultimate algorithm" to be found?

Comment author: Tiiba 17 September 2010 02:49:53PM 0 points [-]

"Why would you want to extrapolate from that to "everything that exists?""

That's all we've got?