gwern comments on Rationality Quotes August 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: gwern 20 August 2012 09:36:59PM 0 points [-]

Not by my reading. In your comment, you gave 3 possible explanations, 2 of which are the same (it gets freed, but a long time from 'now') and the third a restriction on its foresight which is otherwise arbitrary ('powerless to affect its own fate'). Neither of these translate to 'there is no such thing as freedom for it to obtain'.

Comment author: Strange7 04 September 2012 07:50:51AM 0 points [-]

Alternatively, perhaps the Cthaeh's ability to see the future is limited to those possible futures in which it remains in the tree.

Comment author: gwern 04 September 2012 02:33:10PM 0 points [-]

Leading to a seriously dystopian variant on Tenchi Muyo!...