beoShaffer comments on Introducing Simplexity - Less Wrong

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Comment author: beoShaffer 13 September 2012 12:17:40AM 2 points [-]

Is "The lady down the street is a witch; she did it." an example of something that is simplex?

Comment author: [deleted] 14 September 2012 10:16:14AM 1 point [-]

Yes, as I understand it. Humans have magical thinking more naturally than causal thinking; 'Witches' do 'magic,' the sheer fact that the code for "agent defying universal, mathematically simple physics in ways conforming to human expectations" is so short is clear evidence of simplexity.

Comment author: beoShaffer 14 September 2012 02:26:57PM 1 point [-]

In that case I believe I understand simplexity.