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Comment author: [deleted] 02 February 2013 06:33:07PM 0 points [-]

Strictly speaking the problem of induction is a deeper question concerning the justification of inductive methods; for the sake of clarity I've edited it to "due to the limits of induction", though I find this to border semantic pedantry...

Comment author: Larks 02 February 2013 07:54:15PM 3 points [-]

But the issue applies even to non-inductive knowledge. An AGI tasked to calculate pi to ten decimal places will still eat up the lightcone to check, due to the limits on deductive knowledge.

Comment author: [deleted] 02 February 2013 07:59:31PM 2 points [-]

Fair point; I overlooked that aspect. In any case, I've removed the (redundant) sentence altogether.