Jayson_Virissimo comments on Rationality Quotes May 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 09 May 2013 11:01:43PM 3 points [-]

The memetic evolution of baroque music in Europe is a development towards learnability? There are probably no more than 100 people alive that can make their way through Bach's 2nd Partita for violin.

Comment author: Jayson_Virissimo 09 May 2013 11:38:29PM 7 points [-]

Ever notice how you never hear humans playing music that humans aren't capable of learning to play? I think there may be some selection effects at play here...

Comment author: [deleted] 09 May 2013 11:59:43PM 3 points [-]

Well, I never notice the satisfaction of that contradiction, quite, but I do notice that the history of baroque music includes the steady achievement of theretofore unreached technical difficulty.