Caledonian2 comments on When (Not) To Use Probabilities - Less Wrong

28 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 23 July 2008 10:58AM

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Comment author: Caledonian2 23 July 2008 10:35:01PM 0 points [-]

There's more than just P != NP that defeats trying to catch a flying ball by predicting where it will land and going there. Or, for that matter, trying to go there by computing a series of muscular actions and then doing them.

You DO realize that some humans are perfectly capable of accomplishing precisely that action, right?