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James_Miller comments on Open thread for December 9 - 16, 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: James_Miller 10 December 2013 10:26:13PM 2 points [-]

It depends on what you mean by "might" and "discover" (as opposed to invent). I predict that smart aliens' theories of physics, chemistry, and evolution would be much more similar to ours than their theories of how rational people play games would be.