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Stuart_Armstrong comments on Presidents, asteroids, natural categories, and reduced impact - Less Wrong Discussion

1 Post author: Stuart_Armstrong 06 July 2015 05:44PM

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Comment author: SilentCal 15 July 2015 06:19:51PM 0 points [-]

If that counts as a decomposition, can't we decompose 'Output the correct y-coordinate' the same way? 'The asteroid is destroyed by a laser' is evidence that the y-coordinate was correct iff X happened.

Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 17 July 2015 09:33:45AM 0 points [-]

Possibly... This might be the fatal flaw...