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Comment author: query 10 August 2015 08:50:55PM 3 points [-]

The model is that persistent reflexes interact with the environment to give black swans; singular events with extremely high legal consequence. To effectively avoid all of them preemptively requires training the stable reflexes, but it could be that "editing out" only a few 10 minute periods retroactively would still be enough (those few periods when reflexes and environment interact extremely negatively.) So I think the "very regular basis" claim isn't substantiated.

That said, we cant actually retroactively edit anyways.

Comment author: Lumifer 11 August 2015 12:40:03AM 1 point [-]

The model is that persistent reflexes interact with the environment to give black swans; singular events with extremely high legal consequence.

I don't think that's the model (or if it is, I think it's wrong). I see the model as persistent reflexes interacting with the environment and giving rise to common, repeatable, predictable events with serious legal consequences.