So why would the ancient Atlanteans program magic to be responsive to phrases that would not exist for several thousand years in their future?

My guess is that they saw into the future, or at least some parts of the future. Maybe directly, maybe via prophecies. So their language (or the language they designed for spells) actually pulls on all the languages that existed and will exist on the planet.

Wow…..

1. I think I might have this. Will test immediately.
2. This needs to be a top level post.

Strongly agree. Exact same experience in research, but in finance / quant trading.

If you would like to increase engagement with your posts, I’d highly recommend not posting all of them at once, especially because they’re long. Post the first one, see how people respond. Then adjust and post the second one next week.

It’s much easier for me not to say anything, but my model of Duncan would prefer for me to comment.

Overall strong upvote from me, but I’m not doing it because: what is up with the section about Zack Davis?? I’m not disputing the veracity here, because I don’t know. But it just doesn’t feel at all necessary or even useful to have it in this post. Just comes across as kind of petty. Kind if like writing The Inferno just so you can categorize and viscerally describe your enemies in hell.

I’d recommend Primer over this.

How do I opt into the LessWrong Watercolor Aesthetic?

Object for the stated reason.

I have a personal rule that I tell people when they start bringing this energy into my life: “I’m happy to listen to you for 5 minutes a day on this topic. After that I’m out.”