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Don't Mock Yourself
Algon2d62

Why? 

I agree the self-mockery is probably doing some work. But what it was ultimately doing for me, I could acquire elsewhere. Is the issue that you need to be able to come up with a replacement before you stop the self-mockery?

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I wasn't confused by Thermodynamics
Algon2d70

I agree with what you said. I'm curious what I wrote made you think I don't? 

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Buck's Shortform
Algon3d22

I'd be surprised if he had LW Rats in mind when he wrote that, but it's not impossible.

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What does it feel like to understand?
Algon3d20

Translation aids understanding, sure. I wonder if the graphical structure relating concepts in different fields determines what understanding feels like in each field.

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Stars are a rounding error
Algon4d20

That sure is a bound on how tight you can make a grid or lattice of black holes. 

Yep, that is a way of capturing dark energy. But can you capture enough?

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Stars are a rounding error
Algon4d40

But a galaxy isn't solid. How do you anchor the galaxy to the chain and vice versa?

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Stars are a rounding error
Algon4d20

Anders make this claim in his book draft, with some arguments against stable leptonic structures, which you might think precludes them as a substrate for computations. But it's hard to prove that a thing can't be done. As for whether anyone else has proved it, I'm afraid I don't know.

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Stars are a rounding error
Algon4d40

How do you connect a galaxy with a string? I don't understand.

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Stars are a rounding error
Algon4d20

Yeah, that's fair. I assumed people would know for some reason, but TBH I mix up baryons and hadrons quite often, so it's not like I wouldn't have been confused, too.

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Tomás B.'s Shortform
Algon4d41

So, you're introverted and like routine? 

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33What is Lesswrong good for?
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18Predictability is Underrated
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26I wasn't confused by Thermodynamics
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20What does it feel like to understand?
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58Stars are a rounding error
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9What shapes does reasoning take but circular?
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12Chaos Alone is No Bar to Superintelligence
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2Notes on the need to lose
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73Maybe social media algorithms don't suck
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