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Re:Post-human mathematics by jsprogrammer on Monday November 23, 2015 @02:38PM (#10616738)
>...someone must pay to keep the lights on. Since nobody would pay for random points in theorem-space, it must have some way of figuring out what the human brains down at the breaker box actually want.

"pay"?

Imagine this: you produce a silicon cube embedded with logic circuits powered through the photovoltaic effect and then eject it into space.

Re:Post-human mathematics by grkvlt on Monday November 23, 2015 @05:18PM (#10617752)
Brilliant, now we have free random points in theorem-space. Now what?
Re:Post-human mathematics by jsprogrammer on Monday November 23, 2015 @05:22PM (#10617771)
Presumably, you use them for long distance communications, early-warning systems, surveillance, scientific experimentation, &etc.