Re:Markets are efficient if and only if P=NP (2010)
by Sharlin on Wednesday October 21, 2020 @10:39AM
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Of course it's just a figure of speech. But it gets awkward to talk about, say, evolution, unless you can use anthropomorphic language at times. Even mathematicians discuss math using sloppy language all the time, only with the silent understanding that they could do everything rigorously if they really wanted to. Programmers anthropomorphize computers and software all the time. Does a sudoku solver not solve a problem just because it has no agency? Or is it different just because the human who wrote it does?
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Re:Markets are efficient if and only if P=NP (2010)
by javajosh on Wednesday October 21, 2020 @11:47AM
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I think the distinction is important to address for the current discussion about P=NP, because of the meta nature of the discussion. Any argument about natural phenomena meaning anything a priori is obscuring the computation required ot assert meaning.