Re:The Puzzle
by erikerikson on Saturday February 08, 2025 @12:26PM
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Indeed. I tried a few phrasings before landing there and it's not satisfactory.
The underlying problem is that social knowing doesn't scale yet. A system which could solve the consensus problem to facilitate coordinated pockets of exploration of the possibility space would be required.
Does this system fly through the possibility space in the form of a giant cube and say "resistance is futile"? The weird part is that my gut says I should resist taking part, and presumably cause trouble and perpetuate fighting. Maybe being pugnacious is part of human purpose.
Re:The Puzzle
by erikerikson on Saturday February 08, 2025 @12:52PM
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It would seem to do the opposite to me, allowing diversity and allowing exploration, though the theoretical maxima of reality might have something similar to say. A key feature of such a system would be having no notion of right/desirability/etc. but only identification/observation/clarification of what is.
To your end statement, is purpose defined or, through us, created? Hopefully your attachment to pugnaciousness serves you.
Not sure if this means we have to have locks, prisons, and militaries for all eternity.