mainstream culture seriously understates the long-term potential for technology's effects on reality and i don't really understand why
@St_Rev do you believe that "what configurations of elementary particles exist" will stop being a question one day?
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@tipsfromkatee There is no feasible computational way to explore that space without astronomical winnowing. -
@St_Rev if the point is "different high-level structures will become salient", i think that's already widely accepted - 2 more replies
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@tipsfromkatee Mm. That's certainly a question, but not one anybody asks withouth a ton of narrowing qualifiers.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@tipsfromkatee Devil's in the details. e.g. say you're doing drug discovery. # molecules with N atoms explodes absurdly fast.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@tipsfromkatee But the real problems you want to solve change over time anyway--new diseases arise, antibiotics lose effectiveness.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@tipsfromkatee And of course the entire field becomes irrelevant if we're replaced by ems.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@tipsfromkatee So in some sense dorm-room arguments about upper bounds in chemical space are doubly pointless--Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@tipsfromkatee First, because the space is practically inaccessible, and second because the problems you're solving change too quickly.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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