Does "telos" just mean we can predict the end state of a thing without predicting the intermediate states?
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@InstanceOfClass@GabrielDuquette And then you can talk about how that counterfactual attractor plus interventions produce actual attractors -
@MemberOfSpecies@GabrielDuquette I mean, the claim here is false. - 5 more replies
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@InstanceOfClass@GabrielDuquette Hmm. Those sound more like they're talking about the dynamics of the total system, rather than aboutThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@InstanceOfClass@GabrielDuquette I mean, so maybe a "telos" is a counterfactual-attractor-if-left-alone?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@InstanceOfClass@GabrielDuquette how the system would behave by default without particular types of intervention.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@InstanceOfClass@GabrielDuquette So the telos of a system with background babyeaters is eaten babies; background superhappies, happiness.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@InstanceOfClass@GabrielDuquette But if they cooperate, they add up to something that pulls toward a point not lying linearly in between.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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