I continue to be confused about whether/when you're allowed to draw causal arrows from mathematical to physical facts.
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@Meaningness And this is true even if a superintelligent mind could derive the sociological facts from first principles. -
@MemberOfSpecies I guess that is a level of hypotheticality where I have no intuitions… Ultimately, I don’t think “cause” is workable at all
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@Meaningness Hmm. So let's say you had a claim like "for complicated sociological reasons, large groups of people cooperate less well".Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Meaningness Then I think you could say something like, "if the sociology had worked out differently, we could have had a larger group".Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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