https://weird.solar/1-the-subjunctive-reality-hypothesis-ab1e90927c76# …https://twitter.com/argletargle/status/775573443408343041 …
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Replying to @MoralOfStory
not sure I get it right bc I have cached thoughts on this, but I like that you can formulate it as <statement> under <reality>
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Replying to @allgebrah @MoralOfStory
which, interestingly, from the POV of the statement, makes subjunctive realities indistinguishable from "real" ones
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Replying to @allgebrah @MoralOfStory
for some classes of ontologies, this gets rid of grounding: nothing needs to "confer" reality, anything you can imagine exists
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Replying to @allgebrah
yes, that is the point. Ground reality in exactly nothing. A good ontology must do that. (https://weird.solar/at-least-this-title-exists-372b5ae5f6ea …)
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Replying to @MoralOfStory
btw, ontology-wise, I have a concept of inside/outside views of minds that maps neatly to realities and needs writing down
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Replying to @allgebrah
nothing makes you clarify your thoughts in quite the same way as writing them down for others...
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Replying to @MoralOfStory
at the same time it ossifies them so I hesitate, especially with explorative concepts/thought
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Replying to @allgebrah
Still, it'll be fun for future-you to see what past-you thought.
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I do have written notes - but committing ideas to the exoself is a higher level of ossification
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