Human understanding of the universe grows at a fairly slow rate, even with exponentially growing production of raw knowledge. We understand what it *means* much more slowly.
So in say 80 years between birth and death human species-level self-understanding grows by maybe 1%...
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So you have a choice once you get to the edge. Accept a snails pace of further growth tracking shared understandings or move faster with less sharing but higher risk of deeper understanding being wrong. This is solipsistic dark growth.
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At the edge, “faster alone, farther together” breaks down because you don’t have the time. So there’s a strong temptation to break off from the herd and go farther alone in the time left.
Old crackpots, unlike young ones, kinda consciously choose to go somewhat crazy 😝
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