1/6 Sufficiently advanced science is indistinguishable from economics
2/6 Sufficiently institutionalized economics is indistinguishable from religion
3/6 Sufficiently conservative religion is indistinguishable from politics
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4/6 Sufficiently disinterested politics is indistinguishable from philosophy
5/6 Sufficiently thoughtful philosophy is indistinguishable from instrument-making
6/6 Sufficiently clever instrument-making is indistinguishable from science
This is Clarke’s Circle of Life of Mind
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My Friday morning thought*
* took my Saturday yesterday so it’s Friday on my timeline today
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Maybe I’ll call this the Mind Mansion instead of Circle of Life of Mind.
Like the House of Quality
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Oh look I can superimpose a good 2x2 here. There’s always a 2x2 if you look hard enough.
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Basically trying to tease apart what instruments do from mere iterative refinement of thoughts.
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