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and it will be something so trivial and obvious, those who were looking for it will be kicking themselves for missing it
by _feus 1y ago
and it will be something so trivial and obvious, those who were looking for it will be kicking themselves for missing it
- seanmcdirmid 1y agoIt’s a huge refrain that shows up again every 20 years or so. Wolfram wrote a huge book with this premise, but I don’t think it’s gone anywhere even though it’s surely 25 years old by now.
- burnt-resistor 1y agoGEB was similar in a cycle prior. It's cool to dream but the limits of accepted knowledge requires the hard work of assembling data, evidence, and reasoning.
- A_D_E_P_T 1y agoIt's arguably ~2500 years old, dating back to the Pythagoreans, who believed that "all is number" and had a very large and complex system of musical rituals. The modern manifestation is mostly the intellectual product of Konrad Zuse, who wrote "digital physics" in 1969. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_physics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_physics Wolfram, Tegmark, Bostrom, etc. are mostly downstream of Zuse.
- CRConrad 1y ago> Konrad Zuse That...? Ah, yes, that Konrad Zuse.
- Kaijo 1y agoWolfram came to our evolutionary biology department to preach that book about 20 years ago. We all got our heads into cellular automata for a while, but in the end they just don't have the claimed profound explanatory power in real biological systems.
- robin_reala 1y agoYou can read it for free at https://www.wolframscience.com/nks/ https://www.wolframscience.com/nks/ if you’re interested.
- e1ghtSpace 1y agohonestly this would be it, wouldn't it? https://www.icloud.com/iclouddrive/07fRJGiC51VEHPqYRfNaFjnEA https://www.icloud.com/iclouddrive/07fRJGiC51VEHPqYRfNaFjnEA
- lukan 1y agoDid you tried to share a hollywood action movie with us to tell us what exactly?
- e1ghtSpace 1y agoDid you listen? The audio is different yet it still works.
- lukan 1y agoNo, I did not download a big movie and likely won't to get a point on HN.
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- e1ghtSpace 1y agoAll you want is points on HN when you comment? Anyway, try to only focus on the top middle screen in this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_dLx_J2oVs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_dLx_J2oVs
- lukan 1y agoYour point of argument/information. Not karma points.
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- amelius 1y agoOr someone proves that there is no pattern and they will be kicking themselves for wasting their time searching.
- mensetmanusman 1y agoThe experience gained along the journey is more valuable than the result.