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P16737
Supertasks
Tue 2022-11-08 20:40:46
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What do you think about supertasks (tasks with an infinite number of steps, where we're interested in what happens after you finish the infinite steps)? Why do they so often lead to paradoxes? Are mathematicians right to avoid them? Does Zeno's paradox about Achilles and the tortoise mean we have to grapple with supertasks anyway?
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P16782
Wed 2022-11-09 07:52:51
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P16737
Infinity is a Jewish concept.
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P16794
Wed 2022-11-09 12:52:55
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you do realize that math is a made-up concept that humans somehow lost control of, right?
paradoxes and shit like that are just natural consequences of the retarded machinations of the human mind
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Wed 2022-11-09 16:30:56
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P16794
While "humans are retarded" may be a correct explanation for why we have paradoxes, it's not a very helpful one if your goal is to actually understand things. Ideally we want to figure out what's wrong with our made-up concepts and how we can choose made-up concepts that better model the world.
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Wed 2022-11-09 23:10:35
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P16808
It's a model or be modeled world out there.
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Thu 2022-11-10 18:13:54
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God-man will do this supertask!
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