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Dear Jamie, I think about it with the following constraints. I think Doomsday would be the worst thing not in the world, but in the universe, so pretty bad, We’re
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Dear Jamie, I think about it with the following constraints. I think Doomsday would be the worst thing not in the world, but in the universe, so pretty bad, We’re
Dear Mat, Apologies for lateness. This time my excuses are: homelessness and food poisoning. Thanks for the comments on my hastily drawn up golden rule for politics, namely:
Dear Jamie, I knew we’d crack it. While you could “judge political systems” according to your rule, let’s consider a system that embraces this rule: Make decisions according to how
Dear Mat, I have to compliment you on a masterpiece of scepticism in your last letter. Describing different political systems, such as democracy versus autocracy, you say:
Most new conjectures are wrong. Yes good. Most old conjectures are wrong. Also fine. This is because new and old are pretty much unbiased subsets of conjectures in general. However
Dear Mat, I disagree with your conjecture. Most new conjectures are wrong. That’s definitely right. But I disagree that the inverse holds: that therefore more old ideas are right. I think there are
Dear Jamie, Yes, there is always way too much to talk about. I honestly thought we might not have enough to say to warrant letters, so since the beginning I’ve
Dear Mat, Apologies for lateness. The fund I operate to give cash-transfers to dentists and mechanics has taken up a lot of my time lately. Man, I feel like there’s an