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US military: there’s flying cubes in spheres all over the place everyone: the current thing https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/4030026-us-military-has-been-observing-metallic-orbs-making-extraordinary-maneuvers/
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It makes more sense to me that these are manifestations of a boundary condition rather than physical interactions within an inconscient universe.
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Jonny Mack
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wdym by manifestations of a boundary condition?
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That our actions are starting to reveal the model in addition to what is being modeled.
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vaughn tan
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unpack more pls! v interesting
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Ok. Super condensed: Our understanding of physics suggests interstellar connection is improbable. We have no unified physical theory, but the observer plays a role. If intelligence is physics as much as gravity, our model is way off. As local intelligence increases we may now detect what we couldn't, kinda like radio.
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Jonny Mack
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curious how you're thinking about 'intelligence'—what's a good definition/explanation for it in this context? objectively, what material increases have there been recently? llms maybe? total energy consumption? leo launches? iow, why increased perception *now*?
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I’d say intelligence is modeling. It’s interesting because intelligence is a consequential phenomenon that accelerates entropy. It’s physical; maybe measurable? I haven’t put time enough in to attempt the rest.
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vaughn tan
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there's also a point of view that intelligence creates order and can also be anentropic (which is not to say that intelligence can also be a disordering principle) i think meaning-making is an order-creating act: https://vaughntan.org/what-makes-us-human-for-now
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Yes, exactly. By the second law of thermodynamics: work increases overall entropy. Intelligence increases entropy of the universe by doing work to create local order.
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