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| Three Worlds Collide (Eliezer Yudkowsky) (lesswrong.com) | ||
| recommended by 2 users | 2010 | 66 points by ugh | books | original thread | | ||
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| pronoiac Nov 13, 2010 | on: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality, by Eliezer… | context |
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ddewey Jul 9, 2010 | on: Portrait of the Predator as an Evolutionary Dead End | context
Another way their evolution could have affected them is if their reproduction strategy was different than ours. If they had extremely large numbers of offspring (instead of the few we humans have), they might not emphasize individual survival as strongly as we do, and might value competition and risk-taking so as to keep only the fittest children. I don't know how seriously I can take this kind of speculation, though. Unfortunately, we only have one data point to work with when it comes to technologically advanced species. For more on how different other intelligences could be from us, here's some entertaining sci-fi: http://lesswrong.com/lw/y4/three_worlds_collide_08/ Previous posting: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1387771 |
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That was great! A previous discussion about "Three Worlds Collide:" http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1387771
If you're not careful when you read it, you miss the True Ending: http://lesswrong.com/lw/yb/true_ending_sacrificial_fire_78/