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    Thread: Thought Experiment: Operational Incompleteness — A Physicalist Deduction and Formaliz
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[Reply to post #17] Hi, Drashner1 Thanks for adding this — it maps very cleanly onto what I’m trying to do, even though I’m pushing the discussion toward civilizational dynamics rather than the ...
Cognisynth Real Life But OA Relevant 20 3,900 03-02-2026, 10:33 PM
    Thread: Thought Experiment: Operational Incompleteness — A Physicalist Deduction and Formaliz
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tasp Wrote: (02-28-2026, 03:29 PM) -- I would be interested in seeing a sample of your project. Even if there is no singular location for it, could you post one URL so that we can read part of it?Wha...
Cognisynth Real Life But OA Relevant 20 3,900 03-02-2026, 01:21 AM
    Thread: Thought Experiment: Operational Incompleteness — A Physicalist Deduction and Formaliz
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Drashner1 Wrote: (02-28-2026, 11:00 PM) -- Finally getting some time/brain space to reply...  Cognisynth Wrote: (02-24-2026, 06:29 PM) -- Thank you so much for such an in-depth and detailed disc...
Cognisynth Real Life But OA Relevant 20 3,900 03-02-2026, 12:49 AM
    Thread: Thought Experiment: Operational Incompleteness — A Physicalist Deduction and Formaliz
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Drashner1 Wrote: (02-28-2026, 11:00 PM) -- Finally getting some time/brain space to reply...  Cognisynth Wrote: (02-24-2026, 06:29 PM) -- Thank you so much for such an in-depth and detailed disc...
Cognisynth Real Life But OA Relevant 20 3,900 03-02-2026, 12:40 AM
    Thread: Thought Experiment: Operational Incompleteness — A Physicalist Deduction and Formaliz
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Drashner1 Wrote: (02-13-2026, 12:00 AM) -- So, I gave this a read thru. I will freely admit that I'm not overly familiar (and in some cases possibly barely familiar) with the terminology you're using...
Cognisynth Real Life But OA Relevant 20 3,900 02-24-2026, 06:45 PM
    Thread: Thought Experiment: Operational Incompleteness — A Physicalist Deduction and Formaliz
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Drashner1 Wrote: (02-13-2026, 12:00 AM) -- So, I gave this a read thru. I will freely admit that I'm not overly familiar (and in some cases possibly barely familiar) with the terminology you're using...
Cognisynth Real Life But OA Relevant 20 3,900 02-24-2026, 06:29 PM
    Thread: What constraints do you think sci-fi writing should follow?
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stevebowers Wrote: (02-02-2026, 06:03 AM) -- Well, there are many belief systems within OA which incorporate 'multiversal timelines', such as the religion/philosophy known as Multiversalism (https://...
Cognisynth Creative Writing 19 203 02-11-2026, 05:07 PM
    Thread: Thought Experiment: Operational Incompleteness — A Physicalist Deduction and Formaliz
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Drashner1 Wrote: (02-02-2026, 06:35 AM) -- Cognisynth Wrote: (02-02-2026, 12:13 AM) -- Hi — it’s not copied from a paper or PDF. It comes from the “technical appendix” portion of my serialized long-...
Cognisynth Real Life But OA Relevant 20 3,900 02-11-2026, 04:56 PM
    Thread: What constraints do you think sci-fi writing should follow?
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stevebowers Wrote: (01-30-2026, 03:40 AM) -- A multiversal post; I like it! I think that accessible multiverses are more-or-less ruled out in OA, since the rules of wormhole construction in OA pre...
Cognisynth Creative Writing 19 203 02-02-2026, 12:33 AM
    Thread: Thought Experiment: Operational Incompleteness — A Physicalist Deduction and Formaliz
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Godd Howard Wrote: (01-30-2026, 01:35 AM) -- I'm definitely not qualified to provide proper feedback for the content of this paper(?) but I noticed you refer to superintelligent ASI. Is that not redu...
Cognisynth Real Life But OA Relevant 20 3,900 02-02-2026, 12:19 AM
    Thread: Thought Experiment: Operational Incompleteness — A Physicalist Deduction and Formaliz
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Drashner1 Wrote: (01-30-2026, 12:25 AM) -- Er - what is this from? It sort of reads/looks like something copy/pasted from a paper/PDF somewhere. If that's the case, can you please provide a link t...
Cognisynth Real Life But OA Relevant 20 3,900 02-02-2026, 12:13 AM
    Thread: Thought Experiment: Operational Incompleteness — A Physicalist Deduction and Formaliz
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In a serialized long-form science fiction work (updated to Chapter 6, non-English), I propose three rough propositions as a physicalist deduction regarding future superintelligent ASI. Professional cr...
Cognisynth Real Life But OA Relevant 20 3,900 01-30-2026, 12:16 AM
    Thread: What constraints do you think sci-fi writing should follow?
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ProxCenBound Wrote: (01-28-2026, 11:00 AM) -- Yeah the item about unitary quantum evolution is not like the others. I'm not sure what this is referring to in terms of storytelling consequences or how...
Cognisynth Creative Writing 19 203 01-29-2026, 11:41 PM
    Thread: What constraints do you think sci-fi writing should follow?
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stevebowers Wrote: (01-27-2026, 11:04 PM) -- Yes; I'm curious about quantum evolution too. I quite like well-written and logical stories about FTL and time travel, but it is tricky to write in a uni...
Cognisynth Creative Writing 19 203 01-29-2026, 11:34 PM
    Thread: What constraints do you think sci-fi writing should follow?
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stevebowers Wrote: (01-27-2026, 11:04 PM) -- Yes; I'm curious about quantum evolution too. I quite like well-written and logical stories about FTL and time travel, but it is tricky to write in a uni...
Cognisynth Creative Writing 19 203 01-29-2026, 11:26 PM
    Thread: What constraints do you think sci-fi writing should follow?
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stevebowers Wrote: (01-27-2026, 11:04 PM) -- Yes; I'm curious about quantum evolution too. I quite like well-written and logical stories about FTL and time travel, but it is tricky to write in a uni...
Cognisynth Creative Writing 19 203 01-29-2026, 11:25 PM
    Thread: What constraints do you think sci-fi writing should follow?
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Starscapion Wrote: (01-27-2026, 09:20 PM) -- Cognisynth Wrote: (01-26-2026, 11:06 PM) -- As a sci-fi work, what kinds of constraints do you think it should stick to?  Personally, I’d like to keep t...
Cognisynth Creative Writing 19 203 01-29-2026, 10:57 PM
    Thread: What constraints do you think sci-fi writing should follow?
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Drashner1 Wrote: (01-27-2026, 02:38 AM) -- Worldtree Wrote: (01-27-2026, 02:18 AM) -- i know i've spent countless hours on these forums pointing out physics/science inconsistencies in people's writi...
Cognisynth Creative Writing 19 203 01-29-2026, 10:50 PM
    Thread: What constraints do you think sci-fi writing should follow?
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Worldtree Wrote: (01-27-2026, 02:18 AM) -- what constraints need to happen in sci fi writing? unless we're talking about "hard sci fi" specifically: like Todd says, establish some rules internal to t...
Cognisynth Creative Writing 19 203 01-29-2026, 10:34 PM
    Thread: What constraints do you think sci-fi writing should follow?
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Drashner1 Wrote: (01-26-2026, 11:33 PM) -- I think an SF work should establish a set of constraints or rules within itself and then consistently follow them. The rules in question may be socio-cultur...
Cognisynth Creative Writing 19 203 01-29-2026, 10:21 PM