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… reminds me of a guy who thinks: ‘protein is nutritious’, orders a 50 pound bag of protein, only to later discover … he can’t make lunch. Or breakfast. Or anything. … or someone who pointing to a jungle, burns the entire thing...

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The purposes around which we collapse from imagination, wonder, and active sensing… into… representations often masquerading as ‘knowledge’, and the distinction between this and something more clearly resembling the rich depths and breadth of...

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We got the precedence and localization wrong. We don’t need to look for other intelligences on other worlds. We should be looking for them in our own minds… because, natively, they’re comprised of them. And some of them are friendly. Others,...