Re: evolutionary advantages to apparent repro disadvantages

From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Wed Feb 23 2000 - 21:55:25 MST

Spike Jones wrote:
>
> When one is depressed, one takes apart ones internal software,
> examines every piece. The deepest introspection occurs during these
> periods, and perhaps no other time. My most creative periods are
> in these dark times...

By the way, Spike, you do realize how that process works and why, right?
 Because if not, you should be aware that for the past four years I've
had a webpage up which explains the whole thing.

http://pobox.com/~sentience/algernon.html 

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       sentience@pobox.com      Eliezer S. Yudkowsky
          http://pobox.com/~sentience/beyond.html

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